The Right to Know as Consumer

Sor Juana's fierce advocacy for women's right to education and knowledge translates directly into consumer rights. Just as she argued that knowledge was not the province of any single group, ethical consumption demands that producers and corporations cannot gatekeep information about their supply chains, ingredients, or labor practices. The consumer has an inalienable right to know what they are buying—its origins, its makers, its environmental cost. This is not merely practical preference but a justice issue rooted in human dignity. Transparency becomes a moral obligation, and corporate secrecy becomes a form of epistemic injustice. The consumer, like the scholar, must be empowered to seek and access truth.