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Feminism and Same-Sex Marriage: Who Cares?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 March 2010

Angelia R. Wilson
Angelia R. Wilson
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University of Manchester
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In America, the arguments for same-sex marriage are articulated primarily in the language of liberalism: justice, rights, and equality. Activists in the public square appeal to rational and intuitive, or at least culturally relevant, notions of justice and fairness. In countering such a defense of same-sex marriage, feminists may feel compelled to rearticulate fundamental concerns about how gender normativity of marriage oppresses women. Marriage, feminists are certain, has never been a good thing, economically or politically, for women.

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Critical Perspectives on Gender and Politics
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Politics & Gender , Volume 6 , Issue 1 , March 2010 , pp. 134 - 145
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Copyright © The Women and Politics Research Section of the American Political Science Association 2010

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