(en) France, Alternative Libertaire AL dossier spécial sur
l'éducation populaire - Feminism: An education of all kinds (fr, it,
pt) [machine translation]
Feminism movement was not a protest movement, it was also a movement of education of women
by women, but not only ... ----------- The feminist movement of the 1970s was a movement
that targeted the empowerment (empowerment) of women. For this it was necessary first to
reclaim the right to speak and build a space to discuss issues deemed important by women
and denigrated by men activists. This was the role of feminist groups-sex word. ---- Women
who took part in it could, without being intimidated or denigrated by men, are talking
about their intimate problems especially regarding their sexuality and their bodies more
generally. ---- Thus, this education was also an education body: most women are unaware of
the anatomy of the female genital tract. So it was a space where women subjects, from
their point of view located, could assert their subjective experience facing the
rationality of militant Marxist discourse of class struggle or biomedical expertise on
their male own body. The aim was to achieve a realization that this experience was not an
individual experience, but the social condition of women group.
Feminist self defense
But in this process of empowerment of women, awareness is necessary but not sufficient to
remove obstacles to collective action. This is why feminists have also established
practices such as women's self defense. Unlike the female self-defense, self defense
Feminist was produced by women from a feminist perspective.
It's not just learning physical defense techniques: after all it was only a question of
effectiveness of combat techniques, a mixed course would be equally valid. But women's
issues are twofold: because of the inhibitions related to gender socialization and the
gender specificity of the sustained attacks. Therefore, feminist vigilante begins strive
for empowerment mind. This is to strengthen the self-confidence of women and help them
raise their inhibition to speak in public space, to shout or use their body as a defensive
weapon. But in addition, the feminist self-defense includes a flying devoted to verbal
defense both in the public space, at work and in the domestic space.
But it would be simplistic to think that the feminist education was limited to education
that targets women.
Think tanks and reading
Circles feminist readings have been set up in the LGBT community (lesbian-gay-bi-trans) or
by men activists. In this case, it is necessary for people who feel their militant
education, and to avoid sexism in their daily behavior, form of feminism by reading
important texts of this current.
Finally, because this is what women usually given within the family the largest share in
the education of children, but also because they are the majority in the fields of
education and social, feminists have developed a particular reflection on education but
also teaching.
Irene Pereira
http://www.alternativelibertaire.org/?Une-education-en-tous-genres
