Do The Specific Realities Of Women In The North

Question 3: Do the specific realities of women in the South (and of many in the North) - particularly colonialism, poverty, and culture-raise issues that are not adequately addressed in existing feminist theory? Explain fully

Women in the North have experienced oppression differently from the women in the South. “(Parpart et.al 2000) Black women in the diaspora have suffered a double jeopardy being women and being black and yet feminist scholars from the North America and Europe have often ignored the specificities of black women’s experiences”. Most feminist theory have put their focus on the experiences of women in the North and ignored the experiences of the women of the South. This may be because majority of feminist theorist are white. “According to (Carby 1982) most contemporary feminist theory does not begin to adequately account for the experience of black

The modernization framework does not recognize the systemic class, race or gender barriers that negate the idea of an open society in which every individual makes progress according to his or her merits” (Parpart et.al 2000). The division of labor between men and women tends to create mechanisms of women subordination. Women in the South and some women in the North did not experience equity as referred by modernization framework, women were only given an opportunity to participate in the production process. Women have taken on the characteristics of insecure, low-paying jobs with few prospects for advancement (Parpart et.al 2000). Culture plays an important role in the participation of women in the production process especially for the women in the South. Culturally women’s work is reproduction for example caring for children, the ill and elderly and also household