Although under the label of feminism is a group of movements whose ultimate purpose is the liberation of women, it is necessary to deepen their analysis to understand the differences between the different types of feminism.
The different movements that make up global feminism take different forms, both in their principles and in their forms of expression, depending on the movement we are talking about different types of feminism will arise, while these movements can be interpreted in different areas, such as political, cultural, economic or social.
- Given the diversity of movements.
- Certain types of feminism often enter dialectical conflicts.
- Some of these movements are: liberal.
- Materialistic.
- Radical.
- Separatist.
- Ecofeminist.
- Etc.
- However.
- In this text we will focus on other types of feminism: “Western feminism”.
- “black feminism”.
- “Islamic feminism” and “indigenous feminism”.
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“To be a free woman is to have a passion for disaster. To break the oppression of the foundations and illuminate the darkness of history, is it necessary to declare, shout, possess a voice, a body, and a life?Will she be a woman like an earthquake, a fire that devours, a flower that bites?. ?Vanessa Rivera de la Fuente?
In many societies today, “Being a woman? it means living in a constant state of vulnerability and risk. A woman was born with her exposure to different types of violence defined. The violence that you will suffer throughout your life can be physical or emotional, symbolic or material, international or structural.
In the face of this violence, women have spoken out proclaiming the revolution of subjectivity, some women have responded by seeking their place in society and gradually succeed in acting in all areas, such as spiritual ones. against patriarchy is a battle that must extend to all walks of life where there is supposed superiority on the part of men.
On the other hand, the areas where women are oppressed are not the same in the world, so different feminist movements have emerged that seek to free themselves from different perspectives.
Western or white feminism is not the most developed, but we have talked about the most, its history is very long and there are several movements very different from each other, however, we can save some of the most memorable moments of this kind. feminism.
One of them is the Manifesto of the 343, in which 343 women who have had an abortion have pleaded guilty. This gesture gave them so much visibility that Charlie Hebdo magazine dedicated a Cover Photo to them under the ironic title: Who got the 343 pregnant from the abortion manifesto.
Although feminism is considered a Western principle, different voices have emerged that have proclaimed other types of feminism, there were other types of feminism that had not been recognized before, women realized that the experiences of upper middle-class white women were not a good for this reason, other feminist movements have become more important , as we’ll see below.
“The oppressor wouldn’t be so strong if he didn’t have accomplices among the oppressed themselves. “Simone de Beauvoir?
This movement, in addition to considering sexism, argues that class oppression and racism also affect women. These three forms of oppression mean that black and poor women face more problems than rich white women. Black feminism? The term? White feminism?problem of racism and inequality that lives the black and white population.
A symbolic example of black feminism was that of the South African women who joined their voices to sing a protest song composed in honor of the occasion: Wathint?Abafazi Wathint? Imbokodo (? If you hit a woman, you hit a stone because you’re going to break?).
“We need to change our own perception, the way we see ourselves. As women, do we need to move forward and take the initiative? Beyonce?
This movement claims the role of women in the culture of Islam, seeks equality between men and women in this cultural context, regardless of gender or gender, education is one of the pillars of this movement that seeks to liberate the spirituality of women. that women have been a repressed figure in many regions where this culture has prevailed, assuming the religious interpretation of man and the role she believes she deserves.
Although there are extremist movements that deny that religion can be compatible with feminism, this movement has been consolidated in many countries, its focus is on the interpretation of the Qur’aan, the holy book of Muslims. it allows a feminist interpretation such as that interpreted by Fatima Mernissi in his book “The Political Harem: The Prophet and Women”.
“Unlike the Muslim, who establishes his domination through the use of space (excluding women from public space), the West manipulates time and light. You claim that a woman is only beautiful at fourteen ??Fatima Mernissi?
In South America, feminism is inspired by other liberation movements, such as liberation theology, the philosophy of liberation or the pedagogy of the oppressed, the legacy of figures such as Che Guevara or Frida Kahlo is also very present, these movements incorporate the knowledge that Aboriginal women have become for many years in feminism , one of the types of feminism that opposes total movements and is part of postcolonial thinking.
We have a great diversity of indigenous peoples with their different peculiarities and cultures, so there are different types of Aboriginal feminism, this difference, instead of alienating women in their struggle for liberation, brings them closer, the different movements converge towards a main goal, incorporating inequalities that other movements have not incorporated, for example, into the Zapatista movement the participants tell us the following :
Women don’t want to “stop being women,” they don’t curse that women were born, but they want to be a woman to stop being a mark, a sin, the stigma that predestines us. be direct victims. In zapatismo there are no labels: tall, low, fat, thin, blond, black, old, young. Is there a movement that respects women because they love them for who they are and at the same time make them better people?a better woman.