So I just finished reading Françoise Vergès's A Feminist Theory of Violence, and I was really surprised as she spent most of the book criticizing white, liberal feminists for leaving SA retribution stuff to the state, with its unfair application of punishment that's more likely going to lock up brown people and oppress the global South. She seems to prefer that resources go to helping victims, unlike say going for more police and prisons. She doesn't explicitly seem to endorse any simple remedy. But she is critical of the idea that we give our power of retribution to the police state.
Sorry if this is a bit garbage analysis from a cis man. I just happened to finish this book recently and he's my summary.
resources going toward abolition of patriarchy would indeed do much more for the prevention of its crimes than punishments for its adherents. this book sounds like the thread's required reading
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So I just finished reading Françoise Vergès's A Feminist Theory of Violence, and I was really surprised as she spent most of the book criticizing white, liberal feminists for leaving SA retribution stuff to the state, with its unfair application of punishment that's more likely going to lock up brown people and oppress the global South. She seems to prefer that resources go to helping victims, unlike say going for more police and prisons. She doesn't explicitly seem to endorse any simple remedy. But she is critical of the idea that we give our power of retribution to the police state.
Sorry if this is a bit garbage analysis from a cis man. I just happened to finish this book recently and he's my summary.
Haven't read it, so you might be being reductive, but looks like a good take on face value
I don't take notes when I read, so any summary is going to be limited.
She did mention redressing power imbalances that allow crimes to happen. I think that was pretty cool too.
resources going toward abolition of patriarchy would indeed do much more for the prevention of its crimes than punishments for its adherents. this book sounds like the thread's required reading