Can Third Wave Feminism be Inclusive?: Intersectionality, Its Problems and New Directions

Zack, Naomi

doi:10.1002/9780470696132.ch11

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“…This is a stark example of what has been a much broader problem of the feminist movement: that it is by and large representative of white, middle-class women's interests (only) rather than inclusive of a wider range of women's experiences (Zack, 2007). This can be seen in the high degree of attention given to issues such as family policy with a relative lack of attention to issues which are gendered, but also classed, and in some contexts, racialized: risk of poverty, prostitution and risk of incarceration, risk of domestic violence and the authoritarian control over the lives of benefits claimants, to name only a few.…”

Section: Critique: Intersectionality and Heterogeneity Among Womenmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…As demonstrated, much of the feminist debate on BI as it stands hinges on the worker-carer debate and whether women should be treated similarly to men (as wage labourers) or as differently to men (due to their caring responsibilities). However, in recent years feminist thought has increasingly shifted toward understanding and accounting for the heterogeneity of women's experiences and the difficulty of the feminist movement in being effectively inclusive of all types of women (Zack, 2007). A key issue is the role that divides among women play in gender inequality between men and women (Cooke, 2011).…”

Section: Critique: Intersectionality and Heterogeneity Among Womenmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Response to Lindsey Macdonald's 'We are All Housewives: Universal Basic Income as Wages for Housework'

Neilson

2019

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International debate regarding universal basic income proposals has increased markedly in recent years. This has included a spirited feminist debate about the merits of basic income (BI) for contributing to gender equality. Advocates have pointed to the potential for BI to correct the paid work bias of contemporary social security systems and to increase women's economic autonomy and power within the household. Critics have argued that BI will do nothing to directly challenge the gendered division of labour and may well reinforce it. As such, the feminist debate about BI is in some ways a microcosm of wider feminist controversies regarding how the state can recognize the unpaid work women largely do without reinforcing existing inequalities. Nevertheless, this focus marginalizes other aspects of gender inequality, particularly intersections between gender and class and race, including the positions of women in the Global South and additional policy issues such as poverty. Using Nancy Fraser's 7 principles of gender equity, this paper demonstrates how a multi-dimensional perspective on gender equality strengthens the feminist case for BI proposals.

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Section: Critique: Intersectionality and Heterogeneity Among Womenmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Critique: Intersectionality and Heterogeneity Among Womenmentioning

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Response to Lindsey Macdonald's 'We are All Housewives: Universal Basic Income as Wages for Housework'

Neilson

2019

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“…At its core, intersectionality theory asserts that both our own, inner understandings of self and the kinds of access, opportunity and treatment we receive are the product of multiple and intersecting systems of social classification. This basic premise emerged in reaction to the perceived exclusionary and homogenizing tendencies of much second‐wave feminist theorizing, which, while it purported to represent a collective ‘woman's’ perspective, principally reflected the preoccupations and experiences of White, middle‐class, heterosexual women (Zack ; Ferree ). The notion that race, class, and national origin can combine with gender to produce a variety of different ‘standpoints’ (Collins ) thus began to gain currency in a number of fields (e.g., Davis ; hooks ; Hull, Scott, and Smith ; Anthias and Yuval‐Davis , ; Bryan, Dadzie, and Scafe ; James ).…”

Section: Intersectionality Theorymentioning

confidence: 99%

Integrating Intersectionality in Language, Gender, and Sexuality Research

Levon

2015

Language and Linguist. Compass

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In this paper, I argue for the need to integrate intersectionality theory more fully in language, gender, and sexuality research. I outline the basic principles of what an intersectional approach to identity and identity‐linked speech entails, focusing particularly on the belief that an adequate description of lived experience, and hence social practice, requires us to consider the ways in which multiple systems of social categorization (e.g., gender and sexuality, race/ethnicity, social class, and place) intersect with one another in dynamic and mutually constitutive ways. I review research on the linguistic perception and production of gender and sexuality that has adopted an intersectional perspective to date and argue that while certain aspects of the theory have long had a foothold in work in this area, the field's engagement with the full ramifications of intersectionality as an analytical framework has been partial. I conclude with suggestions about how to anchor a more comprehensive approach to intersectionality in sociolinguistic research.

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“…Feminism thinking since latter half of twentieth centuryespecially third-wave feminism 1970 onwards-has been characterized as both, a philosophy, and a performative discourse aimed at bringing about the emancipation of the oppressed from socio-political power dynamics which is historically constituted (Zack, 2007;Alcoff, 2006). The group of the oppressed is predominantly presumed to be women, but may include all underprivileged gender groups (e.g.…”

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“…This latter is the ethical demand which follows as the consequence of accepting the unity of reason. Once construed this way, it will not be difficult to assess the under representation of women in the professional fields of academia, in particular, philosophy (Zack, 2007) and mathematics. 3 It is not easy to present a full reconstruction of their arguments separately, that can be philosophically demonstrated to be regressing back at this axiom, for we would then require a space not permissible within this research article.…”

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A Phenomenological Perspective On Feminist Critique Of Reason

Husain¹,

Hyder²,

Sultana³

2020

PJGS

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This study expounds a phenomenological perspective on feminist critique of reason. Following the lead of Nagl-Docekal, a hypothesis is reached by which a possibility is recognized that the feminist argument which is founded on gendering the unity of reason is mistaken. This gendering ultimately results in identifying the traditional manifestations of reason as a structure of oppressive power dynamics which feminist philosophy deems masculine. Although, this investigation admits that some of the main premises of feminist argument are supported by evidence, however, the main contention is that its conclusion is problematic. A phenomenology of reason is proposed, after Edmund Husserl‟s transcendental phenomenology, with the intention of providing support for the validity of hypothesis and offer better prospects for a critique of reason. Furthermore, It is also argued that phenomenology of reason so outlined already incorporates the valid aspects of feminist critique of reason. The methodology of this investigation is comparative-analytic. The purpose of this study is to provide a philosophical foundation for feminist critique of reason which is aimed at unmasking the illicit pretensions of the oppressive dynamics exhibited in the name of reason.

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Can Third Wave Feminism be Inclusive?: Intersectionality, Its Problems and New Directions

Cited by 14 publications

References 5 publications

Response to Lindsey Macdonald's 'We are All Housewives: Universal Basic Income as Wages for Housework'

Response to Lindsey Macdonald's 'We are All Housewives: Universal Basic Income as Wages for Housework'

Integrating Intersectionality in Language, Gender, and Sexuality Research

A Phenomenological Perspective On Feminist Critique Of Reason

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