Is Multiculturalism Bad for Women? - - Susan Moller Okin, Joshua Cohe
Is Multiculturalism Bad for Women? - - Susan Moller Okin, Joshua Cohe Polygamy, forced marriage, female genital mutilation, punishing women for being raped, differential access for men and women to…
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Is Multiculturalism Bad for Women? - - Susan Moller Okin, Joshua Cohe
Polygamy, forced marriage, female genital mutilation, punishing women for being raped, differential access for men and women to health care and education, unequal rights of ownership, assembly, and political participation, unequal vulnerability to violence. Do demands for multiculturalism--and certain minority group rights in particular--make them more likely to continue and to spread to liberal democracies? These practices and conditions are standard in some parts of the world.
In this book, the eminent feminist Susan Moller Okin and fifteen of the world's leading thinkers about feminism and multiculturalism explore these unsettling questions in a provocative, passionate, and illuminating debate.Okin opens by arguing Are there fundamental conflicts between our commitment to gender equity and our increasing desire to respect the customs of minority cultures or religions?