Sex, Culture, and Justice: The Limits of Choice

by Clare Chambers and Clare Chambers

Book Overview

Autonomy is fundamental to liberalism. But autonomous individuals often choose to do things that harm themselves or undermine their equality. In particular, women often choose to participate in practices of sexual inequality-cosmetic surgery, gendered patterns of work and childcare, makeup, restrictive clothing, or the sexual subordination required by membership in certain religious groups. In this book, Clare Chambers argues that this predicament...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271033029
• ISBN13: 9780271033020
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"