Abstract

One can in all innocence help people who are not victims of injustice. In this essay I argue that women can attempt to provide better opportunities for women in just this spirit, in the way that the members of a trade union will join to assist one another. The observance of this distinction will make it easier for us calmly to assess whether women are on the whole unjustly treated by comparison with men. The word “sexism” is a campaign word that should not be allowed to do our thinking for us. It was coined to invite a comparison with racism. But is there a signifiant analogy here? At the very least, we need to expose the myth of misogyny. There is enough injustice in the world without our having to invent it.