Logged out
Access All our Essays in an Instant
Swap your work for FREE access, or pay £4.99 for instant access
But this version of the history (originated and constructed by the patriarchal structure) of women’s movement in Bengal tells a completely different story when we look at it critically, from a male unbiased, feminist point of view
Member rating: No Rating | Words: | Submitted: Fri Mar 31 2006
Page Preview
On the left is an image preview of every page of this document, and below are the first 150 words with formatting removed:
DEV 505: Gender and Development Development Studies Program, BRAC University, Spring 2006 Response Paper 1 Feminism in Bangladesh: Southern Feminist Theories, Feminist Movements Submitted to: Prof. Ferdous Azim Submitted By: Kazi Nazrul Fattah MDS, 6th Batch ID - 05262005 According to the popular history of the women's movement in Bengal - "the women of Bengal and Bangladesh have, throughout the history of the subcontinent, fought for their rights and many a learned man has also advocated gender equality and the rights of women in the region."1 Historical figures like Raja Rammohan Roy (1772-1833), Iswar Chandra Bidyashagar (1820-1891), Mohishi Debendranath Thakur are iconized as social reformers who have struggled untiringly for the rights of women, to stop the discrimination, to emancipate women from a position of being "a weak, helpless creature and a mere ornament and procreator of children to carry on the family name."2 But this version of the history (originated and constructed by the patriarchal structure) of women's...
To see the full version of this document, and 143,564 others
