Feminist perspective of globalisation

Question 1

What are some patterns and trends relating to feminism and globalisation ?

Answer 1

• 70% female users of instagram and pinterest
• 17% of Britains top 100 influential users are female

Question 2

What is the feminist theories opinion on the digital world ?

Answer 2

• Focus on the exclusion of women from history and the use of technology
• They aim to challenge the male-dominated nature of media

Question 3

What was Nakamura’s study on globalisation ?

Answer 3

• Feminist
• Women from a range of ethnic minorities are gaining more presence in digital communications
• enables their interests

Question 4

What does Nakamura say about support networks ?

Answer 4

• women who may have previously been unable to access digital communication may need support networks
• They offer emotional and practical support for women experiencing discrimination

Question 5

How has globalisation increased exploitation ?

Answer 5

• decreased significance of national borders
• new ways of exploitation (online abuse)

Question 6

What was Arlaccki say (feminist view) ?

Answer 6

• exploitation is under-detected and under policed
• lack of police and laws being enforced

Question 7

What are examples of how the feminists cope with the effects of globalisation moving forward ?

Answer 7

• FemTechNet - a network of scholars, artists and science students
• feminist blogs
• everyday sexism project - Laura bates

Question 8

What is the fourth wave of feminism ?

Answer 8

• 2000 - 2010
• Importance of technology for communicating and sharing ideas and plans
• gives voice to muted groups
• Digital global communications are used as tools to build a strong, popular and reactive movement online

Question 9

What did Cochrane say about the fourth wave of feminism ?

Answer 9

Mumsnet, 59% of them consider themselves as feminists

Question 10

What are the arguments feminists have about digital communcation ?

Answer 10

1. Enforces patriarchy
   - exploits women and children
   - Patriarchal ideology is perpetuated through imagery
   - companies are more masculine in media
2. Overcoming patriarchy
   - Mobilises support for activities which challenge ideology
   - online identities can be created
   - gives a voice to women so they can communicate all over the world

Question 11

What was Harraway’s study (1985)

Answer 11

A cyborg manifesto
She said that women shouldn’t be excluded from technological advances but instead be involved.
Says technological advances offer women to create new forms of identity without being bound by traditional ideas

Question 12

What was Harraway’s second study (1991)

Answer 12

• uses the cyborg metaphor to explain how issues with feminism and capitalism can change by understanding identity through the cyborg theory