The following presentation will discuss So (2006) journal which is titled Asian Mail-Order brides, the threat of global capitalism, and the Rescue of the U.S. Nation-State. Christine So’s work focuses on Asian American Culture and economics. She has published in The Journal of Asian American Studies, Feminist Studies and MELUS . Christine So also has a book called, Economic Citizens: A Narrative of Asian American Visibility (So, 2007). She presents on similar topics such as “Race, Migration, and Representation”, “Asian Values: Asian American Literature as Cultural Capital on the Global Era.” and “The Politics of Nationalism and Transnationalism in Contemporary Asian American Literature.”

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Feminism is a body of thought and a social movement (Freedman, 2001). It is impossible to represent all women’s viewpoints with one single theoretical perspective therefore, there are various concepts that represent the values and perspectives, three of the best known feminist theories are Marxist, radical, and liberal feminism (Freedman, 2001). The general theme throughout is that men oppress and exclude women because society supports patriarchy. As such our social system reinforces patriarchal dominance as ‘natural’, girls are socialised to think their responsibility is within the home and for the family. They also argue that education systems shape the careers that boys and girls are encouraged to pursue (Rothschild, 1989). Liberal feminists believe in equal rights of the sexes and that gender equality must be achieved through the existing legal structures within our society. Although in So’s journal she directs readers that although women are now venturing out into the workplace, men are still expecting them to take primary responsibility for the running of the family …show more content…
Patriarchal dominance is both physical and sexual and it argues that women can seize back power by taking control of their bodies and fertility (Earle and Letherby, 2008). So’s (2006) journal seems to support U.S. men's preference of a patriarchal society as U.S. women who are taking control of their own bodies leaving the home to enter the workforce are being replaced with submissive Asian women. However So (2006) journal refers to the Marxist feminist perspective which argues that capitalism causes unequal distribution of power between the sexes. It places women within the family in capitalist societies. Whilst women have an important role in the production of capital, exploitation of women happens in the home, family, and workplace. Marxist feminist see women’s roles in the home as slavery ‘free labour’. They also physically reproduce the workforce and then care for the workers ensuring they can function effectively (Earle and Letherby, 2008). This is supported later in So’s (2006) narrative as she discusses how valuing this as an attribute reduces the anxieties surrounding Asian