I was visiting the web-page of the Philosophy Department at the University of Western Ontario, and noticed that they had an open call for papers for an upcoming graduate student conference on feminist philosophy (Sept. 18-20). The Keynote speaker is Alice MacLachlan (York University).
Here is an excerpt of their description of the conference: “This conference aims [...]
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CFP: Ethics and the Environment
Posted in CFPs, Environmental Philosophy, Ethics, Feminist Philosophy on November 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
CALL FOR PAPERS
Ethics & the Environment is considering papers for a special issue in honor of Val Plumwood. We welcome submissions on Plumwood’s philosophy, ecofeminism, indigenous environmental ethics, ecological perspectives on rationality, and other relevant topics.
Haslanger on Bloggingheads
Posted in Ethics, Feminist Philosophy, General Interest, Race and Gender on November 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s an interesting discussion with Sally Haslanger (MIT).
(HT: Leiter)
Pornography Symposium
Posted in Ethics, Feminist Philosophy, Race and Gender on October 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Symposia in Race, Gender and Philosophy has a new symposium on Anne Eaton’s “A Sensible Anti-Porn Feminism” with commentary by Patrick D. Hopkins, Rae Langton, Ishani Maitra, Laurie Shrage. Check it out here (Spring no. 2).
Jender at Feminist Philosophers comments:
Eaton’s paper is an exceptionally careful exploration of what a sensible anti-porn feminism should look [...]
Is There An Eidos of Women: Part 2
Posted in Feminist Philosophy, Phenomenology, Race and Gender on January 21, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Some arguments from biology try to reduce a woman to what she is in society. However, no man or woman within society has escaped its powers to shape them as people. And as people are in society is in no way related to biology. One can hardly imagine a woman in the state of nature [...]
Is There an Eidos of Women?
Posted in Feminist Philosophy, General Interest, Phenomenology on January 15, 2008 | 3 Comments »
This is a paper I wrote for my phenomenology class and I will post it in two parts (one today and one next Monday). When I first wrote this I felt really confident that my answer to the above question would be “no,” but the more I discuss this topic with other people the more [...]
College Admissions and Gender
Posted in Feminist Philosophy, General Interest, News & Notes, Race and Gender on June 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
A couple of weeks ago I told a college bound male I know that he might have an advantage when applying to college. His advantage? His gender.
After a generation of co-education, women apply to colleges at higher rates than men. This lack of gender balance in applications seems to be quite pronounced at liberal arts [...]
What News Can You Use?
Posted in Feminist Philosophy, General Interest on May 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Perhaps some news from this new blog devoted to feminist philosophy.
Those who were interested in our recent post on women in philosophy might like to read this post on the same topic. Related to this is a post on the importance of critical mass.
For those who were interested in Laura’s excellent post on pornography, here is a post on porn and labiaplasty.
-Jennifer [...]
Pavlovian Response to Pornography
Posted in Feminist Philosophy, Philosophy of Law, Race and Gender on March 26, 2007 | 24 Comments »
Pornography, unlike erotica, conditions people to view women as submissive and helpless. Pornography teaches us that women long to be humiliated and dominated. The industry desires this effect, and the government needs to curb their conditioning influence over otherwise innocent consumers.
Marriage – What is it good for?
Posted in Christianity, Ethics, Feminist Philosophy, General Interest, Islam, Judaism on March 5, 2007 | 34 Comments »
I was asked a few months ago, by the mother of my good companion, if I would ever marry her son. I recall asking her why she would want us to marry and she answered: “Well, you need to be blessed”. While I do not find her thoughts on the matter particularly puzzling (she is [...]
