Politics of Interest, Politics of Care: Representation and “Women’s Singularity”
This article discusses different strategies for justifying the adoption of sex-based electoral quotas, emphasizing the type that claim a different moral status for women. The latter advocate introduction of a new type of politics, more unselfish and altruistic, which is supposed to reflect women’...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Spanish |
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Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
2001-01-01
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| Series: | Revista Estudos Feministas |
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| Online Access: | https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/ref/article/view/9706 |
| Summary: | This article discusses different strategies for justifying the adoption of sex-based electoral
quotas, emphasizing the type that claim a different moral status for women. The latter advocate
introduction of a new type of politics, more unselfish and altruistic, which is supposed to reflect
women’s social training as those who are responsible for the care of those who are weaker
(beginning with children). However, this “politics of care” or “maternal politics” ends up perpetuating
the subordinate position of women in the world of politics, to the extent that the very grounds for
their admission—their “entrance ticket”, as it were—represents the negation of action in defense
of women’s own interests. |
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| ISSN: | 0104-026X 1806-9584 |