Historian Rickie Solinger discusses the consequences of selecting the most consumerist term of our times–CHOICE–as women's special guarantee. She considers how embracing choice has promoted a system of thinking and responding to reproductive issues that selectively protects women or exposes them to danger, depending on their race and class. The language of choice has defined some women as good choice makers, others as bad, and has facilitated a crucial shift in the terms of the debate: from women's rights to consumers' privilege. Sponsored by:Historian Rickie Solinger discusses the consequences of selecting the most consumerist term of our times–CHOICE–as women's special guarantee. She considers how embracing choice has promoted a system of thinking and responding to reproductive issues that selectively protects women or exposes them to danger, depending on their race and class. The language of choice has defined some women as good choice makers, others as bad, and has facilitated a crucial shift in the terms of the debate: from women's rights to consumers' privilege.

Hosted by: Women's Studies Program

In conjunction with: Afro-American Studies and Research Program, College of Law, Department of Anthropology, Department of Educational Policy Studies, Department of History, Department of Political Science, School of Social Work, Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory