Feminist Theorist Diana E.H. Russell
Feminism is not simply a struggle to overcome inequality in social norms and in receiving opportunity between a man and woman but to ensure that the marginalized sections of society especially women are at par with their male counterparts. Feminism comes from a personal space. Sometimes it is sparked from experiencing an injustice, witnessing a debate, or, like me, reading the writing of a very strong woman who isn’t afraid to speak out. Diana E.H. Russell has dedicated her life to stopping violence against women and has been inspiring to me as a multifaceted feminist-theorist, prolific writer and activist.
Feminism and the women’s movement, which is now said to be in its third wave and dealing with broad
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He kidnapped, raped and killed women. Rather than considering him a man with an unsound mind, I firmly believe that such action on his part can be attributed to deep racial hatred and a conviction that sexual desire of men are paramount and can override the willingness of women to engage in the sexual act.
Russell, according to me, in these chapters states that ‘femicide’ is a phenomenon that targets women but arises mostly out of racial hatred towards immigrants and thus the issue has a political connotation. Reading her case studies brings me to observe that women who belong to the African-American are more prone to ‘Objectification’ simply because of the stereotype that the Blacks were considered