PHILOS 1B03 Lecture 4: The Nature of Woman
7 Feb 2017
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The nature of woman (wollstonecraft, mill & jaggar) Both historically and presently, women have been excluded from certain rights enjoyed by men in a civil state; e. g. the right to vote, the right to own property, or equal access to education. Women have been excluded from civil rights. Susan b. anthony was arrested for casting a vote during presidential election. Structural violence/inequality: pervasive prejudices that have application all over the world. If humanity as a whole shares an equality of capacities, rights and freedoms, then it is wrong to set up a social order wherein these capacities, rights and freedoms are unable to be equally expressed. If you want to follow locke, follow him. State of free exercise of those capacities. It"s wrong to set up social orders where rights and freedoms are unable to be equally expressed. Women are subjected to a severe (social, political, economic, educational, power) restraint" designed to keep her from realizing her full human potential.
