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Book The Subordinated Sex

    Book Details:
  • Author : Vern L. Bullough
  • Publisher : University of Georgia Press
  • Release : 1988-10-01
  • ISBN : 9780820323695
  • Pages : 392 pages

Download or read book The Subordinated Sex written by Vern L. Bullough and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 1988-10-01 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Subordinated Sex traces the enduring, powerful legacy of male attitudes toward women, their sexuality, and their roles as wives and mothers. Traditionally the creators and chroniclers of opinion, men have until recently written a history that reflects only their own convictions and impressions--a history rarely punctuated by a female voice and founded on an almost universal belief in women's inferiority. Acclaimed as a pioneering study when first published in 1973, Vern Bullough's work has since established itself as a standard in historical literature on women. Updated and revised with Sarah Slavin and Brenda Shelton, The Subordinated Sex is a vast survey ranging from prehistoric to contemporary times, examining a diversity of cultures, and taking into account writings from a great variety of sources. From a consideration of Babylonian legal codes to Victorian prescriptive medical pamphlets, medieval clerical treatises to Islamic erotic poetry, Bullough and his coauthors recount not only how men have portrayed women but also how they have justified their subordination of the opposite sex. In recent years, women have successfully challenged males' self-designated role as gatekeepers of written records and have found within the past a more complete view of how women lived, what they thought, and what they achieved. By focusing, however, not on women's history but on the history of men's attitudes toward their female companions, The Subordinated Sex reveals, more than any other single work, the conditions that sparked the feminist movement and the reasons it must inspire a change in the lives of men as well as women.

Book Intercourse

    Book Details:
  • Author : Andrea Dworkin
  • Publisher : Basic Books
  • Release : 2008-08-01
  • ISBN : 0786722363
  • Pages : 352 pages

Download or read book Intercourse written by Andrea Dworkin and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2008-08-01 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Andrea Dworkin, once called "Feminism's Malcolm X," has been worshipped, reviled, criticized, and analyzed-but never ignored. The power of her writing, the passion of her ideals, and the ferocity of her intellect have spurred the arguments and activism of two generations of feminists. Now the book that she's best known for-in which she provoked the argument that ultimately split apart the feminist movement-is being reissued for the young women and men of the twenty-first century. Intercourse enraged as many readers as it inspired when it was first published in 1987. In it, Dworkin argues that in a male supremacist society, sex between men and women constitutes a central part of women's subordination to men. (This argument was quickly-and falsely-simplified to "all sex is rape" in the public arena, adding fire to Dworkin's already radical persona.) In her introduction to this twentieth-anniversary edition of Intercourse, Ariel Levy, the author of Female Chauvinist Pigs, discusses the circumstances of Dworkin's untimely death in the spring of 2005, and the enormous impact of her life and work. Dworkin's argument, she points out, is the stickiest question of feminism: Can a woman fight the power when he shares her bed?

Book Le Deuxi  me Sexe

Download or read book Le Deuxi me Sexe written by Simone de Beauvoir and published by Vintage. This book was released on 1989 with total page 791 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The classic manifesto of the liberated woman, this book explores every facet of a woman's life.

Book Sexuality and Subordination

Download or read book Sexuality and Subordination written by Susan Mendus and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2002-09-11 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sexuality and Subordination uses the insights of a range of disciplines to examine the construction of gender in nineteenth-century Britain and France. With contributions from history, literature, sociology and philosophy, its interdisciplinary approach demonstrates the extent to which a common focus can illuminate problems inaccessible to any single discipline. 'Victorianism' is generally understood to mean sexual double standards, hypocrisy and prudery among the middle classes. But, as this collection shows, the representation of sexuality in the nineteenth century was more diverse and complex than is sometimes realized. Both art and literature point to the deployment of sexual metaphors and imagery, and the language of educated public opinion was shaped by the dichotomy between mind and matter, between rationality and sexuality. The contributors to this volume explore how women, in questioning their subordination, had to challenge a construction of femininity which imposed sexual ignorance.

Book The Dominant Sex

Download or read book The Dominant Sex written by Mathilde Vaerting and published by New York, G.H. Doran Company. This book was released on 1923 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Gender  Sex and Subordination in England  1500 1800

Download or read book Gender Sex and Subordination in England 1500 1800 written by Anthony Fletcher and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1995-01-01 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fletcher's account draws from a vast range of sources - literary, medical, religious and historical - to investigate the mechanisms through which men and women interpreted and understood their social worlds. He explores the early modern view of the body, of sexual desire and appetites, and of gender difference. He looks at the nature of marital relationships, and shows how subordination was implemented and consolidated through church, school, home and community. And he exposes patriarchy's tragic consequences: smothered opportunity, crushed sexuality, and a pall across many women's lives.

Book Feminist Accused of Sexual Harassment

Download or read book Feminist Accused of Sexual Harassment written by Jane Gallop and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sexual harassment is an issue in which feminists are usually thought to be on the plaintiff's side. But in 1993--amid considerable attention from the national academic community--Jane Gallop, a prominent feminist professor of literature, was accused of sexual harassment by two of her women graduate students. In Feminist Accused of Sexual Harassment, Gallop tells the story of how and why she was charged with sexual harassment and what resulted from the accusations. Weaving together memoir and theoretical reflections, Gallop uses her dramatic personal experience to offer a vivid analysis of current trends in sexual harassment policy and to pose difficult questions regarding teaching and sex, feminism and knowledge. Comparing "still new" feminism--as she first encountered it in the early 1970s--with the more established academic discipline that women's studies has become, Gallop makes a case for the intertwining of learning and pleasure. Refusing to acquiesce to an imperative of silence that surrounds such issues, Gallop acknowledges--and describes--her experiences with the eroticism of learning and teaching. She argues that antiharassment activism has turned away from the feminism that created it and suggests that accusations of harassment are taking aim at the inherent sexuality of professional and pedagogic activity rather than indicting discrimination based on gender--that antiharassment has been transformed into a sensationalist campaign against sexuality itself. Feminist Accused of Sexual Harassment offers a direct and challenging perspective on the complex and charged issues surrounding the intersection of politics, sexuality, feminism, and power. Gallop's story and her characteristically bold way of telling it will be compelling reading for anyone interested in these issues and particularly to anyone interested in the ways they pertain to the university.

Book Women Men Management

Download or read book Women Men Management written by Bloomsbury Publishing and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1996-04-22 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book looks at the real and perceived differences between women and men in organizations. Unlike most books on organizations, it attempts to integrate the theories of feminism and organizational behavior. In so doing it demonstrates why the issues of sex and gender are central to understanding organizational behavior. It finds that despite advances made in recent years, women and men still work in sex-segregated occupations. Women workers on the average earn lower pay than men and have fewer opportunities to acquire power and status. Men workers, on the other hand, receive less support than women in their efforts to balance work and family conflicts. Efforts to help women to adapt to a work environment dominated by masculine values have proved less than successful because they fail to address the broader issues. Organizations that hope to maximize their use of all employees must bring about cultural change through a broad, top down approach.

Book Communication Yearbook 4

Download or read book Communication Yearbook 4 written by Dan Nimmo and published by Transaction Publishers. This book was released on 1980-01-01 with total page 776 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Discourses of Sexuality

Download or read book Discourses of Sexuality written by Domna C. Stanton and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An important and timely book on a subject of enduring interest

Book The Subordinate Sex

    Book Details:
  • Author : Vern L. Bullough
  • Publisher : Penguin Group
  • Release : 1974
  • ISBN : 9780140038279
  • Pages : 396 pages

Download or read book The Subordinate Sex written by Vern L. Bullough and published by Penguin Group. This book was released on 1974 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Law of Sexual Harassment

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  • Author : Mane Hajdin
  • Publisher : Susquehanna University Press
  • Release : 2002
  • ISBN : 9781575910581
  • Pages : 280 pages

Download or read book The Law of Sexual Harassment written by Mane Hajdin and published by Susquehanna University Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No previous familiarity with the law of sexual harassment is assumed, other than the general knowledge that any casual reader of newspapers is bound to have. The book is devoted to arguments that are addressed to all open-minded readers who wish to think about the topic critically."--BOOK JACKET.

Book Advances in Gender and Communication Research

Download or read book Advances in Gender and Communication Research written by Lawrence B. Nadler and published by University Press of America. This book was released on 1987 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Competitively selected papers from the 1984 and 1985 Communication, Language and Gender Conference. The book explores the areas of business/professional applications, interpersonal issues, persuasion and social influence, politics, and instructional applications.

Book Primate Life Histories  Sex Roles  and Adaptability

Download or read book Primate Life Histories Sex Roles and Adaptability written by Urs Kalbitzer and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-10-29 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Professor Linda M. Fedigan, Member of the Order of Canada and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, has made major contributions to our understanding of the behavioural ecology of primates. Furthermore, Linda Fedigan pioneered and continues to advance scholarship on the role of women in science, as well as actively promoting the inclusion of women in the academy. A symposium in honour of her career was held in Banff (Alberta, Canada) in December 2016, during which former and current students and collaborators, as well as scientists with similar research interests, presented and discussed their work and their connections to Linda Fedigan. These presentations and discussions are here presented as chapters in this festschrift. The original works presented in this book are organized around four major research areas that have been greatly advanced and influenced by Linda Fedigan: Primate life histories Sex roles, gender, and science Primate-environment interactions Primate adaptation to changing environments

Book Destructive Leadership and Management Hypocrisy

Download or read book Destructive Leadership and Management Hypocrisy written by Selin Metin Camgöz and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2021-07-08 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Destructive Leadership and Management Hypocrisy: Advances in Theory and Practice explores detailed insights into destructive leadership, providing a deeper understanding of the implications of destructive leadership and valuable warnings and lessons to apply to your own career or organization.

Book Nudism in Modern Life

    Book Details:
  • Author : Maurice Parmelee
  • Publisher : Read Books Ltd
  • Release : 2013-05-31
  • ISBN : 1473387701
  • Pages : 212 pages

Download or read book Nudism in Modern Life written by Maurice Parmelee and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2013-05-31 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nudism in Modern Life written by Dr. Maurice Parmelee, Professor of sociology, City College of New York who was the honorary President of the American Gymnosophical Association. The reader accompanies Dr. Parmelee through his discussion of this subject, and holds in mind all the various factors of this large question, will reach a more serious conclusion.

Book Pornography  Sex Work  and Hate Speech

Download or read book Pornography Sex Work and Hate Speech written by Karen J. Maschke and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 1997 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Multidisciplinary focus Surveying many disciplines, this anthology brings together an outstanding selection of scholarly articles that examine the profound impact of law on the lives of women in the United States. The themes addressed include the historical, political, and social contexts of legal issues that have affected women's struggles to obtain equal treatment under the law. The articles are drawn from journals in law, political science, history, women's studies, philosophy, and education and represent some of the most interesting writing on the subject. The law in theory and practice Many of the articles bring race, social, and economic factors into their analyses, observing, for example, that black women, poor women, and single mothers are treated by the wielders of the power of the law differently than middle class white women. Other topics covered include the evolution of women's legal status, reproduction rights, sexuality and family issues, equal employment and educational opportunities, domestic violence, pornography and sexual exploitation, hate speech, and feminist legal thought. A valuable research and classroom aid, this series provides in-depth coverage of specific legal issues and takes into account the major legal changes and policies that have had an impact on the lives of American women.