The movement towards liberation is a controversial topic in many scientific fields. Outcomes of violent actions for a given community can be challenging to foresee. Even though there is no consensus on this topic, it can be stated that the Japanese women’s independence movement has, indeed, failed. In this post, the connection between using brutal force and achieving liberty will be discussed, presenting personal views on the Japanese female’s campaign.
The relationship between liberation and violence can be extremely complicated to explore. Some authors state that there is an erroneous perspective viewing independence and the fight for freedom as a part of the process in which brutal force is necessarily applied (Correm, 2019). However, utilizing severe methods of achieving one’s goal is not always obligatory (Correm, 2019). For example, in my community, most people believe that it is possible to gather a successful freedom campaign without extreme measures. I feel that society’s perception that liberation is necessarily connected to violence can evolve if more positive examples of prosperous and peaceful autonomy movements are provided. Thus, it is possible to change certain beliefs harmoniously, avoiding excessive risks.
In my opinion, the Japanese women were not able to succeed in their campaign. Even though some changes towards gender issues can be observed in modern Japanese society, many of the world’s populations now consider violence an obligatory byproduct of a feminist liberation movement. These beliefs might have been part of the reason why the Japanese women decided to join the Sekigun. For the public, they were unfavorable members of the society, persecuted by the police (Shigematsu, 2012). Additionally, they might have had an intense devotion to the cause they were fighting for, so the future luxuries were less significant for them.
References
Correm, T. (2019). Hannah Arendt on national liberation, violence, and federalism. In K. Hiruta (Ed.). Arendt on freedom, liberation, and revolution (pp. 139-169). Palgrave Macmillan.
Shigematsu, S. (2012). Scream from the shadows: The women’s liberation movement in Japan. University of Minnesota Press.