LIT11: Tickener, Anna Peace and Security from a feminist perspective. Flashcards
What is the Feminist definition of security? Anne Tickner
They advocate seeing women as agents in all aspects of peace-building and
peacemaking, positions that the international community is finally beginning to recognize.
What is the common association with security and gender?
Security has been associated with a strong form of militarized masculinity and peace with a type of femininity where women are seen only as victims
needing protection
In what ways are women made insecure in war? Anne Tickner?
As feminists have pointed out,
rape is not just an accident of war but frequently part of military strategy
Feminists have drawn our attention to the fact that stops wars do not end when the fighting.
F.e. refugee camps, frequently run by male refugees or male humanitarian workers,
are often violent places, sexual violence being a particular problem.
Economic sanctions have disproportionately negative effects on women since they are already more socioeconomically and politically vulnerable.
What is the legitimation of military violence from feminist viewpoint (Tickner)
Despite the high level of violence and insecurities that women, and civilians more generally, suffer during and after a conflict, the rationale for war has been centered on the myth that wars are fought for the protection of women, children, and other vulnerable people.
What are the feminist ethics and its usefullness for peace building.
Feminist ethics rests on three pillars that are useful for peacebuilding:
1. The starting point is women’s lives in all their different manifestations. The focus
is always on women’s subordination and inequality, however it manifests itself.
2. A feminist ethic asks how male privilege has come to define what is security
and insecurity. It asks why have women been systematically excluded from
peace tables and treated as second-class citizens in matters of security and
peace-building.
3. The alternative ways of building peace that a feminist ethic proposes are
contextual and emphasize personal experience and nurture
All these feminists emphasize the importance of breaking down dualisms, being open to dialogue and listening to others, as well as allowing room for compromise positions.
