Hypatia articles from January 1995

Hypatia archives from January 1995

Taking dependency seriously: the Family and Medical Leave Act considered in the light of the social organization of dependency work and gender equality. (Feminist Ethics and Social Policy, Part 1)
January 1, 1995... Dependents require care. They are unable either to survive or to thrive without attention to basic needs. Dependency needs range from the utter helplessness of a newborn infant to the incapacity of illness or frail old age. Dependency can be...

The combat exclusion and the role of women in the military. (Feminist Ethics and Social Policy, Part 1)
January 1, 1995... Many women and feminists have for years been identified with antiwar and antimilitarist efforts, and have been both initiators and staunch supporters of pacifist movements. However, as increasing numbers of women are serving in the military...

"Male-order" brides: immigrant women, domestic violence and immigration law. (Feminist Ethics and Social Policy, Part 1)
January 1, 1995... Despite increased awareness of the need to attend to the experiences of women who are on the margins of society because of their class, race, ethnicity, and sexual orientation, little attention has been paid by feminist philosophers to problems...

Mixed black and white race and public policy. (Feminist Ethics and Social Policy, Part 1)
January 1, 1995... There is so much myth involved in the classification of Americans into black and white racial categories that the facts about race are part of the subject of Racial Theory. Racial Theory is the intellectual structure within which it is possible...

Agency and alliance in public discourses about sexualities. (Feminist Ethics and Social Policy, Part 1)
January 1, 1995... Calls for alliance politics have become prevalent in contemporary feminist ethics and politics, particularly with regard to feminist public sphere actions directed at affecting public policy.(1) Alliances, however, have not always proven easy,...

Beauty and breast implantation: how candidate selection affects autonomy and informed consent. (Feminist Ethics and Social Policy, Part 1)
January 1, 1995... Women's breasts and their decisions about them attract a great deal of attention in American culture and in the culture of American medicine. Breast cancer, for example, has become a highly politicized disease. Employed by politicians and...

Sex-selective abortion: a relational approach. (Feminist Ethics and Social Policy, Part 1)
January 1, 1995... As new reproductive technologies are being discovered, refined, and implemented on a daily basis both in the United States and abroad, it is imperative that the new moral issues generated by them be discussed and addressed not just by the...