User:Efish20/Fourth-wave feminism

Criticism
One criticism of fourth-wave feminism is that it depends on technology. Ragna Rök Jóns argued that "[t]he key problem that this '4th Wave' will face will be the disproportionate access to and ownership of digital media devices." The fourth wave is left with the "inherent classism and ableism" created by giving the greatest voice to those who can afford and use technology, while the growth of social media in regions plagued by pervasive social injustice remains slow. North American sociologist Amanda E. Vickery claims that fourth-wave feminism marginalizes women of color who are fighting for inclusivity, neglecting the specific injustices they face to make way for the mainstream struggle.

Critics argue that efforts by large corporations such as Dove to capitalize on the movement through activist advertising may be inimical to fourth-wave feminism, which tends to be critical of capitalism as an economic system. Author Sarah Banet-Weiser argues in her book "Empowered: Popular Feminism and Popular Misogyny" how these “empowering” ad campaigns have hindered the potential of feminism and turned it into a marketable product.

Women and their gendered issues are not uniform and many variations in issues are a result of related issues such as race, sexuality and class and Munro also provides the critique that mainstream feminism is focused on the struggle of middle-class white women. It has bee criticized that with a lack of representation, it can defeat the original purpose of the movement “by silencing the marginalized.”. Social campaigns that cast celebrities as the face of the movement, such as the Me Too movement, have been criticized, because celebrities often represent the privileged sectors of society, which in turn negate the efforts to expand upon the intersectionality of feminism.

'''As fourth-wave feminism continues to expand across the globe, some critics have argued that the values and ideas of Western feminism are unable to relate to the experiences and discrimination women have faced in other countries. The concepts of Western feminism are usually focused on upper or middle-class issues.'''