The Prism of Equality. From Legal Feminist Critiques to the Digital Era

The first part of this paper focuses on four feminist legal critiques, aimed at criticizing the equality principle as defined by western legal orders (the difference critique, the oppression critique, the diversity critique, the dependency critique). The second part examines some implications of the Digital Era affecting sex equality: from the “digital gender divide” to the sexist hate and the new forms of online violence. In this scenario, a “critical” conception of equality should still be claimed as a guiding light for politics, law and shared actions.