「人格的ケア関係」としての夫婦における 親密性と平等性 ―「フェミニズム正義論」を手がかりとして.

Notably, it has been argued that intimacy and equality within the family are precariously situated. Particularly in married heterosexual relationships, it is widely assumed that gender inequality is even more difficult to capture than in other relationships, as “affection” or “love” because these conditions are believed to be the premise of the relationship. This paper aims to clarify the gender-equal status of intimate relationships between husband and wife and elucidate how “equality” should be considered. First, referring to the concept of “intimate goods,” this paper pointed out the difficulty of considering gender equality in intimate relationships. Equality and equity in intimate relationships are difficult to capture univocally, and intimate relationships provide “goods” that are less amenable to distribution by the market. In considering gender equality in intimate relationships considering this difficulty, I not only focus on feminist discussions that use “care” as a critical term but also present a perspective that views marital relationships as “personality care relationships” in which people know each other well, care about each other as individuals, and share a common history, rather than relationships merely based on romantic love. Furthermore, based on Miwako Aruka’s (2011) “feminist theory of justice” and Martha Minow and Mary L. Shanley’s (1997) “theory of relational rights and responsibility,” this paper argues for gender equality through the ideas of not only guaranteeing people the intimate goods derived from personality care relationships as a right, but also making injustice visible in terms of the responsibility for personality care. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]