This article presents three arguments about defects in imperialist feminism. First, I show that imperialist feminists engage in decontextualized comparisons: they consistently compare Western women to the Muslimwoman, without comparing Muslim men and women or comparing non-Muslim men and women. These inconsistent comparisons are the source of significant misrepresentations of Muslim women. Second, I propose that imperialist feminists view Muslim women through the heteronormative male gaze. That is, when imperialist feminists assess Muslim women’s practices, they implement the normative assumptions of heterosexual males in the West. Third, I argue that imperialist feminists incorrectly presume that Western women enjoy full autonomy or fail to recognize that women everywhere do not enjoy full autonomy. I present medieval Islamic legal ideas about a wife’s right to sexual fulfillment as evidence that the liberal myth of autonomy is not translatable to orthodox Islamic jurisprudence.

本文提出了关于帝国主义女权主义缺陷的三个论点。首先，我证明了帝国主义的女权主义者进行了脱上下文的比较：他们始终将西方女性与穆斯林女性进行比较，而没有比较穆斯林男人和女人或非穆斯林男人和女人。这些不一致的比较是穆斯林妇女严重失实陈述的根源。第二，我建议帝国主义女权主义者通过异性规范的男性目光看待穆斯林妇女。就是说，当帝国主义女权主义者评估穆斯林妇女的行为时，他们就实施了西方异性恋男性的规范性假设。第三，我认为帝国主义的女权主义者错误地认为西方妇女享有充分的自治权，或者没有意识到世界各地的妇女都没有充分的自治权。我提出了关于妻子的性满足权的中世纪伊斯兰法律观念，以证明自由的自治神话不能转化为正统的伊斯兰法学。