The master's thesis problematizes the possibility of a coalition relationship between Western and non-Western women in the joint fight against patriarchal oppression and question whether, despite the various historical, geographical and political factors that are essential for the formation of patriarchal structures, women can identify with the common concept of sisterhood. Since women from the colonizing countries took on a peculiar protective and thus superior-patriarchal position in relation to the colonized women, postcolonial feminism emerged as a rehabilitation field for the once colonized women, who had to win the right of self-representation, both in relation to the former colonizers and in relation to domestic patriarchal structures. Based on the assumptions which were cultivated by Western feminists about non-Western women, postcolonial feminists rejected the possibility of global feminism, as the idea of the universality of women and the universality of patriarchy proved imperialistic. Namely, the joint struggle against patriarchal oppression cannot be based on the fact of common sex, but must be rooted in concrete historical, political, racial and ethnic backgrounds. Transnational feminism therefore, through intersectionality and in-depth understanding of patriarchal experiences, connects women from different socio-cultural environments and allows the possibility of an alliance in a time of globalization, where different patriarchal structures are increasingly interconnected.
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