Silencing Prejudices: Testimonial Injustice and Hermeneutic Death

This essay revisits the idea of epistemic injustice, a term coined by Miranda Fricker, and some of the subsequent developments it has enabled, in order to illustrate the epistemic aspects associated with various forms of exclusion and marginalization in which gender inequalities play an important ro...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Guerrero-Mc Manus, Siobhan
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:México
Institución:EL COLEGIO DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Revista Interdisciplinaria de estudios de género de El Colegio de México
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:oai.estudiosdegenero.colmex.mx:article/1026
Acceso en línea:https://estudiosdegenero.colmex.mx/index.php/eg/article/view/1026
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:epistemología jurídica
credibilidad epistémica
injusticia epistémica
vicios epistémicos
estigmatización
legal epistemology
epistemic credibility
epistemic injustice
epistemic vices
stigmatization
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Sumario:This essay revisits the idea of epistemic injustice, a term coined by Miranda Fricker, and some of the subsequent developments it has enabled, in order to illustrate the epistemic aspects associated with various forms of exclusion and marginalization in which gender inequalities play an important role. It is argued that contemporary feminism can be characterized, at least in part, by a desire to tackle this type of injustice. However, as this text also shows, internal contradictions and prejudices remain, contributing to the continued hermeneutic death for transgender populations and individuals sex workers. In general, this essay exposes blind spots or biases persisting in contemporary feminism and that have even gained strength—specifically, the trans-exclusionary and abolitionist positions on sex work that currently promote narratives about these two sectors that further exacerbate the marginalization and exclusion of these two groups.