フェミニズムと公共性

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The aim of this paper is to tackle the publicness of feminism by referring to the criticism on the public-private distinction of liberalism. The concept of the phrase “personal is political” in second-wave feminism was explained not only in personal relationships controlled by gender power relations, but also by the fact that these power relations determine the privacy of individuals. However, liberalism tends to prioritize freedom and privacy of individuals more than feminists’ explanations on people’s preferences and actions attributed to gender power, since the preferences and values of individuals are secured without considering their contexts or status in our society or the impact on the lives of other people. This paper concludes that feminists’ explanations of how gender relations affect our preferences and future disposition should be interpreted as to allocate their public responsibility regarding gender injustice toward each individual.