Feminism Against Crime Control: On Sexual Subordination and State Apologism
(2018)
Journal Article
Duff, K. (2018). Feminism Against Crime Control: On Sexual Subordination and State Apologism. Historical Materialism, 26(2), 123-148. https://doi.org/10.1163/1569206x-00001649
Its critics call it ‘feminism-as-crime-control’, or ‘Governance Feminism’, diagnosing it as a pernicious form of identity politics. Its advocates call it taking sexual violence seriously – by which they mean wielding the power of the state to ‘punish... Read More about Feminism Against Crime Control: On Sexual Subordination and State Apologism.