Readings for Next Week: Feminist Takes on Privacy

The subject matter for this week is feminist critiques of privacy, as well as privacy and family life. This is an interesting area, and well worth reading up on beyond this course. For next week, please glance over the following:

1. M. A. Fineman, “What Place for Family Privacy ?”, George Washington Law Review, Vol 67, 1207 1998.

• You can read the whole paper, as it is fairly light reading. One of the main themes is limitations on family privacy. Sections IV and V are key. You'll find she talks about autonomy and self-government, which ties into the OCAP material from last week.

1. Stein, Laura W. Living with the Risk of Backfire: A Response to the Feminist Critiques of Privacy and Equality, 77 Minn. L. Rev. 1153 (1992-1993) 

• I would skim this, as it is a pretty extreme example of citations gone wild. Pages 1160-1178 give an account of feminist critiques of privacy. 

Lastly, a classic text on feminism and privacy is this book by Anita Allen.