Feminist Perspective on Self and Power

Arguments for Pragmatic Feminism

Arguments that American women have not embraced pragmatic feminism in recent years are false. Indeed, pragmatic feminism originated in the United States, and it should be highlighted that no other country understands what pragmatism stands for more than the Americans. Opponents claim that women are not entitled to their practical perspectives on issues, and that society is not ready for women to be problem solvers. Furthermore, the arguments against pragmatic feminism are that women lack vision and hence are unable to plan far into the future, rendering their pragmatism spirit null and meaningless. From the different views, it is evident and vivid that pragmatic feminism has great merits in the society than demerits such as the positive impacts on the morality of the society and encouragement of education of the female gender.

Feminist Perspective on Self

Social globalization has proved to be a polarizing movement with both the male and female gender seeking priority. Over the past century, there have been many movements meant to help feminists have a perception about them. As a matter of fact, the world has seen a click of female leaders in powerful organizations and countries. Feminists’ self-determination raises pivotal questions such as the personal identity crisis facing women, sociality issues, and the agency that feminism must address.

Feminist Perspective on Power

Over the years, the world has not incorporated active discussion of the feminist perspective on power despite the fact that power is central to feminist theories. One question that begs the answer is how it is possible to determine the ways in which women conceptualize power and whether they in fact believe that they should have the power redistributed in the first place. Arguments against women suggest that feminist groups have weak position on power and prefer being controlled. However, it is vivid in the contemporary world that women prefer being on power and encourage empowerment, domination and redistribution of power.

Bibliography

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Whipps, Judy, and Danielle Lake. Pragmatism Feminism. The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2016. https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/win2016/entries/femapproach-pragmatism/

Willett, Cynthia, Ellie Anderson, and Diana Meyers. Feminist Perspectives on the Self. The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2016. https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/win2016/entries/feminism-self/