ABSTRACT
Let us return to the argument presented earlier in order to pursue the task of arguing against the conclusion (5) by means of feminist theory. It is the belief of feminist art theorists that the concept of an isolationist approach to a work of art is not only ludicrous but more importantly, pernicious. Given the feminist approach to a work of art, grounded in what Beardsley calls the Principle of Non-neutrality, women see it as conceptually impossible for a work of art ever to be “objectively” created, interpreted, or evaluated. All aesthetic objects are “‘marked’ by gender.” Consider one summary of this view, as expressed by Janet Wolff in a text entitled, The Social Production of Art:
If all art is permeated with ideology and marked by gender, then there is no possible way to make aesthetic judgments that do not take contextual data, like ideology and gender, into account. . . .
