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Imperialist »  Feminist as imperialist  Gandhi makes a bold
argument that western feminist's effort bring feminism to third
world cultures is remarkably similar to colonialism and other
patriarchal power dynamics. Gandhi argues that any power dynamic
must have an oppressor group and a marginalized group, whose
very existence validates the oppressor group. Gandhi is saying
that the construction of the Third World Woman is actually
othering real third world women, and that this othering of the
"Third World Woman" strengthens the dominant ideologies of
western feminists.  Originally I would have considered the
concept of the Third World Woman as a matter of ignorance and
over simplification. The idea of western feminism using the
Third World Woman as a means of reinforcement and consolidation
of western ideas is far more interesting and difficult to
grapple with than simply blaming western feminists for being
culturally ignorant.