Open AccessA Background to the Feminist Movement in Egypt
Author(s) -
Homa Hoodfar
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
al-raida
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2226-4841
pISSN - 0259-9953
DOI - 10.32380/alrj.v0i0.1082
Subject(s) - independence (probability theory) , feminist movement , politics , state (computer science) , gender studies , patriarchy , islam , political science , reign , liberation movement , nationalism , law , restructuring , feminism , sociology , history , statistics , mathematics , archaeology , algorithm , computer science
The discussion of feminist movements in the so-called "Third World" often explicitly or implicitly assumes that such movements are not indigenous, but rather merely recent imitations of the West. This mistaken view is then echoed by third world conservatives with the intention of discrediting local women's movements. In fact, feminism has not been imposed on the Third World by the West, nor is it so new.