Historically, men have used freedom, the
highest human value, to institutionalize the inequalities which have hitherto
been the condition of freedom. It is not
claimed that inequality or freedom are derived exclusively from reproductive
relations …. To lump liberty, equality and fraternity together is to make a
categorical error. Fraternity is the ideologically
formulated condition of an actual liberty, the brotherhood of fathers who are
forced to be free. It is universal only
in male terms, and absolutely precludes a truly universal freedom and equality,
for its condition is the suppression of women.[1]
Mary O’Brien,
The Politics of Reproduction (1981)
[1] Mary O’Brien, The Politics of Reproduction (London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1983), p. 158. Mary O’Brien was a nurse, philosopher and founding member of the Feminist Party of Canada.
No comments:
Post a Comment