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- Title
Gender and the State: Accommodating Difference and Equality.
- Authors
McDonagh, Eileen
- Abstract
Most would concur that the American state, from its very founding and still today, builds upon liberal principles asserting the fundamental equality of all individuals. What is more, social movements have been successful in demanding that the state treat all individuals the same “in spite of” their group differences, thereby promoting the inclusion of people initially discriminated against on the basis of their group difference. This is no small task, as history tells us. For example, we have recently celebrated the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington and the Civil Rights Movement, which exemplify the demand for equal treatment of individuals “in spite of” their race. John Lewis, an African-American civil rights activist, testifies, for example, as to how difficult this was, based on his experience fifty years ago. When he traveled during those times, he ran into racial segregation everywhere, including housing, hotels, restaurants, and public restrooms. His goal was desegregation—that is, to integrate public facilities so that all individuals would have access on equal bases with everyone else (Stolberg 2013).
- Subjects
UNITED States; UNITED States politics &; government, 21st century; EQUALITY; MARCH on Washington for Jobs &; Freedom, Washington, D.C., 1963; CIVIL rights movements; LEWIS, John R., 1940-2020
- Publication
Politics & Gender, 2014, Vol 10, Issue 2, p271
- ISSN
1743-923X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S1743923X14000075