When people think of feminism, they often think of a single movement, a universal sisterhood committed to the understanding that if one woman is oppressed, all are oppressed. But feminism – in universalist mode – can help to oppress the very people it seeks to liberate. Feminist arguments in the West have been used to advance imperialist projects that inflict suffering on women in Iraq and Afghanistan. And the Western feminist focus on individual rights can be disastrous when played out in non-Western contexts. Is it time to rethink “missionary feminism”?