Imperialist Feminism and Islamic Law
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This article presents three arguments about defects in imperialist feminism. First, I show that imperialist feminists engage in decontextualized comparisons: they consistently compare Western women to the Muslimwoman, without comparing Muslim men and women or comparing non-Muslim men and women. These inconsistent comparisons are the source of significant misrepresentations of Muslim women. Second, I propose that imperialist feminists view Muslim women through the heteronormative male gaze. That is, when imperialist feminists assess Muslim women’s practices, they implement the normative assumptions of heterosexual males in the West. Third, I argue that imperialist feminists incorrectly presume that Western women enjoy full autonomy or fail to recognize that women everywhere do not enjoy full autonomy. I present medieval Islamic legal ideas about a wife’s right to sexual fulfillment as evidence that the liberal myth of autonomy is not translatable to orthodox Islamic jurisprudence.
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Cet article présente trois arguments sur les défauts du féminisme impérialiste. Premièrement, je montre que les féministes impérialistes s’engagent dans des comparaisons décontextualisées: elles comparent systématiquement les femmes occidentales à la femme musulmane supposée, sans comparer les hommes et les femmes musulmans ni les hommes et les femmes non musulmans. Ces comparaisons incohérentes sont la source d’importantes déclarations fausses au sujet de la femme musulmane. Deuxièmement, je suggère que les féministes impérialistes voient les femmes musulmanes à travers le regard masculin hétéronormé. En d’autres termes, lorsque les féministes impérialistes évaluent les pratiques des femmes musulmanes, elles appliquent les hypothèses normatives des hommes hétérosexuels en Occident. Troisièmement, je soutiens que les féministes impérialistes présument à tort que les femmes occidentales jouissent d’une autonomie totale ou ne reconnaissent pas que les femmes du monde entier ne jouissent pas d’une autonomie complète. Je présente les doctrines juridiques islamiques médiévales sur le droit de la femme à la pleine jouissance sexuelle comme preuve que le mythe libéral de l’autonomie n’est pas transportable dans la jurisprudence islamique orthodoxe.
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Imperialist Feminism and Islamic Law
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This article presents three arguments about defects in imperialist feminism. First, I show that imperialist feminists engage in decontextualized comparisons: they consistently compare Western women to the Muslimwoman, without comparing Muslim men and women or comparing non-Muslim men and women. These inconsistent comparisons are the source of significant misrepresentations of Muslim women. Second, I propose that imperialist feminists view Muslim women through the heteronormative male gaze. That is, when imperialist feminists assess Muslim women’s practices, they implement the normative assumptions of heterosexual males in the West. Third, I argue that imperialist feminists incorrectly presume that Western women enjoy full autonomy or fail to recognize that women everywhere do not enjoy full autonomy. I present medieval Islamic legal ideas about a wife’s right to sexual fulfillment as evidence that the liberal myth of autonomy is not translatable to orthodox Islamic jurisprudence.
Résumé
Cet article présente trois arguments sur les défauts du féminisme impérialiste. Premièrement, je montre que les féministes impérialistes s’engagent dans des comparaisons décontextualisées: elles comparent systématiquement les femmes occidentales à la femme musulmane supposée, sans comparer les hommes et les femmes musulmans ni les hommes et les femmes non musulmans. Ces comparaisons incohérentes sont la source d’importantes déclarations fausses au sujet de la femme musulmane. Deuxièmement, je suggère que les féministes impérialistes voient les femmes musulmanes à travers le regard masculin hétéronormé. En d’autres termes, lorsque les féministes impérialistes évaluent les pratiques des femmes musulmanes, elles appliquent les hypothèses normatives des hommes hétérosexuels en Occident. Troisièmement, je soutiens que les féministes impérialistes présument à tort que les femmes occidentales jouissent d’une autonomie totale ou ne reconnaissent pas que les femmes du monde entier ne jouissent pas d’une autonomie complète. Je présente les doctrines juridiques islamiques médiévales sur le droit de la femme à la pleine jouissance sexuelle comme preuve que le mythe libéral de l’autonomie n’est pas transportable dans la jurisprudence islamique orthodoxe.
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