Rights-based inclusion admits others only insofar as they resemble the dominator

Evidence

These difficulties are a symptom of the subtle form of erasure of otherness involved in the rights picture, that of moral extensionism; non-humans are included just to the extent that they resemble humans (Rodman 1978), just as women are allowed for in the institutional structure of the public sphere just to the extent that they can be seen as possessing masculine characteristics or analogues of them. Such positions remain subtly human-centred and male-centred, respectively. — Val Plumwood, Feminism and the Mastery of Nature, 646

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines moral extensionism — nonhumans included only to the extent they resemble humans — and pairs it with the parallel inclusion of women by masculine criteria.
• XREF: Bridges to ecofeminism and to Merchant/ecofeminist thread; the inclusion-on-condition-of-resemblance critique applies across the whole polyad. — connects to: Reversal that revalues the subordinated identity without restructuring it stays trapped in dualism — Val Plumwood, Feminism and the Mastery of Nature, 244; The abstract universality of rights discourse enables its expansion to excluded groups — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market: Human Rights…, 228; Dominant groups defend privilege through bounded ideological justifications (+6 more)

Broader Connections

• Expanding the self to include others still denies their distinctness #corroborates (0.85) — Val Plumwood, Feminism and the Mastery of Nature, 681
• The abstract universality of rights discourse enables its expansion to excluded groups #contradicts (0.80) — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market, 228
• Rights are exercised through group membership like citizenship, not universal humanity #qualifies (0.78) — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt, 2059
• Dominant groups defend privilege through bounded ideological justifications #expands (0.75)
• Voluntary local desegregation produced tokenism and arbitrary exclusion rather than integration. #exemplifies (0.75) — Kevin M. Kruse, White Flight, 481
• The ‘be yourself’ mandate disadvantages those outside privileged attributes #exemplifies (0.72) — W. David Marx, Status and Culture, 287
• Representation of the Other is an act of domination without consent #expands (0.70) — Edward W. Said, Orientalism, 60