Shah's Essay: An Agenda For Change

The main arguments of Mohanty, Liederman, and Sen have similarities and differences. First, Mohanty’s main argument emphasizes the issue of white Western women belittling those of other cultures and ethnicities within the feminist movement. By asserting a universal notion of womanhood, these white Western women show ethnocentric universality through their ignorance of how the meaning of femininity, oppression, and liberation in the women’s movement vary in ethnic and cultural contexts (Mohanty, 1984, p. 335). By using a mindset that ignores ethnic differences, they therefore falsely construct and analyze “third world women,” believing that these women desperately need help to advance in society. Mohanty argues that in order for a feminist movement to advance, women must discontinue a paternalistic method of marginalizing women of different ethnicities to recognize the varied meanings of femininity, oppression, and liberation and enhance their solidarity and effectiveness as a whole group. This ethnocentrism is also present in Liederman’s

Many African American, Latin American, Asian American, and Native American women have participated in movements to overcome racism and gain recognition of their ethnic histories and identities. Some of these women focus on the cultural and economic problems of women of color. As women’s studies have become established on college campuses, new generations of writers, researchers, and students have developed their own definitions of and approaches to feminism.

While some issues are not given the amount of attention needed, others are given no time at all. Also, the movies less than positive relationship with transgender women is unfortunately absent. Even though the film is not as intersectional as it should be, it is still a fairly accurate portrayal of the Women’s Liberation Movement. This documentary is great for anyone who is new to intersectional feminism, as well as the history of the Women’s Liberation Movement. However, there is further research needed if one wants a full understanding of either

Today, the feminist movement has grown and is still growing as women around the globe have joined hands in the fight against inequality. Even though a lot has changed, all feminists, despite

Kerber, Linda K., Jane Sherron De Hart, Cornelia Hughes Dayton, and Judy Tzu-Chun Wu. Women's America: Refocusing the Past: Rosalyn Baxandall and Linda Gordon, “The Women’s Liberation Movement”. 8th ed. NY, NY: Oxford University Press, 2016.

"Reforming Their World: Women in the Progressive Era, The Status of Women in the Progressive Era." Nwhm.org. N.p., n.d. Web. 6 October 2016.

Since the dawn of American culture, women have been oppressed. Due to inequalities in the hierarchy of social power, women have been targeted for discrimination. However, women have not sat quietly and let the “man” dictate their lives. Through movement raised through women of all cultures, change has come to all American women. Racism, homophobia and classism created hardships for the American women who rebled through reproductive justice organizations, anarcho-syndicalism, and embracement of their sexual orientation. These helped efforts created the foundation that we live in today and continues to inspire and mold the environment .

During present times, society has been created for the majority group. Society has been used in order to use forms of sexual norms and use of gender to shape our lives. Ultimately, ones identity becomes most important and directly correlates with the struggles and limitations they will encompass in life. Therefore, forcing people to choose between which identities will be less problematic. The dominant majority in society uses power and politics to run the lives of the less powerful. Even though all women are oppressed for their gender, some have more of a plight. White women have been known to use their power dynamics to oppress those of racial minorities, even when oppressed they. Women of color have been oppressed on all fronts in life. One can't fight fire with fire, but fight fire with water, fight racism with solidarity. According to Nadine Naber, “There are basics that many Western Feminist do not even address. So, I do get frustrated sometimes by some feminist who try to impose their agendas on others or try to dictate to other women what they should be concerned with (page 164).” In order to understand feminism for women of color, especially Arab and Arab American women, one must understand the class and race struggles. As the bottom of the ladder, the women of color feminist movement have suffered. Nevertheless, the women being silent from the movement. Therefore, we must reflect and understand the need for unity that will overcome the grip that is suffocating us.

The Mythical Norm affects the construction of identity for Ethnic Minority women. The Mythical Norm is considered to be what is socially acceptable of an ideal man and woman based on many factors including race, gender, class, and age. The Ethnic Minority women usually play the inferior role in society, while the male plays the dominant role and promotes the idea of being superior. The unit demonstrates the position women are perceived throughout society as they are forced to hide their own beliefs and capabilities to satisfy the needs of the men. Without the woman's consent, they are being taught to satisfy the men's standards to become the ideal woman. For example, in “Invisibility is an Unnatural Disaster: Reflections of an Asian American Woman” by Mitsuye Yamada when she recognizes how “Asian American woman is lulled into believing that people perceive her as being different from other Asian women (the submissive, subservient, ready-to-please, easy-to-get-along-with Asian woman), she is kept comfortably content with the state of things.” This is an ordinary example of how the Mythical Norm comes back in place with the Ethnic Minority women. In this case, the Mythical Norm plays a role in an Asian American woman’s life as if she is being controlled by the men in her life since in her cultural background the ideal women are to be the caretaker in the household and nothing more. As well as in “American Indian Women Managers: Living in Two Worlds”, the author Helen Juliette

    A Raisin In the Sun, The House On Mango Street, and A Yellow Raft In Blue Water all contain strong, defined images of women. These women control and are controlled. They are oppressed and liberated. Standing tall, they are confident and independent. Hunched low, they are vulnerable and insecure. They are grandmothers, aunts, mothers, wives, lovers, friends, sisters and children. Although they span a wide range of years and roles, a common thread is woven through all of their lives, a thread which confronts them day in and day out. This thread is the challenge they face as minority women in America to find liberation and freedom

The author concentrates on the identity politics as a source of strength, community, and intellectual to illustrate some of the problems that women of color face within both antiracism and feminism.

Gloria Steinem has been at the forefront of the feminist movement, speaking out against the gender inequalities in our society since the late 1960’s. While our feminist leaders have accomplished many wins on the battlefield for equality, there are still sectors of our society in which women have not achieved parity. In “Our Revolution Has Just Begun” an article by Gloria Steinem, Steinem (2017) addresses the unfinished goals of the feminist movement and urges us to do whatever we can to change consciousness.

Women have been the most discriminated-against group of people in the entire history of humankind. They have been abused, held back in society, and oftentimes restricted to the home life, leading dull, meaningless lives while men make sure the world goes round. It seems strange that half of the world's population could be held down so long; ever since the dawn of humanity, women have been treated like second-class citizens. Only in the past 100 years or so have women started to win an equal place in society in the Western world. However, the fight for equality has not been a short one. The seeds of the liberation movement were planted hundreds of years ago, by free-thinking

The diplomatic handling of his neighbor carefully indicates that PN Shah perceived superior strength of Tibet and the East India Company. PN Shah came forward to negotiate with his neighbors when it was in his advantage and deflected the requests he considered harmful for his kingdom. PN Shah was flexible and intelligent enough to easily adapt to wider areas of international relations from the narrow filed of diplomacy. In his relation with East India Company, PN Shah was suspicious of the intentions of the Company and thus he showed a firm opposition towards their attempt (Stiller 1968). He advocated for an economic protectionism and warned against the British (Shakya 2013). During PN Shah’s period, this isolation policy was a calculated act

The word “feminist” has caused turmoil wherever it is uttered. It has gained a negative connotation, and is often mistaken with misandry. While these claims may be true for a minimal number of feminists, the truth is that in order to get an accurate representation on what feminists actually believe one would have to go to the source. The two main problems with that, are that first of all, it is “not rigidly structured or led by a single figure or group”, and most importantly there is not just one kind of feminism, there are hundreds in each aspect of our life (Tavaana, 2014). The most under represented group within feminism is the kind that is in the government. Not all have the same theories, and therefore, do not have the same