Both Jennifer K. Brown and Rosalind P. Petchesky raise important concerns in their replies to my paper. I will try to sort out where they misunderstand my position and where we just disagree. Brown states that I take “it as …
Most progressives would say the abortion debate is intractable because it reflects the huge gap between conservative Christian and secular humanist values. I’d like to offer another theory, one not incompatible with this one, but a supplement to it. The …
Leftists generally respect working-class people and their political and economic struggles. Yet they rarely exhibit respect toward prostitute organizations or their political activists and intellectuals. For the most part, such groups and individuals are ignored. Again, why?
