private sphere / public sphere

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private sphere / public sphere
Arena in which conversations and decisions about
proper conduct, discipline and pubishment take
place at the domestic of familial level
Arena in which conversations and decisions about
proper conduct, discipline and punishment take
place at the national level
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Okin Is Multiculturalism Bad for Women?
Multiculturalism The claim, made in the context
of liberal democracies, that minority cultures or
ways of life are not sufficiently protected by
the practice of ensuring the individual rights of
their members, and as a consequence should be
accorded special group rights or privileges

• Includes
• rights and privileges cultural claims
• legal protection cultural defense

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Dewey Dear Dr. Kothari . . . Sexuality,
Violence against Women, and the Parallel Public
sphere in India

• Public sphere An intermediate structure between
  the political system . . . . and the private
  sectors of the life-world that functions to
  familiarize the state with the needs of its
  citizens.
• Part of modern, democratic societies governed by
  a nation-state
• Enabled through the rise of mass mediafirst
  newspapers and novels, and then more modern
  forms
• Is a producer of consensus

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• Parallel public sphere
• Operates in tandem with the public sphere
• Is as much a consequence of oppression as an
  agent of it
• A venue for the socially sanctioned dialogue that
  takes place between society and individuals who
  are part of relatively disempowered groups,
  including women
• Provides a sense of group membership
• Helps to determine where lines are drawn between
  private and public