It’s been an uneven week for women’s issues. On the negative side, you had Tucker Carlson’s misogynistic comments and prominent women being featured in the college admissions scandal. On the other hand, shows featuring women (Captain Marvel and Russian Doll, to name just two) are doing well and International Women’s Day gathered a lot of attention. While more women’s voices are being heard, the effects aren’t uniformly positive.
Some would say that the debate over the role of women results from Feminism. To them, arguments about depictions of women would not exist without the feminist movement, so ending the former means ending the latter. Sadly, this means women’s issues have hard time being heard, since these people believe the discussion itself is the problem. Convincing them otherwise takes time, effort, and a willingness to try different lines of reasoning. Perhaps Feminism’s best feature is its ability to adapt to new circumstances, exhibited by its multiple waves. Renewing the challenge of women’s equality by conveying it in different ways helps us to reassess our previous performance, gauging how far we have yet to go. I for one look forward to seeing the innovations Feminism will take in the future.
- Khansa Imam, Shazia Rahim, and Rukhsana Raza, “Philosophy of Feminism inculcated among working women,” Journal of Arts & Social Sciences, December 2018.
- Tracy Bowell, “The problem(s) of women in philosophy: Reflections on the practice of feminism in philosophy from contemporary Aotearoa/New Zealand,” Women’s Studies Journal, December 2015.
- Anya Topolski, “The Politics of Feminism and the Feminism of Politics: Reflections on a Roundtable Hosted by the Higher Institute of Philosophy at the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium,” Hypatia, Winter 2012.
- Katarina Loncarevic, “A Feminist Philosopher on the Fringe of History: Ksenija Atanasijevic and Ancient Greek Philosophy,” Monist, January 2015.
- Kim Hall, “New Conversations in Feminist Disability Studies: Feminism, Philosophy, and Borders,” Hypatia, Winter 2015.
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https://www.ubcpress.ca/reconsidering-radical-feminism Reconsidering Radical Feminism is another good read.