Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Feminist and Westernization...good or bad?

After reading Contesting Cultures: "Westernization," Respect for Cultures, and Third-World Feminists from Dislocating Cultures: Identities, Traditions, and Third World Feminisms" By Uma Narayan it never occurred to me the different aspects of feminism regarding Westernization, especially how much one's culture can play apart in their thoughts as far as feminism is concerned. What makes us different not only as humans but as females, being the feminist that we are, has a lot to do with our up bringing. Just as there are many diverse people, there are also diverse feminist and thoughts. Many assume that all feminist "think alike" . Well in a general perspective yes, but personally no. Narayan goes more in depth speaking about political issues and how as feminist we should be able to embrace with in our community especially our political community. Third-World feminist should no longer view themselves as outsides but view themselves as "insiders" as Narayan mentions (Narayan 549).

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