Parental-Leave Policies and Strong Gender Egalitarianism

This paper analyzes Harry Brighouse and Erik Wright’s paper “Strong Gender Egalitarianism” and discusses the three options for parental leave that they propose to help achieve gender egalitarianism, or a structure in which the division of domestic labor is not affected by gender. This paper discusse...

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Main Author: Arabella Adams
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Universitas Studiorum 2020-12-01
Series:Open Journal of Humanities
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Online Access:https://osf.io/x6rsw/
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spelling doaj-884979c7364a47cb94f7bf8fa5f59c3d2021-03-09T20:14:10ZdeuUniversitas StudiorumOpen Journal of Humanities2612-69662020-12-016758410.17605/OSF.IO/YPGM4Parental-Leave Policies and Strong Gender EgalitarianismArabella Adams0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7775-2233Wellesley CollegeThis paper analyzes Harry Brighouse and Erik Wright’s paper “Strong Gender Egalitarianism” and discusses the three options for parental leave that they propose to help achieve gender egalitarianism, or a structure in which the division of domestic labor is not affected by gender. This paper discusses potential weaknesses of these options, and, building on the concepts that Brighouse and Wright put forth, proposes a modified version of their policies which will ensure the equal distribution of domestic labor in the family.https://osf.io/x6rsw/philosophygenderegalitarianismfamilydomestic laborchildcare
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Parental-Leave Policies and Strong Gender Egalitarianism
Open Journal of Humanities
philosophy
gender
egalitarianism
family
domestic labor
childcare
author_facet Arabella Adams
author_sort Arabella Adams
title Parental-Leave Policies and Strong Gender Egalitarianism
title_short Parental-Leave Policies and Strong Gender Egalitarianism
title_full Parental-Leave Policies and Strong Gender Egalitarianism
title_fullStr Parental-Leave Policies and Strong Gender Egalitarianism
title_full_unstemmed Parental-Leave Policies and Strong Gender Egalitarianism
title_sort parental-leave policies and strong gender egalitarianism
publisher Universitas Studiorum
series Open Journal of Humanities
issn 2612-6966
publishDate 2020-12-01
description This paper analyzes Harry Brighouse and Erik Wright’s paper “Strong Gender Egalitarianism” and discusses the three options for parental leave that they propose to help achieve gender egalitarianism, or a structure in which the division of domestic labor is not affected by gender. This paper discusses potential weaknesses of these options, and, building on the concepts that Brighouse and Wright put forth, proposes a modified version of their policies which will ensure the equal distribution of domestic labor in the family.
topic philosophy
gender
egalitarianism
family
domestic labor
childcare
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