I'm not Scandinavian, I'm from the north! I keep saying that to people... though truth be told, I'm not even sure what the hell I mean by that. I mean, aside from the linguistic issue, Finland follows the Scandinavian model on quite a few things, and we're more alike to Sweden than Russia or Estonia, hands down. We're certainly not Slavic, and I don't think most Finns would consider themselves Baltic (whatever that even means) despite the linguistic connection to Estonia and... you know, the sea. Uhm... what was I saying again?
Feminism! Right! Yes. I mean, there are scandinavian (>.<) authors who produce work on gender issues all the time.. but it is true that the academic tradition we follow is largely that which comes from writers who've written in English (e.g Judith Butler). Aside from Simone de Beauvoir, since... show me a feminist that doesn't deal with her. Anyway... is the reason we draw on them because we a) understand the language or b)the things written by them resonate within our context?
But if we're not talking about an academic tradition, but rather a "position of women within our culture" (and, yes, what is "our culture"? what is our "common identity" here?) I'm sure there's a scandinavian tradition from before (that can very well include Finland!) that is different from the germanic (and certainly the latin), starting somewhere through mid Denmark and going as far as southern Lapland. (Because the guys that are that far north, well... they do their own thing.)
And historically, Finland never had a women's rights movement the same way the rest of Europe (and Scandinavia) had. The women's rights thing was closely tied to the red vs white thing. In Finland the "class" struggle wasn't separate from the "women's struggle"... But that also meant that some specific women's rights things were ignored until pretty late, compared to the rest of Europe.
*flail* And if you ask the "real" Scandinavians, they'd probably say scandinavia consists of Norway, Denmark and Sweden. So.. uhm... there is an identity difference, and... uhm. Huh?
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I keep saying that to people... though truth be told, I'm not even sure what the hell I mean by that. I mean, aside from the linguistic issue, Finland follows the Scandinavian model on quite a few things, and we're more alike to Sweden than Russia or Estonia, hands down. We're certainly not Slavic, and I don't think most Finns would consider themselves Baltic (whatever that even means) despite the linguistic connection to Estonia and... you know, the sea. Uhm... what was I saying again?
Feminism! Right! Yes. I mean, there are scandinavian (>.<) authors who produce work on gender issues all the time.. but it is true that the academic tradition we follow is largely that which comes from writers who've written in English (e.g Judith Butler). Aside from Simone de Beauvoir, since... show me a feminist that doesn't deal with her. Anyway... is the reason we draw on them because we a) understand the language or b)the things written by them resonate within our context?
But if we're not talking about an academic tradition, but rather a "position of women within our culture" (and, yes, what is "our culture"? what is our "common identity" here?) I'm sure there's a scandinavian tradition from before (that can very well include Finland!) that is different from the germanic (and certainly the latin), starting somewhere through mid Denmark and going as far as southern Lapland. (Because the guys that are that far north, well... they do their own thing.)
And historically, Finland never had a women's rights movement the same way the rest of Europe (and Scandinavia) had. The women's rights thing was closely tied to the red vs white thing. In Finland the "class" struggle wasn't separate from the "women's struggle"... But that also meant that some specific women's rights things were ignored until pretty late, compared to the rest of Europe.
*flail* And if you ask the "real" Scandinavians, they'd probably say scandinavia consists of Norway, Denmark and Sweden. So.. uhm... there is an identity difference, and... uhm. Huh?