Privacy and Sexuality in a Society Divided Over Moral Culture
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5808299 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Karen Struening (Kalamazoo College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1996 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 505-523 |
| Publication date | 1996-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Political Research Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1065-9129 • E-ISSN: 1938-274X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/106591299604900303 |
| OpenAlex | W1996509841 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 12 |
In this article, I develop an individuality-based conception of the right to privacy that can be used to protect the freedoms of sexual choice and inti mate association. In doing so, I draw on John Stuart Mill's concept of indi viduality and his celebration of lifestyle experimentation. This formulation of the right to privacy is defended against a critic, Jed Rubenfeld, who uses Michel Foucault's critique of the repressive hypothesis to argue that an individuality-based conception of the right to privacy will inevitably im pose standardized sexual identities on individuals. In response to Rubenfeld, I argue that the position that sexuality is central to self-definition does not depend on the assumption that speaking the truth about sex will set us free. The aim of the individuality-based conception of the right to privacy that I am advocating is not to fix identities, but to open up greater room for lifestyle experimentation
Michel foucault · Position (finance · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Political Philosophy and Ethics · Reproductive Health and Technologies
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,08 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2014 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |