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Difference feminism

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Difference feminism is a term developed during the equality-versus-difference debate[1] in American feminism to describe the view that men and women are different, but that no value judgment can be placed upon them and both sexes have equal moral status as persons.[2]

Difference feminism did not require a commitment to essentialism. Most strains of difference feminism did not argue that there was a biological, inherent, ahistorical, or otherwise "essential" link between womanhood and traditionally feminine values, habits of mind (often called "ways of knowing"[3]), or personality traits.[4] These feminists simply sought to recognize that, in the present, women and men are significantly different and to explore the devalued "feminine" characteristics.[5] This variety of difference feminism is also called gender feminism.[6][7]

Some forms of difference feminism, for example Mary Daly's, argue not just that women and men were different, and had different values or different ways of knowing, but that women and their values were superior to men's.[5] This viewpoint does not require essentialism, although there is ongoing debate about whether Daly's feminism is essentialist.[8][9]

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History

The "difference" feminist view was developed in the 1980s, in part as a reaction to popular liberal feminism (also known as "equality feminism"), which emphasized the similarities between women and men in order to argue for equal treatment for women. Difference feminism, although it still aimed at equality between men and women, emphasized the differences between men and women and argued that identicality or sameness are not necessary in order for men and women, and masculine and feminine values, to be treated equally.[10] Liberal feminism aimed to make society and law gender-neutral, since it saw recognition of gender difference as a barrier to rights and participation within liberal democracy, while difference feminism held that gender-neutrality harmed women "whether by impelling them to imitate men, by depriving society of their distinctive contributions, or by letting them participate in society only on terms that favor men".[11]

Difference feminism drew on earlier nineteenth-century strains of thought, for example the work of German writer Elise Oelsner, which held that not only should women be allowed into formerly male-only spheres and institutions (e.g. public life, science) but that those institutions should also be expected to change in a way that recognizes the value of traditionally devalued feminine ethics, like care. On the latter point, many feminists have re-read the phrase "difference feminism" in a way that asks "what difference does feminism make?" (e.g. to the practice of science) rather than "what differences are there between men and women"?[3]

In the 1990s, feminists addressed the binary logic of "difference" versus "equality" and moved on from it, notably with postmodern and/or deconstructionist approaches that either dismantled or did not depend on that dichotomy.[1][12][13]

Criticism

Gender essentialism

Some have argued that the thought of certain prominent second-wave feminists, like psychologist Carol Gilligan and radical feminist theologian Mary Daly, is essentialist. In philosophy, essentialism is the belief that "(at least some) objects have (at least some) essential properties".[14] In the case of sexual politics, essentialism is taken to mean that "women" and "men" have fixed essences or essential properties (e.g. behavioral or personality traits) that cannot be changed. However, essentialist interpretations of Daly and Gilligan have been questioned by some feminist scholars, who argue that charges of "essentialism" are often used more as terms of abuse than as theoretical critiques based on evidence,[15][16] and do not accurately reflect Gilligan or Daly's views.[15][17]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Scott, Joan (1988). "Deconstructing Equality-Versus-Difference: Or, the Uses of Post-structuralist Theory for Feminism". Feminist Studies. 14 (1): 33–50. doi:10.2307/3177997. JSTOR 3177997.
  2. ^ "Carol Gilligan". Psychology's Feminist Voices. Archived from the original on 2020-02-22. Retrieved 2017-05-10.
  3. ^ a b Schiebinger, Londa (2000). "Has Feminism Changed Science?". Signs. 25 (4): 1171–1175. doi:10.1086/495540. PMID 17089478. S2CID 225088475.
  4. ^ Grande Jensen, Pamela. Finding a New Feminism: Rethinking the Woman Question for Liberal Democracy. p. 2 footnote 4.
  5. ^ a b Tandon, Neeru. Feminism: A Paradigm Shift. p. 68.
  6. ^ Fowler, Robert Booth (1999). Enduring Liberalism: American Political Thought Since the 1960s. University Press of Kansas. p. 133. ISBN 978-0-70-060974-1.
  7. ^ Ford, Lynne E. (2008). Encyclopedia of Women and American Politics. New York: Facts on File. p. 187. ISBN 978-0-81-605491-6.
  8. ^ Hoagland, Sarah Lucia; Frye, Marilyn. "Feminist Interpretations of Mary Daly". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  9. ^ Sandilands, Catriona (1999). The Good-Natured Feminist Ecofeminism and the Quest for Democracy. pp. chapter 5: "Cyborgs and Queers".
  10. ^ Voet, Rian (1998). Feminism and Citizenship. SAGE Publications Ltd.
  11. ^ Grande Jensen, Pamela. Finding a New Feminism: Rethinking the Woman Question for Liberal Democracy. p. 3.
  12. ^ Bock, Gisela; James, Susan (1992). Beyond Equality and Difference. Routledge. ISBN 9780415079891.
  13. ^ Voet, Rian (1998). Feminism and Citizenship. London: SAGE Publications Ltd. ISBN 9781446228043.
  14. ^ "Accidental vs Essential Properties". Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  15. ^ a b Heyes, Cressida J. (1997). "Anti-Essentialism in Practice: Carol Gilligan and Feminist Philosophy". Hypatia. 13 (3): 142–163. doi:10.1111/j.1527-2001.1997.tb00009.x. S2CID 143747304.
  16. ^ Braidotti, Rosi (1992). "Essentialism" in Feminism and Psychoanalysis: A Critical Dictionary.
  17. ^ Suhonen, Marja (2000). "Toward Biophilic Be-ing: Mary Daly's Feminist Metaethics and the Question of Essentialism" in Feminist Interpretations of Mary Daly. Penn State University Press. p. 112.
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