It is true that feminists such as Dworkin and MacKinnon have disavowed the "All men are rapists" thing. But it is also true that they have
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@philosophyexp Not quite sure what I mean. Scholarly, said publicly, or published, I suppose.
.@mollydot "Men's structural capacity to rape and woman's corresponding structural vulnerability are as basic to the physiology..."
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@philosophyexp Capacity to rape is of course different to actually raping. I'm reminded of "all men are potential rapists", not meaning... -
@mollydot Sure, but she's claiming a lot more than merely that it is a contingent fact about men that we are potential rapists. -
@philosophyexp I suppose I should read some famous feminists sometime :-) -
@mollydot Yes, you definitely should. Seriously. Much more challenging, etc, than internet feminism. :) -
@philosophyexp I partially haven't cos I don't know where to start. But I'm sure there's blog posts to help! Same problem w superhero comics -
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@mollydot Feminism - I suggest Wollstonecraft, J. S. Mill, de Beauvoir, Friedan, and then you're at the start of the 2nd wave. -
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@philosophyexp Physiology? So she's blaming biology not society? -
@mollydot Yes (and the issue of explanatory primacy is a faultline that runs through feminist theory). Brownmiller goes on to claim that..
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@philosophyexp ...there's a switch for every man, but from outside a man's head, we can't tell if he would rape or not. There's no guaranteeThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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