![]() This awareness of Dalit women led to her emancipatory and liberating standpoint which was reflected in their writings. But the harsh reality is that the nature and intensity of women’s exploitation changes with respect to her social location that is her identity in a society which was null for Dalits so as their females.ĭalit feminists rejected feminist theory developed by non-Dalit women as it does not capture their reality. All women are equal and equally exploited is the myth that mainstream women’s movement believed. ![]() Women’s experiences are differentiated on the basis of caste in India. Women are women but what about those who are not even considered as women. ![]() They tagged all the women facing the tyranny of patriarchy under all-inclusive category “women”. Mainstream women’s movement totally bypassed the caste system and their analysis of oppression was only around the axis of gender. ![]() This ignorance led to the new wing of the movement called ‘Dalit Feminism’.Īs a theoretical perspective, Dalit feminism revolves around experiences of Dalit women to understand patriarchy and interrelation of caste and gender. But it lacked something…something that was really necessary to be talked about. ![]() After realizing the patriarchal tyranny a feminist movement emerged gradually who talked about women and their issues. ![]()
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