The Necessity of Differences: Constructing a Positive Category of Women

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Previous articleNext article No AccessThe Necessity of Differences: Constructing a Positive Category of WomenMarilyn FryeMarilyn Frye Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Signs Volume 21, Number 4Summer, 1996Feminist Theory and Practice Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/495128 Views: 37Total views on this site Citations: 29Citations are reported from Crossref Copyright 1996 The University of ChicagoPDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:Sara-Maria Sorentino Mistresses as Masters?, differences 32, no.22 (Sep 2021): 69–93.https://doi.org/10.1215/10407391-9309345 Feminist Perspectives on Sex and Gender, (Jan 2021): 17–43.https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-4090-9.ch002Alasia Nuti Injustice and the Reproduction of History, 25 (Mar 2019).https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108325592Ulrika Dahl Queering Sexism and Whiteness with Marilyn Frye, Paragraph 41, no.33 (Nov 2018): 333–348.https://doi.org/10.3366/para.2018.0275Mari Mikkola On the apparent antagonism between feminist and mainstream metaphysics, Philosophical Studies 174, no.1010 (Jul 2016): 2435–2448.https://doi.org/10.1007/s11098-016-0732-1Dongping Zheng, Yuanfang Dai, Yang Liu Place, identity and becomings with mobile technologies: feminist and Chinese philosophies in dialogue, International Communication of Chinese Culture 4, no.33 (Aug 2017): 319–337.https://doi.org/10.1007/s40636-017-0106-1Amina Alrasheed Nayel Research Area Problem and Methodology, (Jan 2017): 1–44.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44051-4_1Adam Ellwanger No Exit, Pedagogy 17, no.11 (Jan 2017): 35–58.https://doi.org/10.1215/15314200-3658382Mari Mikkola Feminist Metaphysics and Philosophical Methodology, Philosophy Compass 11, no.1111 (Nov 2016): 661–670.https://doi.org/10.1111/phc3.12349Rosi Braidotti Thinking with an Accent: Françoise Collin, Les cahiers du Grif, and French Feminism, Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society 39, no.33 (Jul 2015): 597–626.https://doi.org/10.1086/674299Ajnesh Prasad Beyond analytical dichotomies, Human Relations 65, no.55 (Apr 2012): 567–595.https://doi.org/10.1177/0018726711432183Theodore Bach Gender Is a Natural Kind with a Historical Essence, Ethics 122, no.22 (Jul 2015): 231–272.https://doi.org/10.1086/663232Linda Martín Alcoff Gender and Reproduction, (Jan 2012): 12–28.https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137283696_2Mari Mikkola Gender Concepts and Intuitions, Canadian Journal of Philosophy 39, no.44 (Jan 2020): 559–583.https://doi.org/10.1353/cjp.0.0060Allison Weir Global Feminism and Transformative Identity Politics, Hypatia 23, no.44 (Mar 2020): 110–133.https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1527-2001.2008.tb01436.xLinda Martín Alcoff Gender and Reproduction, Asian Journal of Women's Studies 14, no.44 (Jan 2016): 7–27.https://doi.org/10.1080/12259276.2008.11666054Maya J. 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