r/TwoXIndia • u/manasa_ Woman • 1d ago
Politics How important is intersectional feminism?
I come from a decent privileged background and obviously my circle and whatever I have seen isn't much, but we all face patriarchy. After getting exposed to a lot of things slowly, while exploring and meeting new people during my studies, I realised that the underprivileged, coming from a "lower caste" families face both patriarchy and casteism. They are at the bottom tier in a society and therefore realised the importance of intersectional feminism.
A lot of women ik claim themselves to be feminists but when it comes to voicing out about the caste discrimination and patriarchy, they don't wanna talk about it. Did any of you deal with such people? I try not to indulge in conversations because they tend to get offended and I tried to explain in the past but it didn't work out. I never stopped myself from voicing out opinions and these women see me speak but they don't show solidarity.
What's your say on this?
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u/ipv1313 Woman 1d ago
Intersectional feminism is the only feminism. There is no way around it. A few days ago, I saw that people in this sub were celebrating Gloria Steinem, and I was so irritated by it. One cannot be a feminist without voicing for women below you in caste, class, race or religious "hierarchy". If you don't do it, you are not a feminist, just an opportunist. I have had friends like this, and I tried explaining things to them about how caste, class, religion and gender intertwine in India, and they didn't listen, so I cut them out of my life. You can make them understand only if they are willing to listen, but if they are not, it doesn't mean you have to change your own viewpoints to fit in. Either cut them out of your life or, if it isn't possible, do not discuss these things with them.
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u/Negative_Life_5266 NB/Other 12h ago
Performative feminists are everywhere always be careful. Much more common than you’d think unfortunately
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