TY - JOUR PY - 2020// TI - Maternal thinking in U.S. contexts of gun violence and police brutality JO - Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics A1 - Marshall, Ellen Ott SP - 363 EP - 379 VL - 40 IS - 2 N2 - This article retrieves Sara Ruddick's Maternal Thinking as a resource for analyzing contemporary activism by mothers advocating for gun control and police reform. Concerns about ethnocentrism and gender essentialism have discouraged engagement with maternal thinking. However, self-identified "moms" continue an historical pattern of protecting their children through public advocacy on social issues. Given the role that maternal identity plays in political activism, feminist ethics must continue to develop robust theoretical resources for analysis and critique. Sara Ruddick's Maternal Thinking should remain part of that repertoire.
Language: en
LA - en SN - 1540-7942 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.5840/jsce20211433 ID - ref1 ER -