Open AccessCritique and Intersubjectivity
Author(s) -
Dallas Jokic
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
stance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1943-1899
pISSN - 1943-1880
DOI - 10.33043/s.11.1.46-55
Subject(s) - intersubjectivity , harassment , power (physics) , sexual misconduct , psychology , psychoanalysis , sociology , criminology , misconduct , social psychology , epistemology , political science , philosophy , social science , law , physics , quantum mechanics
In light of the allegations of sexual misconduct and harassment made against Harvey Weinstein and other powerful men in recent months, this paper will examine how men might take on responsibility for themselves and a culture that enables these patterns of abuse. It will draw primarily on the work of Judith Butler, Luce Irigaray, and Emmanuel Levinas to develop a model of responsibility that has three primary stages: taking ownership of past actions, critiquing gendered power relations, and learning how to foster relationships that are “intersubjective.”