In “An Intersectional Feminist against Imperial Feminism,” Julie Hall explains how the white, western male coming in to save the Eastern “damsel in distress,” only propagates Imperial Feminism. This type of feminism is based on geographically based ideology, where culture and Imperialism, are inherently intertwined. Therefore, no matter how well intentioned the white western male’s actions are, it nonetheless, creates a construct of “otherizing non-Western women,” spreading misogynistic ideas and further marginalizing Muslim women (2). In addition, this type of action represents a “Gendered Orientalism…a binary in which otherized cultures are supposedly…the pit of savagery” (2).
Ms. Hall believes that “Muslim women do not need white men to
Ms. Hall believes that “Muslim women do not need white men to