Feminism has often been accused of privileging white, middle class interests. Where white 'First World' feminist have sought to 'save' the oppressed woman of the other 'Third World', they have often participated in a colonising process. That is, men of colour become demonised as savage, brutal and uncivilised while the women are presented as perpetual victims incapable of accessing autonomy as they lack 'feminist' (read: middle class white feminist) values. In traversing a sometimes tense relationship between neocolonial and feminist politics, there needs to be greater consideration of the possibilities for cross-cultural engagements with different feminist knowledges.
How are language, class, race and nationality implicated in forming and implementing feminist ideals?
To what extent has feminism been implemented in the service of ethnocentric/racist/classist ideologies?
Do men (of differing racial, class, sexuality, age backgrounds) become demonised in the process?
How are language, class, race and nationality implicated in forming and implementing feminist ideals?
To what extent has feminism been implemented in the service of ethnocentric/racist/classist ideologies?
Do men (of differing racial, class, sexuality, age backgrounds) become demonised in the process?
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