WOMENS AGENCY AND COLLECTIVE ACTION

A core aspect of politics is that women are acted upon in various ways-as women, but denied the right to re-act - as women. A series of rules and norms constrain women from translating their individual experiences of subordination into collective action. Yet, women do resort to action, which, however, may result in more or less change. In focusing on what women can do rather than on what is done to us, feminist political theory and practice might come closer to an understanding of the political implications of patriarchy.