Blog 19

Blog #19

    The chapter talks about globalization. To my understanding globalization ia the interactions of trade between different nations, like NAFTA between Canada, Mexico, and the US. Globalization was bought up and so was feminism. The chapter explored the feminism in the west, south, and internationally. Women in the west wanted jobs, an education, and equality between genders. There were many feminist writers that wrote about how women were not defined as human historically. This gave birth to feminist slogans, one being a mother’s day slogan saying, “Celebrated one day; exploited all year”. Women wanted liberation from oppression and wanted in a way a “male role” in society.

    Women in the south criticized women in the West for asking asking for  selfish things. Women in the South faced many problems like poverty, development, and racism. The woman in the south were more concerned with family affair rather than oppression. Feminism was looked as an imperialist action. In Chile feminism arose from a dictatorship and oppression. In the 20th century, feminism arose as a true matter of concern and it was even brought to the attention of the United Nations.