A Glimpse into America's Liberal Democracy: Stunting Womens' Personhood
Joshi, Priya; Shah, Aneri
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Title
A Glimpse into America's Liberal Democracy: Stunting Womens' Personhood
Author(s)
Joshi, Priya
Shah, Aneri
Issue Date
2024
Keyword(s)
personhood
democracy
woman's rights
Date of Ingest
2025-03-23T20:47:07-05:00
Abstract
Personhood, as examined by Martha Nussbaum, is defined as “autonomy, self respect, and a sense of fulfillment and achievement” (Nussbaum 56). In this paper, we extrapolate this definition of personhood to modern conceptions of democracy. Hence, democratic personhood would be defined as autonomy, self-respect, and sense of fulfillment through the representative means of political representation and equal economic opportunity. With a liberal feminist lens, ideally, democratic personhood can be achieved. But is this the reality of our current political and social institutions?
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