Abstract
Can a man be a feminist? If so, what would it mean? I want to participate in a dialogue between women and men on how to accommodate women's moral concerns. I propose that the fundamental values of justice embodied in the South African constitutional democracy require men to be feminist. These values provide the best safeguard of the important interests and values of both women and men. Men who accept these values can support the main concerns of feminism. The implications of the argument in this article range from public issues to the most private aspects of marriage.
Highlights
Can a man be a feminist? If so, what would it mean? I want to participate in a dialogue between women and men on how to accommodate women's moral concerns
What kinds of injustices drive feminist concerns? Are these concerns substantial enough to warrant serious male attention, or are women merely being squeamish? The best way to present the underlying concerns o f fem inism is to show how many o f w om en’s most im portant human rights - embodied in the South African Constitution - are violated by men
Through m en’s unfounded attitudes of male superiority and fem ale in feriority and the unequal division of household decision-making and duties, they violate the central thrust of the South African Constitution of treating people
Summary
W hy should South African men take feminism seriously? There are a few simple reasons. The special women in m en’s lives are at risk o f becoming victims of the injustices of sexism If they love their mothers, lovers, wives, sisters, and daughters, or have good friends, acquaintances, or colleagues who are female, men themselves might become secondary victims of the trauma one of these women might suffer when becoming a victim of one or more of the injustices of sexism. Another reason for taking sexism seriously is that men themselves might be responsible for injustices of sexism toward wom en in their everyday lives. They have to check whether they violate the warranted claims of injustice expressed by feminism and are morally responsible for harming other people
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