PHIL 237 Chapter Notes - Chapter 21: Disconnection, Radical Feminism, Statism

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Robin west reading note the harms of consent. This phenomenon is highly degrading to women"s selfhood: (389) Injured sense of self-possession bodies no longer our own. Felt or actual dependency upon another is exacerbated and perpetuated both in mind and reality. Hedonic lies (i totally enjoyed that) undermine sense of integrity feel like liars. Men have a lot at stake by saying that verbal consent does not constitute one"s desire to participate in sexual encounters (390) Liberal feminists undermine the harms of consensual sex by effectively legitimizing consensual sex through their opposition of non-consent. This promotes the idea that consensual sex is moral because proper consent has been granted, which undermines the issues that arise from consensual sex in obvious ways. As west puts it, non-consent is not descriptive of all harms that derive from sex, nor is consent the sole requisite of its morality. (391)

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