Ordeals, women and gender justice

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Rationing health care by ordeals is likely to have different effects on women and men, and on distinct groups of women. I show how such putative effects of ordeals are relevant to achieving gender justice. I explain why some ordeals may disproportionately set back women's interest in discretionary time, health and access to health care, and may undermine equality of opportunity for positions of advantage. Some ordeals protect the interests of the worse-off women yet set back the interests of better-off women in equal opportunities. I suggest how we can use ordeal design to advance particular aims of gender justice.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)8-22
Number of pages15
JournalEconomics and Philosophy
Volume37
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2021

Keywords

  • distributive justice
  • gender justice
  • health care
  • ordeals
  • women

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