East European Feminisms

Sally R Munt

doi:10.20897/femenc/8509

Abstract

East European Feminisms

Highlights

Munt / East European Feminisms women; in 1970 my mother went on a tour of ‘the Soviet Union’ ( Russia, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan) as part of a CND2 delegation from Huddersfield and other towns to promote nuclear disarmament
My Mum came back with many lively tales of life under communism, not least was that she explained with surprise and some pride that all jobs were open to men and women, and that housing and heating were provided by the state enabling women to work, a radical idea to a young girl like me in 1970
One thing we must continue to resist is the persistent idea that western feminism can ‘save’ women living in other cultures, the so-called white knight fallacy, that assumes a uni-directional flow of information, strategy, political energy and wisdom

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Introduction

Munt / East European Feminisms women; in 1970 my mother went on a tour of ‘the Soviet Union’ ( Russia, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan) as part of a CND2 delegation from Huddersfield and other towns to promote nuclear disarmament. One thing we must continue to resist is the persistent idea that western feminism can ‘save’ women living in other cultures, the so-called white knight fallacy, that assumes a uni-directional flow of information, strategy, political energy and wisdom.

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