Buskie Marxist Feminist Theory

Like Buskie, Critical feminist are hesitant to agree with liberal feminists because they believe their methods are too neutral. Furthermore, critical feminists argue that the liberal feminists vision of power relies too heavily on the notion that social goods can be contributed without a fundamental change to society. Critical feminists argue that vision would not work because there needs to be a fundamental change. Often times, critical feminists are associated with Marxist theories and are labeled as Marxist feminists. Buskie delivers an example of what critical feminists want by stating that "Marxist feminists seek to transform the oppressive socioeconomic structures of capitalist society." By following a Marxist theme, critical feminists

Post-structural feminism emphasizes the nature of all identities as well as the social construction of gendered subjectivities. The theory focuses predominantly on one scholar, Judith Butler. Butler argued that gender is a social construct of sex, and therefore, sex is constructed by gender. Butler further explains this theory provides a discourse that can disprove the known 'biology is destiny ' argument that other theories present . Essentially, Butler is establishing a sub-section of feminist 's theory that creates an understanding that there is no universal single category of woman or man and that there is an intersexuality of sex, race, ethnicity, class, sexuality, and nationality. Furthermore, post-structural feminism introduces the notion that a gender is based from what we do, not what we are. Unlike Butler, Buskie explains post-structural feminism as "there are no authentic women 's experience or standpoint that can be used as a template for understanding the world." As well, she goes on to state that post-structural feminist "chide liberal feminists for their adherence to the enlightenment project, their western middle-class bias, and their essentialist views of

The Arab Spring is an example where international relations feminism theory deconstructed the idea of masculinity as a dominant theory. The Arab Spring was an international situation that shocked most of the world, as it was happening throughout the digital age. The world was able to see what was happening on a minute-by-minute basis, unlike prior world events that could not be captured with such speed and accuracy. This was interesting because people were able to see what was happening from any person 's smart phone; therefore, what was even more shocking was that in countries that are known for their oppressing women, showed women flocking to the streets in protest and organizing rallies and events through multiple social media platforms. An article released by The Guardian, during the time of the revolts in the middle east, stated " Some of the most striking images of this season of revolt have been of women: black-robed and angry, a sea of female faces in the capitals of north Africa, the Arabian peninsula, the Syrian hinterland, marching for regime change, an end to repression, the release of loved ones. Or else delivering speeches to the crowds, treating the injured, feeding the sit-ins of Cairo and Manama and the makeshift army of eastern Libya." In Countries affected by the Arab Spring uprising; like Bahrain and Libya, women were the first wave of