Legitimation, Consent, and Antifeminism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11367608 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mark E Kann (Southern California University for Professional Studies, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1983 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-19 |
| Publication date | 1983-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Women & Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0195-7732 • E-ISSN: 1540-9473 |
| Publisher | The Haworth Press (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1300/j014v03n01_01 |
| OpenAlex | W2017271647 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Antifeminists have developed a legitimation theory that justifies, informs, and enhances their politics. Whereas early American conservatives opposed consent theory because it justified political equality, contemporary antifeminists have adopted and adapted consent theory to articulate and promote different rights and responsibilities for women and men. This article traces the history of consent theory in sexual politics. It suggests that the social contract philosophers and the Founding Fathers systematically excluded women from consent. Early American feminists adopted consent theory to legitimate political equality between the sexes only to discover that political equality stopped far short of gender equality. The innovation of the antifeminists today lies in their use of consent theory to justify the political inclusion of women in politics in order to legitimate their subordination in the social realm
Feminist theory · Legitimation · Political science · Politics · Realm · Sociology · Subordination (linguistics · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Gender Politics and Representation · Gender Studies · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies · Law · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,02 |
| Citation span | 1984 - 1984 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |