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Full-Text Articles in Feminist Philosophy
Practicing Practicing, Ladelle Mcwhorter
Practicing Practicing, Ladelle Mcwhorter
Philosophy Faculty Publications
"There is something ludicrous in philosophical discourse," Michel Foucault writes, "when it tries, from the outside, to dictate to others, to tell them where their truth is and how to find it... " (Foucault 1985, 9). In our age of moral relativism and multiculturalism, it is easy to hear in this sentence a simple condemnation of intellectuals who pose as authorities on questions of belief, and it is all too easy to agree; yes, of course, we ought not tell other people what to think. But given the issues, directions, and investments of Foucault's work, especially in The Use of …
Work, Sex, And Sex-Work: Competing Feminist Discourses On The International Sex Trade, Kate Sutherland
Work, Sex, And Sex-Work: Competing Feminist Discourses On The International Sex Trade, Kate Sutherland
Osgoode Hall Law Journal
This article explores the competing discourses of radical feminism and sex radicalism on the international sex trade. These voices have been dominant in feminist debates on this issue and both have proved significant forces when it comes to legal reform. Radical feminists characterize prostitution as an abuse of human rights, regardless of whether it is forced or voluntary, and have fought for its abolition. They have had a substantial impact on the development and adoption of anti-trafficking legislation and instruments in various countries and at the international level. Sex radicals have offered compelling opposition, shifting the focus from the abolition …