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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 />
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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.