PHIL 242 Lecture : Cudd&Jones and Frye.doc

• School: McGill University
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHIL 242
• Professor: Zoli Filotas

Document Summary

Sexism is globally clear, overall there is a big problem. In every day lives, it is not as clear. (1) identifying and understanding sexism (metaphysical, epistemetical problem) (2) persuading others that it"s a problem (political, rhetorical problem) The big picture is that women live lesser lives than men. Bodily considerations: not getting enough food, getting sick. Either it is natural result of the way they are. It"s not a natural result of the way they are. It must be because they are systematically disadvantaged. Sexism can be seen as a force responding ** . Institutional sexism: built into both the explicit rules and implicit norms of large communities (e. g. catholic church, family, language, etc. ) Interpersonal: in casual interactions in small groups of people (who talks more? how are disagreements settled? who gets what kind of attention?) Unconscious: in the minds of individuals clearly exist when people make decisions that aren"t justified by reasonable assessment of available evidence.