BIOL 1080 Lecture 8: Phil1010 lecture no 8 - the demise of the dragon

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Biology
• Course: BIOL 1080
• Professor: Alison M Duncan

Document Summary

Susan okin: justice gender and family: traditional view about women"s inferiority: women have an inferior nature, one that is less. This critique has led to anti-discrimination laws and formal recognition of women"s equal worth. This is the question okin wants to answer. Battered wife syndrome, child abuse are pathologies of power in family relations. The state draws the lines between private and public and from there it keeps intruding into the private sphere in favour of patriarchy: public/private dichotomy is false since family is where socialization shapes children into their gendered roles. Thus, the question of why women are primary parents cannot be answered solely by looking at the family. 313: finally, the public/private distinction is invalid because the division of labour in family raises psychological and practical obstacles against women in all other spheres. For example, rational discourse is an important part of participating in the affairs of the state.