Genuine question, as if feminism is meant to be finding and enforcing truly equality between men and women, what is the order of operations that ends up taking place? Obviously women from Saudi Arabia are protesting and trying to find equality in Saudi Arabia, but it seems like women in the west are only focusing on western issues, which are less severe than issues in more regressive societies. I would imagine the fact that women cannot leave the house unaccompanied/without a man present in the Middle East is far more regressive and immediate issue then a glass ceiling would be. Female genital mutilation in Africa would be theoretically a higher priority than a longer-term issue in the west.

Is a logic to pursue change in your local area because it’s the one you would have the most effect on? Is it to try to create a super equal and idealized society in one country to use as a model? Is it more about where the movement can be effective and so the focus is on areas that are receptive?

Not to say there are not movements in the west that focus on reform in the Middle East, but if equality was truly the goal of feminism wouldn’t the goal be to make all women equal first and then go after the equality between men and women? By definition wouldn’t it mean all the resources of feminist movements in the west would theoretically be targeted at the Middle East, and then switch focus to the west once addressed?