{"id":973,"date":"2026-08-09T18:45:48","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:15:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/pyq\/comment-on-the-feminist-critique-of-the-state-in-150-words-upsc-psir-2021-0206\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T21:23:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:53:11","slug":"comment-on-the-feminist-critique-of-the-state-in-150-words-upsc-psir-2021-0206","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/comment-on-the-feminist-critique-of-the-state-in-150-words-upsc-psir-2021-0206\/","title":{"rendered":"Comment on the feminist critique of the state in 150 words."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pq-flow\">\n<div class=\"pq-flow-h\">Flow snapshot <em>\u2014 how the answer moves<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p1\"><span>Intro routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> reject state-as-neutral <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> law \/ policy carry male power<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> state looks impartial <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> feminism exposes its gendered foundations<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>public-sphere myth <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> \u201cpersonal is political\u201d (<b class=\"pq-sc\">Hanisch<\/b>) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> patriarchal <i>in structure<\/i> (radical) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b>Pateman\u2019s<\/b> sexual contract <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">MacKinnon<\/b>: state is male <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> public-private divide hides dominance<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>may essentialise all states \/ reduce oppression to gender alone<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> neither enemy nor saviour <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> gendered terrain of struggle<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> critique holds <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> equality needs power addressed in public and private<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[40],"pyq_marks":[38],"pyq_topic":[44],"pyq_paper":[33],"class_list":["post-973","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-40","pyq_marks-10-marks","pyq_topic-theories-of-the-state","pyq_paper-paper-1"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/psir_pyq"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/973\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4567,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/973\/revisions\/4567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=973"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=973"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=973"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}