Introduction
Social institutions play a crucial role in enriching individuals and promoting social justice. Building communities that struggle against social injustices need effort from every member of society. Strong communities reject racism, gender-based violence, and gender discrimination that treat males and females unequally. The feminist’s accountability approach puts women at the frontline of fighting against social injustice. The proponents of the approach believe that historically women have been subjected to unequal treatment to their male counterparts. Intersectionality and universality of women’s struggles promote a united approach to social injustices. Cultivating accountability among communities is important in addressing harm and strengthening social interactions.
Feminist Accountability Approach
Various socio-political movements and ideologies have been adopted in defining and describing social growth. Feminism is one of the socio-political movements that define economic, social, political, and personal equality of the sexes (Russo, 2019). The approach is based on an ideology that the community should not regard males as stronger than females. Accountability involves recognition and redress of harms that a community has caused to itself and others (). Consequently, accountability is an active experience since it requires individuals to act on something rather than waiting for it to be done to them. Systemic oppression negatively impacts individual psyches, ideas, and relationships. Therefore, the feminist accountability approach involves the collective responsibility to fight social injustices regardless of gender and race.
Intersectional Approach
Social and political identities are often combined to create different modes of discrimination and privileges. Intersectionality is a concept that takes into account individuals’ overlapping identities and experiences to understand the complexities of the problems they face. Women’s prejudice is multifaced since it can be racial, gender-based, or sexual, among others. The feminist approach to accountability requires society to take into account all social and political factors that enhance social injustices such as sexual discrimination (Russo, 2019). Taking into account the social factors that enhance systemic oppression promotes active struggle against oppression.
Moreover, the approach propounds that understanding intersectionality helps in developing unique and relevant approaches to social prejudices. Furthermore, the approach requires society to rather than inflicting shame and punishment, take responsibility for its contribution to systemic oppression. Consequently, collective responsibility toward social justice is enhanced, including marginalized communities and groups (Russo, 2019). Integrating intersectionality into accountability is important since it promotes active participation and includes marginalized people in society.
Global Approach
Although communities have a divergent cultural background, social injustice is consistent and universal. Discrimination against gender takes similar approaches in various parts of the world. For instance, limited access to education among females and the promotion of a patriarchal system is a global problem (Russo, 2019). Consequently, the systems that address accountability must take into account the globalization of systemic oppression (Russo, 2019). Understanding social injustice from the global perspective provides diverse approaches to fighting against injustices (Russo, 2019). Additionally, the global approach leads to the universalization of human rights, indicating that no sex is better than the other. Therefore, integrating the global approach to social injustice promotes the aspect of universality and unity in promoting individual rights.
Conclusion
Social injustice is prevalent among global communities and promotes retrogressive growth. The feminist accountability approach requires every member of society to take part in the fight against social injustices. The approach puts intersectionality and globalization at its center, encouraging collective responsibility. While intersectionality allows the inclusion of marginalized groups, globalization promotes a united response to systemic oppression. Therefore, addressing social harm and promoting social interactions requires the involvement of every person in society.
Reference
Russo, A. (2019). Building Communities. In Feminist accountability: Disrupting violence and transforming Power (pp. 19–40). NYU Press. Web.