Philosophy & Social Criticism Pub Date : 2021-05-31 , DOI: 10.1177/01914537211017578 Hilkje C Hänel 1
Two decades ago, Tarana Burke started using the phrase ‘me too’ to release victims of sexual abuse and rape from their shame and to empower girls from minority communities. In 2017, actress Alyssa Milano made the hashtag #MeToo go viral. This article’s concern is with the role of testimonial practices in the context of sexual violence. While many feminists have claimed that the word of those who claim to being sexually violated by others (should) have political and/or epistemic priority, others have failed to recognize the harm and injury of instances of sexual violence that are not yet acknowledged as such and failed to listen to victims from marginalized social groups. In fact, some feminists have attacked #MeToo for mingling accounts of ‘proper’ sexual violence and accounts that are not ‘proper’ experiences of sexual violence. My aim in this article is to show why this critique is problematic and find a philosophically fruitful way to understand the #MeToo-movement as a movement that strives for moral and conceptual progress.
中文翻译:
#MeToo 和证词不公正:对道德和概念知识的调查
二十年前,塔拉娜·伯克 (Tarana Burke) 开始使用“我也是”这个词来让性虐待和强奸的受害者摆脱羞耻感,并赋予少数族裔女孩权力。2017 年,女演员艾莉莎·米兰诺 (Alyssa Milano) 使 #MeToo 标签走红。本文关注的是证词做法在性暴力背景下的作用。虽然许多女权主义者声称声称受到他人性侵犯的人的言论(应该)具有政治和/或认知优先权,但其他人未能认识到尚未被承认的性暴力事件的伤害和伤害并且未能听取来自边缘化社会群体的受害者的意见。事实上,一些女权主义者抨击#MeToo 将“适当的”性暴力的描述与不正确的描述混为一谈。性暴力的“正确”经历。我在这篇文章中的目的是展示为什么这种批评是有问题的,并找到一种哲学上富有成效的方式来理解#MeToo 运动作为一种争取道德和概念进步的运动。