Editing First-wave feminism (section)

=====Imperialism=====

Anxiety in the United States over the moral degeneracy and temptation of [[Americans in the Philippines|American men in the Philippines]] inspired women's involvement in the politics of the colonial government. An article published in ''[[The Washington Post]]'' in 1900 describes the Philippines as an environment where relatively permissive conceptions of morality caused white men to "lose all notions of right and wrong". It was said that white men "disgraced the offices to which they had been appointed", and that, despite having left their homes "with records that were above reproach", they were "degenerated by the conditions of their new existence". Away from the social pressures imposed by their community, they did not possess the strength of moral character or principle needed to maintain the "social discipline".<ref>{{cite journal |last=Coloma |first=Roland Sintos |title=White gazes, brown breasts: imperial feminism and disciplining desires and bodies in colonial encounters |journal=Paedagogica Historica |volume=48 |issue=2 |date=2012 |page=243|doi=10.1080/00309230.2010.547511 |s2cid=145129186 }}</ref>

White women feminists, in this historical context, asserted their superiority over white men and brown women. They have in been criticized by modern women writers of color like [[Valerie Amos]] and [[Pratibha Parmar]].<ref>{{cite journal |last=Coloma |first=Roland Sintos |title=White gazes, brown breasts: imperial feminism and disciplining desires and bodies in colonial encounters |journal=Paedagogica Historica |volume=48 |issue=2 |date=2012 |page=244|doi=10.1080/00309230.2010.547511 |s2cid=145129186 }}</ref>