PHIL 242 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Susan Moller Okin, Antifeminism, Hijab
6 Dec 2015
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Me do it ; post, between norms and choices the question: okin"s claim: minority religions clash with gender equality, above claim is threatening cultures with extinction (will kymlicka"s. Eg. hijab = symbol of gender inferiority views, not okin"s) It is actually in the interest of liberal state to preserve culture. Not as constraints, but as part of your identity. Enrichment of individual liberty: okin thinks this is inconsistent with liberalism. Individual rights more important than group rights. Anti-feminist: in many cultures men are more important than women, spokespersons of culture very likely to be men, women are misrepresented, okin. All forms of culture are bad for gender equality. In most cultures, men have control of women. Western political culture has departed further from patriarchal past. (she thinks her own culture isn"t culture, it"s just normal) Not many minority subcultures that are liberal individual rights are very important and fundamental as liberal values.
