PHIL 3720 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Social Stigma, White Coat, Martha Nussbaum
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Reading whether from reason or prejudice: taking money for bodily services by martha. Sexism anything that constitutes or sustains the unjust differences between the sexes. Levels of sexism: institutional sexism - (rules or laws that prevent women from entering certain fields, jobs where the ideal worker isn"t a child"s primary caregiver, etc. ) Interpersonal sexism you fight like a girl! . Nussbaum will be focusing on the institutional variety. Theories of feminism (all trying to scope out the source of inequality) Sex oppression will end when masculine values aren"t valued more highly than feminine ones. Gender hierarchies: men, in this case, have the power to buy women. Perhaps it would be better to create more economic opportunities for women. Selling is decriminalized, but buying is criminalized in its place. This is watson"s side. (she accepts nussbaum"s claim that prostitution is sex work [even though she puts quotes around the phrase], but is concerned about what follows from that. )
