WGS160Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Margaret Sanger, Planned Parenthood, Nuclear Family
9 Dec 2015
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1. in what ways does the nation state tell us what ideal motherhood should. The logic of masculinist protection: reflections on the current security state (iris young, 2003) State officials adopt the stance of masculine protector, telling us to entrust our lives to them, not to question their decisions about what will keep us safe (p. 9) To the extent that citizens of a democratic state allow their leaders to adopt a stance of protectors toward them, these citizens occupy a subordinate status like that of women in the patriarchal household. Protection, aggression, power - traits associated with the notion of masculine - not necessarily men. A masculinist leader takes on the role expected of a male protector - not necessarily a mean tyrant but can be seen as the wise protector who fosters security. Just as the patriarchs rule the family, the elites of the nation-state rule their citizens. (smith, heteropatriarchy & the three pillars of white supremacy, p. 72)
