Norms of self-expression and gender essentialism

[greenie_breizh]

I take liberal feminist education to share some core features of mainstream liberal education, with a central emphasis on a broad education that fosters freedom by developing autonomy. In doing so, the feminist variant would pay particular attention to encouraging the growth of autonomy among girls, and their capacity to choose roles and lifestyles

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«the very» tool vs «a» tool

[aislingtheach]

(Hmm, quel délicieux post! :D Là tu m'as prise au piège, comme un papillon de nuit devant une lumière de véranda :P

Re: «the very» tool vs «a» tool

[greenie_breizh]

Yay! I'm so glad that you liked the post and that it made you think.

To be perfectly honest, the flaw is probably in my report of the talk than in Bradley's argument itself. I'm pretty sure she wouldn't argue that the liberal valuation of choice is the one and only reason that gender essentialism has been perpetuated in our society to this day - I phrased it that way more to get the point across. I'll admit it was a pretty weak choice of words, too, and I might edit the post. :)

That said I always love reading your reply, they're just as (if not more) thought-provoking than the original post! Thank you.

And I've just started on Chris Brickell's article in Thinking Straight, I might have to check out this other one, it sounds really interesting! I have too much to read these days... ;)

[fan_elune]

Browncoat code for the win. :D

(Yes, I like to make insipid comments to posts like this. I can't deal with more anyway, this morning. ;) )

[shiraz_wine]

http://www.livescience.com/culture/080909-boss-gender.html

This was an interesting study done at the University of Toronto.