Hypatia articles from March 1997

Hypatia archives from March 1997

False memory syndrome: a feminist philosophical approach.
March 22, 1997... In this essay, I attempt to outline a feminist philosophical approach to the current debate concerning (allegedly) false memories of childhood sexual abuse. Bringing the voices of feminist philosophers to bear on this issue highlights the...

Moving from feminist identity politics to coalition politics through a feminist materialist standpoint of intersubjectivity in Gloria Anzaldua's Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza.
March 22, 1997... Identity politics deployed by lesbian feminists of color challenges the philosophy of the subject and white feminisms based on sisterhood, and in so doing opens a space where feminist coalition building is possible. I articulate connections...

Standpoint epistemology without the "standpoint"?: an examination of epistemic privilege and epistemic authority.
March 22, 1997... In this paper I argue that the distinction between epistemic privilege and epistemic authority is an important one for feminist epistemologists who are sympathetic to feminist standpoint theory. I argue that, while the first concept is elusive,...

Questioning feminine connection.
March 22, 1997... This paper examines Nancy Chodorow's theory of feminine connection and masculine separation in The Reproduction of Mothering. First it demonstrates that, contrary to many feminists' interpretations, Chodorow's theory does not portray masculine...

Autonomy, relationality, and feminist ethics.
March 22, 1997... While care ethics has frequently been criticized for lacking an account of autonomy, this paper argues that care ethics' relational model of moral agency provides the basis for criticizing the philosophical tradition's model of autonomy and for...

"There is no evidence to suggest ...": changing the way we judge information for disclosure in the informed consent process.
March 22, 1997... Feminist health activists and medical researchers frequently disagree on the adequacy of the informed consent processes in clinical trials. I argue for an informed consent process that reflects the central importance of patient-participant...

Definition and the question of "woman".
March 22, 1997... Within recent feminist philosophy, controversy has developed over the desirability, and indeed, the possibility of defining the central terms of its analysis--"woman," "femininity," etc. The controversy results largely from the...

Addendum to "Rape as a Weapon of War".(COMMENT)
March 22, 1997... Learning about martial sex crimes against men has made me rethink some of my ideas about rape as a weapon of war and how to respond to it. Such crimes can be as racist as they are sexist and, in the case of male victims, may be quite simply...

The Rejected Body: Feminist Philosophical Reflections on Disability.
March 22, 1997... The Rejected Body: Feminist Philosophical Reflections on Disability. By Susan Wendell. New York: Routledge, 1996. Susan Wendell's The Rejected Body: Feminist Philosophical Reflections on Disability introduces non-disabled feminist...

Women, "false" memory, and personal identity.
March 22, 1997... We contest each other's memory claims all the time. I am concerned with how the contesting of memory claims and narratives may be an integral part of many abusive situations. I use the writings of Otto Weininger and the False Memory Syndrome...

Hear no evil, see no evil, think no evil: ethics and the appeal to experience.
March 22, 1997... This essay distinguishes three types of appeals to experience in ethics, identifies problems with appealing to experience, and argues that appeals to experience must be open to critical assessment, if experientially-based arguments are to be...

Standpoint epistemology without the "standpoint"?: an examination of epistemic privilege and epistemic authority.
March 22, 1997... This paper will be a discussion of the related concepts of "epistemic privilege" and "epistemic authority," and it has two different parts: First, I will argue that an important part of a feminist standpoint project should be the demystification...

Questioning feminine connection.
March 22, 1997... INTRODUCTION Many feminists claim that women's sense of self is more "connected" to the world than men's. This is supposed to mean that women are more focused on relationships than men, and more nurturing and cooperative; men supposedly define...

Autonomy, relationality, and feminist ethics.
March 22, 1997... Care ethics has frequently been criticized for failing to address how women's practice of care places women's autonomy in jeopardy. The question of the implications of care ethics for our conception of autonomy, however, has been asked less...

Addendum to "Rape as a weapon of war."
March 22, 1997... Since I returned proofs to Hypatia for "Rape as a Weapon of War" (Card 1996), further information has come to my attention regarding martial sex crimes. This information has implications for the power of my proposed fantasy response - compulsory...

The Rejected Body: Feminist Philosophical Reflections on Disability.
March 22, 1997... Shelley Tremain Susan Wendell's The Rejected Body: Feminist Philosophical Reflections on Disability introduces non-disabled feminist philosophers to a feminist disability rights perspective, a perspective that should indicate to them that they...