Japanese Sociological Review
Online ISSN : 1884-2755
Print ISSN : 0021-5414
ISSN-L : 0021-5414
Is the Public/Private Dichotomy Necessary for Future Society ?
Eriko NAGATA
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2000 Volume 50 Issue 4 Pages 603-616

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This paper will criticize the public/private dichotomy. Firstly, it is theoretically impossible to separate the public from the private. Goods can be categorized as private and at the same time, public. Sexuality can be categorized as public when we see it as a necessary condition for reproduction. Secondly, the public/private dichotomy is discriminative, as some feminists have been insisting. Now, a social choice is needed that will decide whether this dichotomy has to be maintained. If it is maintained, what sphere should it belong to : public or private ?
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