Women : a feminist perspective

Freeman, Jo. (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 1559341114
Physical Description: print
xxiii, 676 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Edition: 5th ed.
Publisher: Mountain View, Calif. : Mayfield Pub. Co., c1995.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Formatted Contents Note:

Sexual Terrorism / Carole J. Sheffield -- Sexual Harassment: The Link Joining Gender Stratification, Sexuality, and Women's Economic Status / Susan Ehrlich Martin -- Unwanted Pregnancy and Its Resolution: Options, Implications / Nancy Felipe Russo and Jody D. Horn -- Treating Health: Women and Medicine / Barbara Katz Rothman and Mary Beth Caschetta -- The Sexual Politics of Interpersonal Behavior / Nancy Henley and Jo Freeman -- Gender and Families in the United States: The Reality of Economic Dependence / Naomi Gerstel and Harriet Engel Gross -- Gender-Role Socialization: Lessons in Femininity / Hilary M. Lips -- Supermoms and Second Shifts: Marital Inequality in the 1990s / Janice M. Steil -- Motherhood: Contemporary Conflict for Women / Michele Hoffnung -- Gray Clouds and Silver Linings: Women's Resources in Later Life / Laurie Russell Hatch -- Women in the Labor Force / Nancy M. Thornborrow and Marianne B. Sheldon -- Women and Higher Education: Gender Differences in the Status of Students and Scholars / Mary Frank Fox -- Women in Blue-Collar Occupations: Traditional and Nontraditional / Brigid O'Farrell -- Clerical Work: The Female Occupation / Evelyn Nakano Glenn and Roslyn L. Feldberg -- Professional Women: How Real Are the Recent Gains? / Debra Renee Kaufman -- Beauty Is The Beast: Psychological Effects of the Pursuit of the Perfect Female Body / Elayne A. Saltzberg and Joan C. Chrisler -- Sex, Lies, and Advertising / Gloria Steinem -- Sexism and the English Language: The Linguistic Implications of Being a Woman / Karen L. Adams and Norma C. Ware -- Pornography: Conflict Among Feminists / Gloria Cowan -- The Revolution for Women in Law and Public Policy / Jo Freeman -- A Generation of Change for Women in Politics / Ruth B. Mandel -- Out of Order: A Critical Perspective on Women in Religion / Martha J. Reineke -- What Price Independence? Social Reactions to Lesbians, Spinsters, Widows, and Nuns / Rose Weitz -- Poverty and Welfare for Women / Alice Abel Kemp -- Lady Versus Low Creature: Old Roots of Current Attitudes Toward Homeless Women / Stephanie Golden -- Feminists Before Feminism: Origins and Varieties of Women's Protest in Europe and North America Before the Twentieth Century / Marlene LeGates -- From Suffrage to Women's Liberation: Feminism in Twentieth-Century America / Jo Freeman -- Toward an Afra-American Feminism / Carol Wayne White -- Keep Us on the Pedestal: Women Against Feminism in Twentieth-Century America / Susan E. Marshall -- Misogynists, Masculinist Mentors, and Male Supporters: Men's Responses to Feminism / Michael S. Kimmel -- The Experiences of Minority Women in the United States: Intersections of Race, Gender, and Class / Elizabeth M. Almquist -- Feminist Consciousness and Black Women / Pauline Terrelonge -- Chicana Feminisms: Their Political Context and Contemporary Expressions / Denise A. Segura and Beatriz M. Pesquera -- A Cloak of Many Colors: Jewish Feminism and Feminist Jews in America / Ilsa M. Glazer -- Lesbian Feminism and the Feminist Movement / Lisa Ransdell.