Gender, the Public and the Private
In this article, the political philosopher Susan Moller Okin discusses the dichotomy public-private from a gendered perspective. Overlooking gender – especially as it assumes the form of overlooking the political reality of the family and gender ‘neutral’ language – has become, in many past and p...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Spanish |
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Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
2008-05-01
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| Series: | Revista Estudos Feministas |
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| Online Access: | https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/ref/article/view/9368 |
| Summary: | In this article, the political philosopher Susan Moller Okin discusses the dichotomy
public-private from a gendered perspective. Overlooking gender – especially as it assumes the
form of overlooking the political reality of the family and gender ‘neutral’ language – has become,
in many past and present authors, a reinforcement of that dichotomy, silencing about its patriarchal
nature. As Okin understands it, domestic (personal) sphere and non-domestic (public) sphere can
not be interpreted isolatedly, what demands a deep revision of the base of most liberal political
theory. The author faces this demand, discussing important problems such as the value of privacy |
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| ISSN: | 0104-026X 1806-9584 |