Mohanty

In the paper we read for class today Mohanty works to justify the third wave in a different way than we've discussed so far.

Mohanty's concern lies in the universal nature, she claims, that western feminists see the world. She sees that the feminist acknowledgement of the world wide oppression of women as a form of colonialism. This is because, in doing this, these women are homogenized across their gender, culture and class.

I think what this really gets down to is a similar argument that we've seen from hooks, Davis and other black feminists but set on a global stage and using a more anthropological approach. Not that I would want to generalize here and make the same mistakes the article warns against. It is just sometimes easier to draw comparisons when offering a simplified explanation.

As far as there being a global sisterhood, I think that Mohanty would be guarded against any such claims. She would assume this belief would take on similar characteristics of other western feminist campaigns and end up marginalizing the women the collation was claiming to include and support.