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Julia Christ, « Durkheim and the debate on mutual consent divorce. For a joint liberation of men and women », Archives de Philosophie, ID : 10670/1.fa1fef...
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Durkheim’s reasons for opposing the reinstatement of mutual consent divorce cannot be dismissed as a lack of interest in the cause of women: the institution of personhood is at stake. While the sexual division of labor within the married couple has this instituting virtue and while the institution of marriage protects the partners, in Durkheim’s time this is not yet the case for the division of social labor. This circumstance affects men’s sexuality, causing them particular suffering, while women are not affected by it. Prohibiting them from getting divorced seems to be a requirement of social justice as long as the division of labor remains anomic and/or does not include women. Durkheim’s analyses represent a new conceptualization of the term “modern freedom,” which still allows us to shed light on the demands for an extension of the marital state.
