The Pangs Of Gender Politics: A Reply to Khoo's Reflections

Abstract

I feel quite honoured that my paper "The Pangs and Pitfalls of Development for Malay Women: From the Rule of the Domestic Sphere to Its Downfall (Kajian Malaysia, Vol. VIII, No. 1, June 1990) has received so much attention from a fellow anthropologist. Let us admit it, such a meticulous analysis of every single line of one's article is a rare event. With almost twenty pages of comments one should hope so much effort would lead to "scientific" progress ( See Khoo Khay Jin, "Some Reflections on Couilard's" The Pangs and Pitfalls of Development of Malay Women, Kajian Malaysia, Vol, 8, No.2 Dec 1990).