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“I think that both pornography and the imposition (common in some areas of the world) of a dress code on women are problematic.”

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The universal basis for the categorisation 'woman' will, no doubt, be constantly shifting but it is important not to deny it's existence altogether. There…

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If one really believes that the metaphysic one adopts has much to commend it, then one should obviously try to persuade others of its…

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Ethically and politically it is important to face up to the need for a universal perspective in our divided, multi-cultural, unequal and unjust world.

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If there are more than two sexes, then so be it and, of course, the assumption that there are two helps shape, as many…

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However, within the limits of the human, it is important to recognise our common humanity. I think that a perspective based on common human…

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The subject of feminism cannot be purely a fiction, as some postmodern writers suggest, produced by the discourses of power.

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Whatever the universal perspective one adopts, it is important to recognise that some form of universalism is politically and ethically necessary.

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