The reading by Tickner, highlights perhaps a very important
perspective in International Politics that has been overlooked throughout
history. The marginalization of women occurs in almost all spheres of life,
therefore it is rather necessary that a feminist perspective be included in
studying politics. Recent history has witnessed a rising demand towards feminist
rights, women have begun to expand their social roles as caretakers towards an
equal footing. The patriarchal system is no longer (or never was) a definite
representative of the perspective of the populi.
The field of international politics has also missed out on
the perspective of women, historically and politically. The reading by Tickner,
establishes the importance of this perspective of almost half of the population
of the world, which has been missed out in IR. The patriarchal system is also
dominant in IR, therefore the theories we have studied so far have been
prejudiced towards patriarchy and thus have lacked the presence of the role of
women in shaping international politics.
This article by Tickner, presents a rather extensive
literary argument that supports the perspective of feminism in IR. Tickner has
also backed her arguments through the use of examples, which add to her arguments.
Feminism needs to be incorporated in the study of international politics, as
there still exists an imbalance due to patriarchy. I believe that her arguments
are not only justifiable but have been rather necessary to divert our attention
towards an important perspective that has been missing, not only in the study
of international politics but “study” in general.
Even if we do include a feminist perspective into IR,which we should because it has majorly been neglected, how much of a difference will it really make on how we perceive IR?
ReplyDeleteI think we all agree that adding more voices to the field of IR will benefit it. But as Anam points out, how much will it actually benefit the various discussions going on in the field?
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