http://idiosyncreant.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] idiosyncreant.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] idiosyncreant 2008-04-30 01:50 am (UTC)

Oh, just looking at your first line by "world" I don't mean globe. I don't mean anything but the cultural context I was raised in.

I'm not snagged on any point, per se--I just am not a "feminist" in most senses of the word. I am more concerned with lack of awareness of a woman's nature and the neglect of the powerful community in a family unit than having women being able to get jobs anywhere they want. I'd rather see families healed as families so that men affirm women as valuable where they are.
The heart change, rather than civil change, maybe? Because I've been in a foreign culture where the outer manifestations of women's liberation were all present and the underlying culture of exploitation both sexually and as the house servant was still alive and well. (As far as I could tell.)

And I know I'm very lucky to be in a place and time where I can write and not worry about my gender getting in the way. It breaks my heart to know what women suffer around the world. I'm so glad to support women working among peoples where oppression and cultural norms drive women to desperation and suicidal depression.

I'm very much GenY, though and torn between the paradoxes of reality. By all means we want to free Muslim women, but the way Western feminism approaches is only making things worse.

Anyway. I hope that clears up any misunderstanding, though I'm sure I've opened myself up to a LOT of criticism.

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