Resisting Lazy Political Analysis: Crafting a Feminist Curiosity to Make Sense of International Politics
It is so easy, so enticing, I now realize, to skip gender questions. Just talk about any state’s military without wondering about marriage - or rape or homophobia. Just track recruitment into insurgent armed militias without investigating contested masculinities. Demonstrate your analytical sophisti...
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| description | It is so easy, so enticing, I now realize, to skip gender questions. Just talk about any state’s military without wondering about marriage - or rape or homophobia. Just track recruitment into insurgent armed militias without investigating contested masculinities. Demonstrate your analytical sophistication by referring to multiple actors: “state elites,” “the media,” “factory workers,” “bankers,” “youth,” “refugees,” “party strategists,” “NATO officials,” “religious clerics,” “contractors,” “peace activists, “arms manufacturers,” “judges,” and “voters.”
It is quite easy for any of us to presume – without checking – that each of these political actors is ungendered. That is, it is all too easy to build our explanations without wondering if and how each set of political actors is shaped by the workings (some blatant, others subtle) of masculinities and of femininities. It is also reassuring not to take seriously the lives and ideas of diverse women. This allows us to craft analytical conclusions without asking whether each set of actors has had the identical relations with diverse men as it does with diverse women – and how those relations might matter for one’s analytical conclusions. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-42f4524d4ca344c496f0b2bd3aff6cec2025-01-02T03:38:21ZengRasim Özgür DönmezAlternatif Politika1309-05932017-10-0193317324Resisting Lazy Political Analysis: Crafting a Feminist Curiosity to Make Sense of International PoliticsCynthia Enloe0Research Professor, Clark University (USA), cenloe@clarku.eduIt is so easy, so enticing, I now realize, to skip gender questions. Just talk about any state’s military without wondering about marriage - or rape or homophobia. Just track recruitment into insurgent armed militias without investigating contested masculinities. Demonstrate your analytical sophistication by referring to multiple actors: “state elites,” “the media,” “factory workers,” “bankers,” “youth,” “refugees,” “party strategists,” “NATO officials,” “religious clerics,” “contractors,” “peace activists, “arms manufacturers,” “judges,” and “voters.” It is quite easy for any of us to presume – without checking – that each of these political actors is ungendered. That is, it is all too easy to build our explanations without wondering if and how each set of political actors is shaped by the workings (some blatant, others subtle) of masculinities and of femininities. It is also reassuring not to take seriously the lives and ideas of diverse women. This allows us to craft analytical conclusions without asking whether each set of actors has had the identical relations with diverse men as it does with diverse women – and how those relations might matter for one’s analytical conclusions.http://alternatifpolitika.com/site/cilt/9/sayi/3/1-Cynthia-Enloe-Feminist-Curiosity-to-Make-Sense-of-International-Politics.pdffeminist curiosityinternational politicsgender studies |
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