Reflexões feministas sobre igualdade como uniformização e igualdade relacional
Keywords:
gender, equality-difference dilemma, social differences, justice and careAbstract
Many of the contemporary feminist theories deal with classical problems of modern political theories. Equality is undoubtedly one of these problems. This paper addresses some of the elements present in feminist theoretical discussions on equality in the light of the equality-difference dilemma, considered as an unsolvable dilemma for women (and other social categories). Equality as uniformity (linked to descriptive, normative and speculative aspects of political theories) is at the center of this dilemma. It is related to a universalism that excludes and denies differences, contributing to a conception where the identities of the individuals are conceived as substances or essences (something adequate to the private world) rather than processes or relationships (experienced both in the public and in the private). The proposal is therefore the creation of a model of relational equality that takes into account the study of the differences and the production of inequalities. In this direction, the gender system is (1) identified as an effective producer and maintainer of various social inequalities, (2) responsible for the equality-difference dilemma and (3) active in making innocuous or insufficient the affirmative policies seeking to implement equality. The implementation of relational equality requires thus to face this system in their various dimensions (symbolic, identitary, in care activities and social institutions including the family).References
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