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Feminism and Anarchism 1<br />

Feminizam i anarhizam 1<br />

Vanda Perović<br />

Anarchism and feminism aren’t codified<br />

ideologies but movements that are hard to<br />

define, as there exists more than one anarchism<br />

and feminism. In fact, there is a wide<br />

range of anarchisms and feminisms. They<br />

have been developing for more than two centuries<br />

in different directions. Taking some<br />

of the most simple definitions of anarchism<br />

and feminism and saying that anarchism is a<br />

free community of equal and free individuals<br />

and that feminism is the constant fight<br />

of women against male domination, we can<br />

conclude that these are emancipatory movements.<br />

That is to say, anarchism as well as<br />

feminism are oriented towards liberation<br />

– feminism towards the emancipation of<br />

women, and anarchism towards the emancipation<br />

of women and men.<br />

As emancipatory movements they are leftwing<br />

movements, anarchism being on the<br />

radical left and feminism generally on the<br />

left. These movements are subversive in relation<br />

to the existing values of a society, wishing<br />

to change them, and for this reason are<br />

often unwanted in that society. This undesirability<br />

has led anarchism and feminism into<br />

a difficult situation as regards the public,<br />

1 This text is part of the transcript of a discussion concerning<br />

feminism and anarchism in the frame of the<br />

Discussions on Anarchism, held on 1 st June 2006 at the<br />

Dom Omladine (Cultural Center DOB) in Belgrade, with<br />

the speakers: Vanda Perović, Sanja Petkovska & Milica<br />

Gudović.<br />

17<br />

Anarhizam i feminizam nisu kodifikovane<br />

ideologije, to su pokreti koje je teško definisati<br />

jer postoji više anarhizama i feminizama,<br />

ustvari cela lepeza anarhizama i feminizama.<br />

Oni su se razvijali više od dva veka<br />

u različitim pravcima. Ako bi smo npr. uzeli<br />

neke najednostavnije definicije anarhizma i<br />

feminizma i rekli da je anarhizam slobodna<br />

zajednica ravnopravnih i slobodnih pojedinaca<br />

i ako bi smo rekli da je feminizam neprestana<br />

borba žena protiv muške dominacije,<br />

iz samih definicija zaključićemo da su to<br />

emancipatorski pokreti. Znači, i anarhizam<br />

i feminizam teže oslobođenju – feminizam<br />

emancipaciji žena a anarhizam emancipaciji<br />

i muškaraca i žena.<br />

Kao emancipatorski pokreti to su pokreti na<br />

levici, anarhizam na radikalnoj levici a feminizam<br />

generalno na levici. Ovi pokreti su<br />

subverzivni u odnosu na postojeće vrednosti<br />

društva, žele da ih promene, a kao takvi<br />

često su i nepoželjni u samom društvu. Ta<br />

nepoželjnost je dovela i anarhizam i feminizam<br />

u tešku situaciju u odnosu na javnost<br />

zato što društvo, braneći se, zamagljuje termine<br />

i anarhizma i feminizma, manipuliše<br />

svim sredstvima, da bi ih prikazalo u nega-<br />

1 Tekst je deo transkripta razgovora realizovanog u<br />

sklopu Razgovora o anarhizmu na temu feminizam i<br />

anarhizam, održanog u beogradskom Domu omladine<br />

1. juna 2006. U razgovoru su učestvovale: Vanda<br />

Perović, Sanja Petkovska i Milica Gudović.

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