I wonder what leads to the drastically different feminist movements in the US and Ecuador. I was so interested to learn that women played hugely significant roles in the Glorious May Revolution, which occurred in the 1940s. I can’t think of an equivalent show of power of women in the US during that time. Do you think this historically different feminism is the result of inherent cultural differences or more the product of different social situations at the time?
What is the importance of the distinction between feminism and communitarian feminism? What does “action-based thinking” bring to the table for a social movement?
Julieta Paredes says in her interview that “Schools and universities do not help build community or contribute to living well [...] It promotes individualism, the dismantling of social classes and the denial of identity. Macho behaviour and perspectives are not questioned, but instead are recycled into the so-called new masculinities.” I find it hard to agree that education in general is the enemy of feminist efforts, though I could see some individual institutions being problematic. Do you agree or disagree with Paredes’ assertion?
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