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Part 3.3: Autonomy and Feminine Socialization

Diana Tietjens Meyers
Loyola University of Chicago - Department of Philosophy

1989

Abstract:
Part III. Section 3. Autonomy and Feminine Socialization:

Having agreed with Beauvoir that narcissism and altruism contribute to women's lack of autonomy, Meyers examines Beauvoir's account of autonomy in light of her own conception of autonomy competency and argues that Beauvoir's conception of autonomy is too stringent. Autonomy competency, in contrast, allows for degrees of autonomy and variations in degree as viewed over a life-time, as well as for a distinction between programmatic and episodic autonomy. Meyers concludes by characterizing minimal, medial, and full autonomy

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Date posted: December 30, 2008 ; Last revised: February 17, 2009

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Tietjens Meyers, Diana, Part 3.3: Autonomy and Feminine Socialization (1989). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1321776

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Diana Tietjens Meyers (Contact Author)

Loyola University of Chicago - Department of Philosophy ( email )

Chicago, IL 60611
United States