I like reading these types of articles, solely for the fact to see what the latest buzzwords and reinterpretations of history in feminism are.

There are those that can not get on with educated women no matter what they have to say.
It's sad that women can-not walk the streets without fear.
That Indian ordeal beggers belief, that has no place at all in any society, and i hope the Indian authorities really get on top of this, and commit to exacting laws that will set an example, that will forever, put a stop to these sort of atrocities.

"Thus it is very easy to fall into the neo-colonial trap of inferiorising nation-states like India conveniently forgetting that its present economic Spring occurs after decades of recovery from a colonisation that impoverished and ravaged it to say the least."

Yes, naturally, the present economic and social conditions in India (or any developing country) are all the fault of "The Former Colonial Power".

Aristocrat,

My favourite is "inferiorising", although I don't think it's femino-speak, it seems more like anti-Orientalism jargon.

'The Occupy movement too, owes its albeit brief success to social networking. '

I suspect that the Óccupy' movement to, have their share of rapist. Most of them with no idea at what they are protesting about. Strange to see them with their iphones etc. Look at the case with the Wikileaks founder. I hope the movement in India has a few more scruples and a bit more morality that the hypocrites in the occupy movement.

Easy on the verbification there! It's blowing my mind!

Mac, the buzzword I find intriguing is "privilege". Intriguing because I find it hard to fathom someone who has studied/trained for 3-4 years earning a degree or trade, then worked 40-60 hours per week for 10-40 years in order to live their life, is "privileged". It's as if the feminists think a house, car, holidays, etc. just fall into people's laps.

Oh god!

I believe in the right to safety of all women, & men for that matter anywhere, & that the punishment for any random violence is inadequate. That is the case in Oz or India for that matter.

Rape is really not that much different to other forms of violence which harms & injures, but perhaps should attract a higher punishment for it's physiological effect on many victims. It certainly requires a greater punishment that it currently attracts in India or Oz.

Still I find this article gets my back up. To me there is more effort put into how things are said, rather than what is said.

Then we get the anti colonial bit, what rubbish. Without colonization India would still be a backward feudal state, ruled by an extremely rich aristocracy, with virtually no freedom or infrastructure. Without what the poms built, granted for their own advantage, there would still be no modern Indian state.

I am so sick of these so called academics who couldn't see the truth if it was engraved on their eye balls. Equally bad are those who can see the facts, but are dammed if they are going to let mere facts spoil their chosen narrative.

Of course the Indians can also thank the second world war for allowing them to shake off their colonisers, & take control of a better destiny that the infrastructure, & the weakening of the previous power structure, made possible.

It really is time we took back our society from these self appointed arbiters.

Aristocrat,

I agree, blaming the "Patriarchy"or the "System" is all rather too glib, however, I doubt whether these types of ideological critiques have much impact these days, although they're irritating to read.

Hasbeen,

I generally agree with your comments on the Indian practice of blaming British Colonisers for most of the country's current political and social problems or claiming that colonisation halted indigenous industrialisation- it's thinly disguised racism, it's all the White Devils' fault.

A good post. Very similar to what I made of it; people just cant quite identify yet with actual history and the social and cultural changes that have overwhelmed people from traditional cultures battling to relate what they were brought up with, against how the current world operates.