Feminism Abroad 12/2

The readings from this week were very interesting. They deal with ideas of Muslim women abroad and how it relates to feminism here in the United States. I found the Bunch article really interesting and remember how the Bush administration dealt with 9/11 and how it affected Americans view of Afghan people. The issues surrounding Muslim women in the middle east were a forefront in the minds of people but due to the way 9/11 was handled it was pushed to the back burner. The Abu-Lughod paper gave insight into Muslim women and their lives oversees and how everything that they go through is not to be seen as horrible but some of the issues such as Burqa are cultural and traditional issues and not problems that need to be helped by international intervention. The article also gave us a look into the politics of the middle east Muslim community and how gender is really tied into the way women are treated and perceived. This is just like what Cynthia Enloe was talking about in her chapter "Updating the Gendered Empire". She was saying how we must have an internationalized gender so that we can make feminist issues as important as politics of men internationally. We must have a outlet to here everyone's issues and not have women be silence at home as well as abroad.