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Feminist Reactions to the Contemporary Security Regime

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 March 2020

Iris Marion Young
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Abstract

The essay theorizes the logic of masculinist protection as an apparently benign form of male domination. It then argues that authoritarian government is often justified through a logic of masculinist protection, and that this is the form of justification for the security regime that has emerged in the United States since September 11, 2001. 1 argue that those who live under a security regime live within an oppressive protection racket. The paper ends by cautioning feminists not ourselves to adopt a stance of protector toward women in so-called less developed societies.

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Forum on September 11, 2001: Feminist Perspectives on Terrorism
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Hypatia , Volume 18 , Issue 1: Special Issue: Feminist Philosophy and the Problem of Evil , Winter 2003 , pp. 223 - 231
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Copyright © 2003 by Hypatia, Inc.

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