As historical feminism has gained ground, a market demand...
Modern Feminism is culturally important
As historical feminism has gained ground, a market demand for anti-feminists has emerged, in which feminists with little to lose are financially and socially rewarded for denouncing feminism, damaging the reputation of a just cause [1]. A reiteration of feminism's contextual importance is therefore worth some effort from my end. I expect a recurring theme in my industry-related arguments will be based the testimonies of women who have experienced or observed gender-based workplace exploitation [2][3][4][5][6]. On a less tangible level, some feminists feel that the concept of woman has been redefined by male supremacy [7][8], calling for feminist environments to help women reconstruct the female identity in a culture of male entitlement. It has also been argued that the influence of women's rights movements, racial civil rights movements, and worker's rights movements are entwined together [9][10]. My arguments will certainly include the important role of modern feminism in shedding light on human trafficking [11][12], prostitution [12][13][14], and pornography [15][16]. Depending on the scope of the debate, I may also discuss the weaknesses of patriarchal social structures [15] and the role of female education and empowerment in obtaining economic prosperity and political wisdom [17][18][19]. Of the following list of sources, several are not fully available for free. I have access to a few and own two in paper form, but I will limit my quotes to phrases available in the free samples of the literature, to allow opposition and readers to verify with the click of a mouse. If I list additional sources in other rounds, I will number them starting at the number I left off on at the previous round (for example, if i add a source in round 2, it will be listed as [20]), to reduce clutter. 1. Jennifer Pozner "Female Anti-Feminism for Fame and Profit" http://standyourground.com... 2. Faith Wilding, "Monstrous Domesticity" http://www.feministezine.com... 3. Clara Zetkin, "Lenin on the Women's Question" http://www.marxists.org... 4. Clara Zetkin, "On a Bourgeois Feminist Petition" http://www.marxists.org... 5. Alexandra Kollontai, "The Social Basis of the Woman Question" http://www.marxists.org... 6. Alexandra Kollontai, "Women Workers Struggle For Their Rights" http://www.marxists.org... 7. Linda Alcoff, "Cultural Feminism versus Post-Structuralism" http://www.jstor.org... 8. Verta Taylor and Leila J. Rupp, "Women's Culture and Lesbian Feminist Activism" http://www.jstor.org... 9. Patricia Hill Collins, "Defining Black Feminist Thought" http://www.feministezine.com... 10. "The Combahee River Collective Statement" http://circuitous.org... 11. C Whyte, "Intersectionality und Kritik" http://link.springer.com... 12. Potter, Downey, & Montoya, "Transformative Activism and Human Trafficking" http://digitool.library.colostate.edu... 13. Jodie Masotta, "Decades of Reform: Prostitutes, Feminists, and the War on White Slavery" http://www.uvm.edu... 14. Maddy Coy, "Prostitution Harm and Gender Inequality: Theory Research and Policy" http://books.google.com... 15. Pala Molisa, "Accounting For Pornography, Prostitution And Patriarchy" http://www.apira2013.org... 16. Kat Banyard, "Prostitution, Harm and Gender Inequality: Theory, Research and Policy" http://www.tandfonline.com... 17. Zafiris Tzannatos, "Women and Labor Market Changes in the Global Economy: Growth Helps, Inequalities Hurt and Public Policy Matters" http://www.sciencedirect.com... 18. Hayes and Flannery, "Women as Learners: The Significance of Gender in Adult Learning." http://eric.ed.gov... 19. Mukhopadhyay and Seymour, "Women, education, and family structure in India." http://www.cabdirect.org...