POLI SCI 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Endangerment
2 Nov 2016
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They all tell patriarchal stories. (pateman, sexual contract, The social contract theory relies on consent and power. Social contract justifies subordination because it protects oneself. They all tell patriarchal stories. (locke, second treatise, 64) Denying absolute power of father but saying that mothers and fathers share authority over children. The classic social contract theorists assumed that individual attributes and social conditions always made it reasonable for an individual to give an affirmative answer to the fundamental question whether a relationship of subordination should be created through contract. The pictures of the state of nature and the stories of the social contract found in the classic texts vary widely, but despite their differences on many important issues, the classic contract theorists have a crucial feature in common. They all tell patriarchal stories. (locke, second treatise, 82) Wife has the right to leave her husband. If there is no contract/agreement then decision falls to the man.
