>>any woman from any caste/ class/ race can understand the problems of other women from >>any caste/class/race
i beg to differ here. on the contrary, a woman understands her subjective cultural/social locations better, gendered reality being conflated by caste/class/religion take for eg: the recetn pink chaddi campaign. why the same campaign didnt taka place for muslim women harassed in the same state. why no such campaign for dalit women so there is soemthing called 'woman of difference' whose issues may not be an ISSUE for "mainstream" feminsm.. u must be remembering those "upper" caste women who throng de streets during anti-mandal agitation.. was it for all women? the sons/daughters of these woemn once agin came to the streets recently against OBC reservation... there s nothing astonishing in it and i m not taking a position tht all fights should be isolated; but instead of engaging in dialogues with the Other, attempts are made to coopt their politics thereby denying epistemic authority to their life struggles. in simple terms it s better to say, "i dont understand you. pls tell us abt u, we would like to know you" than claiming that "i can understand you".. this s what i feel abt the struggles of the marginalised whther it be women/dalits/adivasis etc. thanks --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
