Sex Wars Redux: Agency and Coercion in Feminist Legal Theory

Legal Coercion , Respect & Reason - responsive Agency

1. There is a way of thinking about law that contemporary normative theorists on criminalization and legal punishment are particularly anxious about, and that way is to conceive law as involving legal coercion in the manner of threats. This way of conceiving law is unsurprising, especially when we look at criminal law; it prescribes requirements of conduct (e.g. do not murder) for which we are ...

Introduction, Special Issue: Feminist Legal Theory

Personal agency in feminist theory: Evicting the illusive dweller.

The growing impact of feminist scholarship, activism, and politics would benefit substantially from input by radical behaviorists. The feminist community, broadly defined, and radical behaviorists share interesting commonalities that suggest a potentially fruitful alliance. There are, however, points of divergence that must be addressed; most prominently, the construct of personal agency. A beh...

Theories of Sexual Coercion: Evolutionary, Feminist, and Biosocial Perspectives

Rape is defined as " copulation resisted to the best of the victim's ability unless such resistance would probably result in death or serious injury to the victim or in death or injury to individuals the victim commonly protects (Thornhill and Palmer, 2000, pg. 1). " More specifically, Minnesota state law defines rape as sexual contact achieved: 1. without consent; 2. with use of physical force...

Empowerment or Estrangement: Liberal Feminist Legal Theory, Muslim Feminist Translations, International Human Rights and Progressing to the Third Wave