Tues. Draft Copy - Paul Druta

1. Ecuador has a long history of feminist progress dating back The Glorious May Revolution. The Teen Vogue article write: "After the palace takeover in 1944, she became the first woman to serve in Ecuador's Congress. (Today, about 40 percent of our congress is made up of women, ranking 20th in women’s governmental leadership worldwide. The U.S. comes in at number 100.)" (Amor). Yet, when Black Mama came to our class last week, she talked about the various new laws that have been instituted in Ecuador that take away so many rights from women in the country. How is it possible for Ecuador to have lost some of the progress it made?
2. In the Vogue article, the author talked about Ecuadorian feminism's hesitance to engage with "Gringo Politics" (Amor) as a result of the legacy of European colonialism. However, seeing as there are many inclusive feminist movements in the US and Europe as well, are there ever times where the Ecuadorian feminist movement would stand to benefit from working collaboratively with movements in other countries (such as Chicana movement in US)?
3. In the Communitarian Feminism article, Julieta Paredes writes: "Calling ourselves feminists is leaving the door open to the possibility of building a global women's movement in defiance of the patriarchy and forming the Community of communities. It is the acknowledgement and possibility of coordinating endeavours with others." (Paredes 124). Using the term feminist helps Latin American movements rally around a common cause with European and American movements, but considering that many Latin American women hesitate to label themselves as feminist does this identification of the movement ever lead to struggles to gain support in Bolivia?