WHAT SHOULD WOMEN DO? THE STOICS ON GENDER-ROLE DIVISION

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Autor(a) principal: Flamigni, Gabriele
Data de Publicação: 2023
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: https://doi.org/10.21814/eps.4.1.192
Resumo: The aim of this paper is to enquire if the Stoics consider certain social activities appropriate only for men or women, a much-debated question in the scholarship. Here it is argued that the Stoics are not committed to gendered divisions of tasks. This claim is pled through an analysis of the various testimonies and of the Stoic notion of appropriate activity (καθῆκον). This result leads to reconsider the Stoics’ stand within their cultural environment and will hopefully contribute to the debate on their thinking on womanhood. This study is thus structured: firstly, the notion of καθῆκον is presented; next, the evidence of the Stoic use of gender as a parameter in determining καθήκοντα is discussed; then, a reconstruction of the social role the early Stoics assigned to women in their planned constitutions is attempted; finally, the reflection of later Stoics on the role of women in actual societies is addressed.
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spelling WHAT SHOULD WOMEN DO? THE STOICS ON GENDER-ROLE DIVISIONO QUE DEVEM AS MULHERES FAZER? OS ESTOICOS SOBRE A DIVISÃO DE PAPÉIS BASEADA NO GÉNERO5th BRAGA COLLOQUIUM IN THE HISTORY OF MORAL AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHYThe aim of this paper is to enquire if the Stoics consider certain social activities appropriate only for men or women, a much-debated question in the scholarship. Here it is argued that the Stoics are not committed to gendered divisions of tasks. This claim is pled through an analysis of the various testimonies and of the Stoic notion of appropriate activity (καθῆκον). This result leads to reconsider the Stoics’ stand within their cultural environment and will hopefully contribute to the debate on their thinking on womanhood. This study is thus structured: firstly, the notion of καθῆκον is presented; next, the evidence of the Stoic use of gender as a parameter in determining καθήκοντα is discussed; then, a reconstruction of the social role the early Stoics assigned to women in their planned constitutions is attempted; finally, the reflection of later Stoics on the role of women in actual societies is addressed.O objetivo deste trabalho é determinar se os Estóicos consideram certas atividades sociais apropriadas apenas para homens ou mulheres, uma questão muito debatida entre os estudiosos. Argumenta-se neste texto que os Estóicos não reivindicam uma divisão de tarefas baseadas no género. Esta alegação é defendida por meio de uma análise de vários testemunhos e da noção estóica de atividade apropriada (καθῆκον). Isto leva a reconsiderar a posição dos Estóicos dentro do seu ambiente cultural e esperamos que contribua para o debate sobre o pensamento estóico acerca da feminilidade. Este estudo está estruturado da seguinte forma: primeiro, apresentamos a noção de καθῆκον; em seguida, discutimos a evidência do uso estóico do género como parâmetro de determinação das καθήκοντα; depois, visamos a reconstrução do papel social que os Estóicos antigos atribuíam às mulheres nas suas constituições; finalmente, abordamos a reflexão dos Estóicos tardios sobre o papel das mulheres nas sociedades contemporâneas.Centre for Ethics, Politics, and Society - ELACH, University of Minho2023-09-30info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttps://doi.org/10.21814/eps.4.1.192eng2184-25822184-2574Flamigni, Gabrieleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2024-01-29T10:56:45Zoai:journals.uminho.pt:article/5327Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-20T01:58:43.229848Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv WHAT SHOULD WOMEN DO? THE STOICS ON GENDER-ROLE DIVISION
O QUE DEVEM AS MULHERES FAZER? OS ESTOICOS SOBRE A DIVISÃO DE PAPÉIS BASEADA NO GÉNERO
title WHAT SHOULD WOMEN DO? THE STOICS ON GENDER-ROLE DIVISION
spellingShingle WHAT SHOULD WOMEN DO? THE STOICS ON GENDER-ROLE DIVISION
Flamigni, Gabriele
5th BRAGA COLLOQUIUM IN THE HISTORY OF MORAL AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
title_short WHAT SHOULD WOMEN DO? THE STOICS ON GENDER-ROLE DIVISION
title_full WHAT SHOULD WOMEN DO? THE STOICS ON GENDER-ROLE DIVISION
title_fullStr WHAT SHOULD WOMEN DO? THE STOICS ON GENDER-ROLE DIVISION
title_full_unstemmed WHAT SHOULD WOMEN DO? THE STOICS ON GENDER-ROLE DIVISION
title_sort WHAT SHOULD WOMEN DO? THE STOICS ON GENDER-ROLE DIVISION
author Flamigni, Gabriele
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description The aim of this paper is to enquire if the Stoics consider certain social activities appropriate only for men or women, a much-debated question in the scholarship. Here it is argued that the Stoics are not committed to gendered divisions of tasks. This claim is pled through an analysis of the various testimonies and of the Stoic notion of appropriate activity (καθῆκον). This result leads to reconsider the Stoics’ stand within their cultural environment and will hopefully contribute to the debate on their thinking on womanhood. This study is thus structured: firstly, the notion of καθῆκον is presented; next, the evidence of the Stoic use of gender as a parameter in determining καθήκοντα is discussed; then, a reconstruction of the social role the early Stoics assigned to women in their planned constitutions is attempted; finally, the reflection of later Stoics on the role of women in actual societies is addressed.
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