Surviving difference

Endocrine-disrupting chemicals, intergenerational justice and the future of human reproduction

Bibliographic Data

ID4367308
AuthorsRobyn Lee (0000-0002-2530-5957, University of Alberta, corresponding author), Roxanne Mykitiuk (Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Canada)
Year2018
Volume19
Issue2
Pages205-221
Publication date2018-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueFeminist Theory (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1464-7001 • E-ISSN: 1741-2773
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1464700118764080
OpenAlexW2595890327
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited72

Endocrine-disrupting chemicals have been identified as posing risks to reproductive health and may have intergenerational effects. However, responses to the potential harms they pose frequently rely on medicalised understandings of the body and normative gender identities. This article develops an intersectional feminist framework of intergenerational justice in response to the potential risks posed by endocrine-disrupting chemicals. We examine critiques of endocrine disruptors from feminist, critical disability and queer standpoints, and explore issues of race and class in exposures. We argue that responding to the risks posed by endocrine disruptors such as brominated flame retardants (BFRs) and phthalates requires developing a theory of intergenerational justice that recognises relationality and transcorporeality, and that also recognises harm in terms of suffering, not in terms of difference

Biology · Economic Justice · Endocrine system · Environmental ethics · Environmental justice · Harm · Hormone · Normative · Political science · Queer · Reproduction · Sociology · Biomedical Ethics and Regulation · Gender Studies · Psychology · Social Psychology · Ecology · Endocrinology

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