1 Question: If men can do X, why can't women? Answer is : women can too. Correct, but not quite right. #Muhaddithat #Nadwi #feminism
2 Its not right because the approach embedded in the question is misleading. It leads astray in three ways. #Muhaddithat #Nadwi #feminism
3 Premise is that the traditional domain of women is inferior. Do we ask: if women can do X, why can't men? #Muhaddithat #Nadwi #feminism
4 This approach gives primacy to agency as the definitive measure of the value of a human being...#Muhaddithat #Nadwi #feminism
5....and it defines agency in terms of challenging an established order of privilege. #Muhaddithat #Nadwi #feminism
6 Issue is then framed in terms of resistance; success is measured in terms of how many items have been won over from the ownership of men.
7 Undue emphasis on agency (what you can do vs what you can be) as a measure of dignity and liberty is an error of serious import.
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