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The Normality of Man and Female Otherness: (Re) Producing Patriarchal Lines of Argument in the Law and the News

The Normality of Man and Female Otherness: (Re) Producing Patriarchal Lines of Argument in the... Feminist argumentation is characterized both by its commitment to analyze critically patriarchal reasoning and (re)visioning argument theory to include considerations of gender. This essay analyzes how and why a patriarchal line of argument privileging the male norm is produced and (re)produced in the fetal protection controversy. Through an examination of the Supreme Court case Johnson Controls and reports about it in the national media, I illustrate how a male normed line of argument can preclude the possibility of more just argumentative outcomes, and I highlight the institutional features of both the law and the news that privilege the male norm. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Argumentation and Advocacy Taylor & Francis

The Normality of Man and Female Otherness: (Re) Producing Patriarchal Lines of Argument in the Law and the News

Crenshaw, Carrie
Argumentation and Advocacy , Volume 32 (4): 15 – Mar 1, 1996
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The Normality of Man and Female Otherness: (Re) Producing Patriarchal Lines of Argument in the Law and the News

Abstract

Feminist argumentation is characterized both by its commitment to analyze critically patriarchal reasoning and (re)visioning argument theory to include considerations of gender. This essay analyzes how and why a patriarchal line of argument privileging the male norm is produced and (re)produced in the fetal protection controversy. Through an examination of the Supreme Court case Johnson Controls and reports about it in the national media, I illustrate how a male normed line of argument can...
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Taylor & Francis
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© 1996 Taylor and Francis Group, LLC
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2576-8476
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1051-1431
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10.1080/00028533.1996.11977993
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Abstract

Feminist argumentation is characterized both by its commitment to analyze critically patriarchal reasoning and (re)visioning argument theory to include considerations of gender. This essay analyzes how and why a patriarchal line of argument privileging the male norm is produced and (re)produced in the fetal protection controversy. Through an examination of the Supreme Court case Johnson Controls and reports about it in the national media, I illustrate how a male normed line of argument can preclude the possibility of more just argumentative outcomes, and I highlight the institutional features of both the law and the news that privilege the male norm.

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Argumentation and Advocacy – Taylor & Francis

Published: Mar 1, 1996

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