Uneasy Access: Privacy for Women in a Free Society

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Uneasy Access: Privacy for Women in a Free Society is a pioneering feminist philosophical work that examines how concepts of privacy intersect with gender inequality and women’s rights in liberal democracies.

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instanceOf academic monograph ⓘ
book ⓘ
feminist theory book ⓘ
non-fiction book ⓘ
philosophy book ⓘ
argues for reconceptualizing privacy to promote gender equality ⓘ
that liberal privacy doctrines often ignore women’s experiences ⓘ
that privacy can both protect and oppress women ⓘ
that privacy is unequally accessible to women ⓘ
author Anita Allen ⓘ
Anita L. Allen ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
critiques public–private dichotomy in liberalism ⓘ
traditional liberal theories of privacy ⓘ
use of privacy to shield domestic abuse ⓘ
examines domestic sphere and women’s subordination ⓘ
gendered distribution of privacy ⓘ
how privacy norms can disadvantage women ⓘ
privacy and bodily autonomy ⓘ
privacy and class ⓘ
privacy and race ⓘ
privacy and reproductive rights ⓘ
privacy and sexual autonomy ⓘ
privacy and surveillance of women ⓘ
state non-intervention in the family ⓘ
field feminist ethics ⓘ
feminist legal theory ⓘ
jurisprudence ⓘ
focusesOn intersection of privacy and gender ⓘ
liberal individualism and women ⓘ
normative theories of privacy ⓘ
privacy as a legal right ⓘ
privacy as a moral right ⓘ
privacy in liberal societies ⓘ
public and private spheres ⓘ
structural gender inequality ⓘ
women’s access to privacy ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainTopic feminism ⓘ
feminist philosophy ⓘ
gender inequality ⓘ
legal philosophy ⓘ
liberal democracy ⓘ
political philosophy ⓘ
privacy ⓘ
social philosophy ⓘ
women’s rights ⓘ
notableFor being an early systematic feminist treatment of privacy ⓘ
influencing debates on privacy and gender in philosophy and law ⓘ
proposes a feminist framework for privacy rights ⓘ
reforms to privacy law sensitive to gender ⓘ

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