Ironic Freedom asserts that freedom from governmental interference may make people vulnerable to other sources of coercion; these affects vary by gender, race, and class. Increasing negative freedoms may reinforce existing asymmetrical power relationships within society.
Ironic Freedom: Personal Choice, Public Policy, and the Paradox of Reform
1. An Introduction to Ironic Freedom 2. Right to Die, Right to Live: Assisted Suicide 3. Ironic Freedom and Occupational Choice: Sex Work and Military Service 4. Path to Liberation or Stigma as Social Policy? Same-Sex Marriage 5. Whose Right? Whose Duty? Sexual Choice and Gender Equality 6. Conclusion: Ironic Freedom and Feminist Post-Liberalism