Feminism (Waves), Global feminism, Universal sisterhood, and Intersectionality.

Feminism is considered as the variety of social and political movements as well as beliefs that share a common objective which is to create, define and attain the economic, political and social parity among the genders. Feminism has led to alteration of predominant perspectives in a broad range of areas within the society ranging from law to culture (Pateman, 2018). Women have begun organizing themselves in the Nineteenth century where there has been an international dimension to the feminist movement.

Grimshaw (1992) tries to explain how the female ethic came into existence by observing everything between the woman and man at the beginning of the eighteenth century. Grimshaw (1992) in the idea of female ethics tries to show how females become different with males when it comes to virtue as well as response to various situations. Grimshaw (1992) begun Rousseau’s view which shows that women can be virtuous only if they are wives and mothers. This attracted the Wellstone craft view which states that virtue should be equal for both women and men.

Bunch (1988) illustrates the significance of the question of perspective, of how an individual’s view of reality is molded by experiences and by where a person stands in relation to the issues at hand. One major objective of the feminism has been to bring about the limitations of male-biased perspective where the views of women have been left out. Bunch (1988) argues that women are also bringing change in basic notions that define how individuals see issues.

Moschkovich (1981) counters the notion of the second wave of joint women’s feminist culture. She has attempted to describe the extent to which her culture is not a mere aide to the main identity as female. Rather to her, it’s part of her and basic way of relating to people. Moschkovich (1981) states that she hopes that feminists will one day to an extent that they can begin working together and assist each other towards their various. The universal spread of women’s movement has offered opportunities that have led to the transitional ties among the women’s movement as well as the impact of global processes of women’s inequality that have generated a new of body of transnational feminism.

Intersectionality is considered as the cumulative and complex manner in which the impacts of varying forms of discrimination overlap, combine and intersect (Collins and Bilge, 2016). In the current world, intersectionality comprises of more than just different intersections of gender and race. It is broadly used to illustrate the interplay between the various forms of discrimination whether it is based on race, gender, class, age, mental ability, socioeconomic status, and sexual identity. Intersectionality has been used by the feminist movement to identify how the various aspects of political and social discrimination overlap and how to deal with the various forms of discrimination to fight for gender equality. Feminist activists have campaigned for the legal rights of women and for the women rights to bodily automate as well as integrate protection of girls and women from things such as sexual harassment, domestic violence and rape and also the workplace rights such as equal pay and maternity leave.

Where do we go now is a film that shows a group of Christian and Muslim women in a remote village creating peace and bringing about the end of religious hatred. The story has conveyed very real religious and societal pressure that causes guilt, tension and fear in the everyday lives as people attempt to find small portions of joy and happiness (Nadine, 2011). This film covers Muslim and Christian men fighting. While the men are squaring for fights, women are conspiring to maintain peace. Feminism is all about bringing social change which is evident in this film. In the film, women are seen bringing about change in a society that has religious pressure and bringing a state of solving significant conflicts.

Conclusion

Largely, women have been limited to their domestic sphere while public life has been reserved for men. Feminism has contributed to social change and bringing about equality in society. This has greatly contributed to the advocacy for the rights of women and equality.

 References

Bunch, C. (1988). A global perspective on feminist ethics and diversity. Learning Resources Center, University of Minnesota, Duluth.

Collins, P. H., & Bilge, S. (2016). Intersectionality. John Wiley & Sons.

Grimshaw, J. (1992). The idea of a female ethic. Philosophy East and West, 42(2), 221-238.

Moschkovich, J. (1981). —But I know you, American woman. This bridge called my back: Writings by radical women of color, 79-84.

Nadine Labaki. (2011). Where Do We Go?

Pateman, C. (2018). The disorder of women: Democracy, feminism, and political theory. John Wiley & Sons.