Abstract
Was Shulamith Firestone right when she wrote that pregnancy is barbaric in her 1970 book “The Dialectic of Sex: The Case for Feminist Revolution”? If so, what should we do about it? The prospect of artificial reproduction – including artificial gestation – is perhaps one way to free women from what Firestone called the ‘tyranny of reproduction.’ Firestone believed that artificial reproduction will be necessary for us to critically re-examine and overcome the ‘ancient’ value of motherhood, especially in its painfully embodied forms...
Original language | English |
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Publication date | 2023 |
Publication status | Published - 2023 |