Is Multiculturalism Bad for Women?

Susan Moller OkinEdited by Joshua Cohen, Matthew Howard, and Martha C. Nussbaum

"This book brings together impressively varied voices who help to set the terms for discussing the relationship of feminism and multiculturalism. They show in no uncertain terms that feminists have something important to say to multiculturalists, and vice versa."--Amy Gutmann, Princeton University

Introduction: Feminism, Multiculturalism, and Human Equality Joshua Cohen, Matthew Howard, and Martha C. Nussbaum 3 PART 1: IS MULTICULTURALISM BAD FOR WOMEN? Susan Moller Okin 7 PART 2: RESPONSES Whose Culture? Katha Pollitt 27 Liberal Complacencies Will Kymlicka 31 "My Culture Made Me Do It" Bonnie Honig 35 Is Western Patriarchal Feminism Good for Third World / Minority Women? Azizah Y. al-Hibri 41 Siding With the Underdogs Yael Tamir 47 "Barbaric" Rituals? Sander L. Gilman 53 Promises We should All Keep in Common Cause Abdullahi An-Na'im 59 Between Norms and Choices Robert Post 65 A Varied Moral World Bhikhu Parekh 69 Culture beyond Gender Saskia Sassen 76 Liberalism's Sacred Cow Homi K. Bhabha 79 Should Sex Equality Law Apply to Religious Institutions? Cass R. Sunstein 85 How Perfect Should One Be? And Whose Culture Is? Joseph Raz 95 Culture Constrains Janet E. Halley 100 A Plea for Difficulty Martha C. Nussbaum 105 PART 3: REPLY Susan Moller Okin 115 NOTES 133 CONTRIBUTORS 145