THE NEED FOR AN INDIGENOUS FEMINIST IDENTITY

Abstract

Indigenous feminists face discriminations post colonisation and the grounds on which they are discriminated is discussed in this chapter. It has been observed that there are several areas on which indigenous women are discriminated and those are racism, spiritual violence, sexual assault, gender testing, and language discriminations. Feminist Assemblage Theory and Transnational Feminist Theory have been used to substantiate the issue of intersectionality and inequal treatment that is made against the women. Sexual abuse and harassment are the major issues that are faced by every female across the globe. However, it has also been highlighted in this article that the laws made for protecting the females tend to be weak particularly for the black and brown feminists. The need for a unique identity is required for the indigenous feminists to stop the number of unreported rape cases, body-shaming, gender discrimination and also to prohibit inequal behaviour and treatment done against the dark females. The negative attitude towards accepting the difference in culture and body complexions by some is delimiting the progress of human society. The chapter also focuses on the fact that even the Anglo-American law fails to provide adjudication and also to provide protection to the white skinned women victims. The development of rape law is done by feminists but the implementation of those laws still question the improvement in situation for the survivors of sexual assault. This article focuses on the requirements and also justifies why there is a genuine need for an indigenous feminist identity post colonialisation.