Indigenous Women as the Other: An Analysis of the Missing Women's Commission of Inquiry

Jodi Beniuk
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In this paper, I discuss the ways in which Indigenous women are Othered by the proceedings of the Missing Women‘s Commission of Inquiry (MWCI). First, I give a basic overview of Beauvoir‘s theory of women as Others, followed by Memmi‘s analysis of the relationship between the colonized and the colonizer. I use these two theories to describe the way Indigenous women are Othered both as Indigenous peoples and as women, focusing on the context of the twenty-six who were murdered in Vancouver‘s Downtown Eastside (DTES). The original murders were the result of the cultural reduction of Indigenous Women to their bodies. The negligent police investigations, as well as the misogynistic attitudes of the police, also demonstrate how Othering can operate within these institutions. I claim that the violence against women in the DTES was due to their status as Other. Notably, the MWCI, which is supposed to be a process that addresses the Othering-based negligence of the police, also includes instances of Othering in its structure and practice. From this, I conclude that we cannot rely on Othering institutions or legal processes to correct Othering as a practice. In the context of the MWCI, I suggest building alliances that support those who face this Othering as violence in their everyday lives.
土著妇女作为他者:对失踪妇女调查委员会的分析
在本文中,我讨论了土著妇女在失踪妇女调查委员会(MWCI)的程序中被忽视的方式。首先,我对波伏娃的女性作为他者的理论做了一个基本的概述,然后是Memmi对被殖民者和殖民者之间关系的分析。我用这两种理论来描述土著妇女作为土著人民和女性的方式,重点放在温哥华市中心东区(DTES)被谋杀的26人的背景下。最初的谋杀是土著妇女在文化上被贬低为她们的身体的结果。警方调查的疏忽,以及警方对女性的厌恶态度,也表明了Othering如何在这些机构中运作。我认为,DTES对妇女的暴力行为是由于她们作为他者的地位。值得注意的是,MWCI本应是一个解决警察基于Othering的疏忽的过程,但在其结构和实践中也包含了Othering的实例。由此,我得出结论,我们不能依靠其他机构或法律程序来纠正其他做法。在世界妇女行动倡议的背景下,我建议建立联盟,支持那些在日常生活中面临暴力的人。
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