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Bionormativity And The Construction Of Parenthood, Katharine K. Baker
Bionormativity And The Construction Of Parenthood, Katharine K. Baker
Katharine K. Baker
This piece explores the relationship between legal and biological parenthood. It examines how neither history, nor evolutionary biology nor moral philosophy dictate a legal regime in which parenthood must be based on biological connection, but that attraction to a biological (or “bionormative”) regime remains strong. In explaining why, it suggests that much of what attracts people to bionormativity is not biology itself, but the way in which a biological regime constructs parenthood as a private, exclusive and binary enterprise. It is these ancillary qualities of bionormativity that people may care the most about. Today, a variety of forces put pressure …
Accessing Government: How Difficult Is It? Citizen Advocacy Center 2008) (With T. Pastika)., Natalie Brouwer Potts
Accessing Government: How Difficult Is It? Citizen Advocacy Center 2008) (With T. Pastika)., Natalie Brouwer Potts
Natalie Brouwer Potts
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