Finally, as libertarians we might want to challenge some of our feminist friends with the following consideration: if patriarchy is real and men have disproportionate power over all of societys major institutions, why should a feminist trust the government to be the solution to problems like the gender wage gap? Even without assuming patriarchy, given the track record of government in the 20thcentury and before, why should we believe it will not only care about womens interests but be able to effectively pursue them? To simultaneously complain about how Congress is controlled by men and still think that the federal government is the solution to mens oppression of women seems problematic. And if our feminist friends agree that the state is not the solution, then it would seem were all on the same side. -- Steve Horwitz weighs in on the pay gap between men and women.
Posted on: Wed, 16 Apr 2014 18:07:46 +0000
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