Category Archives: Feminist philosophy

Reading through the blog entries filed under ‘sexual harassment’ in the What Is It Like To Be A Woman In Philosophy? blog (http://beingawomaninphilosophy.wordpress.com/) there were many things that struck me. One was this: that although there were many accounts where … Continue reading →

The relative lack of progression of women through the career ranks is explained by many different factors. One of them is surely women’s relative economic power. This is twofold: firstly, the bare fact that women’s salaries are still less than … Continue reading →

Helen Beebee asks ‘where did all the women go’ in philosophy and says that it’s a hard question to which we don’t yet have all the answers (right); and that this lack of answers is not surprising given that ‘until … Continue reading →

I sat in a class that discussed feminism and social class this week and nearly lost my cool at assumptions about the idea that we were all somehow middle class. Is there any use at all for such a label? … Continue reading →

The Jimmy Savile scandal exposes, as is well understood, not just the behaviour of individuals, but the behaviour of other individuals who either turned a blind eye or actively assisted; as well as the general culture of particular organisations, and … Continue reading →

I’ve written to both my MP Andrew Smith and to the Home Secretary Theresa May concerning the proposed Girls Gone Wild crew coming to film in Britain. This programme deliberately manipulates an area of ambiguity between consent and its absence … Continue reading →

Back sometime towards the end of the 19th century, my great-grandmother was the first woman in Cardiff to be granted her own license to sell alcohol. Her sister, my great-great aunt, likewise ran her own Cardiff pub. I have heard … Continue reading →