Sexism in America Alive, Well, and Ruining Our Future

Name: Sexism in America Alive, Well, and Ruining Our Future
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ISBN: 9781556527760

ISBN-10: 1556527764

ISBN-13: 9781556527760

Edition: 2009

Authors: Barbara J. Berg

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Debunking the many myths about how far women have come and the pervasive belief that the United States experiences a postfeminist society, this account traces women's status and the assault on their rights from the 1950swhenNewsweekdeclared, "for the American girl, books and babies don't mix"to the present, exploring the deception behind women's progress and contextualizing the current situation. The legacy of the women's movement is being short-circuited in every aspect of life, as evidenced by statistics such as the growing wage gap between men and women that begins right after college, the U.S. ranking of 31st in world gender equitybehind Latvia and the Philippinesas well as trends…

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Chicago Review Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/1/2009
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 432
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.628
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction: Inequality-the New Normal



The Awakening of American Women



Feminism Takes Flight



Gender Roles Under Fire



Do Not Bend, Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate



Reagan and the Great Reality Check



Welfare Queens, Herculean Women, and Sex-Starved Stalkers



The Mixed Bag of Bill Clinton



Bushwinked to Bushwhacked



9/11 and Women



9/11 and Men



Military Madness



Starve the Beast, Sink the Nation



Bodily Harm



Birth-Control Activists, Please Phone Home



Trouble@edu



The Campaign Against Working Women



Mothers Matter(s)



Unpopular Culture



Missing at the Multiplex



The Disappearing Girl



Toxic Males and Tarty Females



Desperately Seeking Self



More Than a Few Good Women


Conclusion: The Change We Need


Resources


Notes


Bibliography


Index