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| Preface ••• | |
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| Women’s Studies: Perspectives and Practices ••• What Is Women’s Studies? ••• How Did Women’s Studies Come About? ••• What Were the Origins of Women’s Rights Activism in the United States? ••• What Is the Status of Women’s Studies on College Campuses Today? ••• What Does Women’s Studies Have to Do with Feminism? ••• What Are the Myths Associated with Feminism? ••• | |
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| Adrienne Rich | |
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| Claiming an Education ••• | |
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| Jennifer Baumgardner And Amy Richards | |
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| A Day Without Feminism ••• | |
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| Deborah Siegel | |
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| The Movement That Has No Name ••• | |
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| Bell Hooks | |
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| Feminist Politics: Where We Stand ••• | |
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| Rebecca Walker | |
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| We Are Using This Power to Resist ••• | |
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| Estelle b. freedman | |
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| The Global Stage and the Politics of Location ••• | |
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| Deborah l. rhode | |
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| Denials of Inequality ••• | |
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| Anna Quindlen | |
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| Still Needing the F Word ••• Discussion Questions for Chapter | |
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| ••• Suggestions for Further Reading ••• | |
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| Systems of Privilege and Inequality in Women’s Lives ••• Difference, Hierarchy, and Systems of Privilege and Inequality ••• Institutions ••• Ideology and Language ••• | |
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| Patricia Hill Collins | |
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| Toward a New Vision: Race, Class, and Gender as Categories of Analysis and Connection ••• | |
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| Marilyn Frye | |
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| Oppression ••• | |
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| Lois Keith | |
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| Tomorrow I’m Going to Rewrite the English Language ••• | |
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| Suzanne Pharr | |
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| Homophobia: A Weapon of Sexism ••• | |
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| Peggy Mcintosh | |
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| White Privilege and Male Privilege ••• | |
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| Gloria Yamato | |
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| Something About the Subject Makes It Hard to Name ••• | |
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| Donna Langston | |
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| Tired of Playing Monopoly? ••• | |
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| Baba Copper | |
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| Voices: On Becoming Old Women ••• | |
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| Susan Wendell | |
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| The Social Construction of Disability ••• | |
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| June Jordan | |
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| Report from the Bahamas ••• Discussion Questions for Chapter | |
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| ••• Suggestions for Further Reading ••• | |
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| Learning Gender in a Diverse Society ••• Biology and Culture ••• Masculinity ••• Femininity ••• Gender Ranking ••• | |
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| Anne Fausto-Sterling | |
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| Two Sexes Are Not Enough ••• | |
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| Judith Lorber | |
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| The Social Construction of Gender ••• | |
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| Pamela j. bettis and natalie guice adams | |
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| Short Skirts and Breast Juts: Cheerleading, Eroticism and Schools ••• | |
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| Nellie Wong | |
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| When I Was Growing Up ••• | |
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| Judy Wajcman | |
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| Virtual Gender ••• | |
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| Debra Rosenberg | |
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| (Rethinking) Gender ••• | |
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| R. W. Connell | |
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| Masculinities and Globalization ••• Discussion Questions for Chapter 3 ••• Suggestions for Further Reading ••• 4 Sex, Power, and Intimacy ••• The Social Construction of Sexuality ••• The Politics of Sexuality ••• Intimacies ••• | |
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| Pepper Schwartz And Virginia Rutter | |
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| Sexual Desire and Gender ••• | |
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| Bell Hooks | |
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| Romance: Sweet Love ••• | |
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| Jennifer Baumgardner | |
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| What Is Bisexuality? ••• | |
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| Ellen Bass | |
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| Gate C22 ••• | |
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| Cherrie Moraga | |
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| La G�era ••• | |
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| Emily Oxford | |
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| Prue Shows Her Knickers ••• | |
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| Paula Gunn Allen | |
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| Some Like Indians Endure ••• | |
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| Pinar Ilkkaracan | |
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| Women, Sexuality, and Social Change in the Middle East ••• Discussion Questions for Chapter 4 ••• Suggestions for Further Reading ••• 5 Inscribing Gender on the Body ••• Bodies, Nature, and Women ••• The “Beauty” Ideal ••• Eating Disorders ••• Resisting the “Beauty” Ideals ••• | |
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| Amy Bloom | |
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| Hermaphrodites with Attitude ••• | |
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| Joan Jacobs Brumberg | |
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| Breast Buds and the “Training” Bra ••• | |
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| Gloria Steinem | |
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| If Men Could Menstruate ••• | |
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| Lisa r. rubin,mako l. fitts, and anne becker | |
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| Body Ethics and Aesthetics Among African American and Latina Women ••• | |
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| Rose Weitz | |
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| What We Do for Love ••• | |
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| Lisa Miya-Jervis | |
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| Hold That Nose ••• | |
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| Courtney e. martin | |
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| Love Your Fat Self ••• | |
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| Maya Angelou | |
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| Phenomenal Woman ••• | |
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| Jonathan Watts | |
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| China’s Cosmetic Surgery Craze ••• | |
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| Simone Weil Davis | |
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| Designer Vaginas ••• Discussion Questions for Chapter 5 ••• Suggestions for Further Reading ••• 6 Health and Reproductive Rights ••• Health and Wellness ••• Reproductive Choice ••• | |
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| David Satcher,Md | |
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| American Women and Health Disparities ••• | |
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| Vivian Dickinson,Md | |
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| The Tolling of the Bell: Women’s Health, Women’s Rights ••• | |
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| Linda Gordon | |
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| Is Nothing Simple About Reproduction Control? ••• | |
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| Seldon Mccurrie | |
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| Eyes on the Prize ••• | |
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| Aanes r. howard and nicholas d. kristof | |
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| Cursed by God? Two Essays on a Theme ••• | |
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| Margaret sanger | |
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| My Fight for Birth Control ••• | |
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| Jael Sillman,Marlene Gerber Fried,Loretta Ross, And Elena R. Guti�Rrez | |
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| Women of Color and Their Struggle for Reproductive Justice ••• | |
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| Eleanor Cooney | |
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| The Way It Was ••• Discussion Questions for Chapter 6 ••• Suggestions for Further Reading ••• 7 Family Systems, Family Lives ••• Definitions of Family ••• Institutional Connections ••• Power and Family Relationships ••• Mothering •••<h | |