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| Gender roles: Gender roles are the social expectations for how people should behave and express themselves based on their gender. They are influenced by biological factors, such as sex, as well as social and cultural factors. See also Gender._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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John Rawls on Gender Roles - Dictionary of Arguments
I 99 Gender Roles/Rawls: Justice as Fairness evaluates a social system from the position of equal civil rights and the different levels of prosperity and income. >Roles/Rawls. However, there are natural properties that lead to the unequal distribution of relevant positions and which cannot be changed, e. g. gender roles. Inequality/solution/Rawls: here the difference principle helps (See Difference Principle/Rawls) to mitigate inequalities: disadvantaged groups must always benefit from inequality. However, such inequalities rarely occur. >Inequality. In cases of conflict, the interests of a more general viewpoint outweigh the interests of a more individual position. >Conflicts._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Rawl I J. Rawls A Theory of Justice: Original Edition Oxford 2005 |
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