A Feminist Take on the War

If you’re interested in learning about a feminist perspective on the war in Iraq, check out Cynthia Enloe’s work. I was lucky enough to see her speak at the Institute for Research and Women’s annual conference at University at Albany last week titled, “Making Feminist Sense in the War in Iraq”.
One part of Enloe’s discussion was identifying “militarization”, and how during this time of war we are vulnerable to be militarized ourselves — to believe that not only that we are constantly threatened by certain “enemies” in the world, but that violence and war is usually the only way to solve this problem.
Enloe is chair of the Government Department and director of the Women’s Studies department at Clark University. She is renowned for her famous books on globalization, militarization of gender, sexual politics in war, and feminist perspectives of international policies. To check out some of her books, click here.