Loving to Survive: Sexual Terror,Men’s Violence, and Women’s Lives Dee Graham New York University Press 1994 Have you wondered: Why women are more sympathetic than men toward O. J. Simpson? Why women were no more supportive of the Equal Rights Amendment than men? Why women are no more likely than men to support a female…
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The Myth of the Vaginal Orgasm Anne Koedt New England Free Press 1970 From Wikipedia: The Myth of the Vaginal Orgasm is a feminist essay on women’s sexuality, written by Anne Koedt, an American radical feminist, in 1968 and published in 1970. It first appeared in a four-paragraph outline form in the Notes from the…
Anticlimax: A Feminist Perspectiveon the Sexual Revolution Sheila Jeffreys New York University Press 1990 The sexual revolution of the 1960’s and 1970’s is generally considered a time when the women’s movement made great strides. In this provocative book, Sheila Jeffreys argues that this much heralded sexual freedom did not constitute any real gain for women…
The Spinster and Her Enemies: Feminism and Sexuality 1880–1930 Sheila Jeffreys Pandora 1985 From Wikipedia: The Spinster and Her Enemies: Feminism and Sexuality 1880–1930 is a book by Sheila Jeffreys, in which the author examines feminist involvement in the Social Purity movement, and discusses the change in sexual attitudes that occurred in Britain in the…
Against Our Will: Men, Womenand Rape Susan Brownmiller Simon & Schuster 1975 From Wikipedia: Against Our Will: Men, Women and Rape is a 1975 book about rape by Susan Brownmiller. The book is widely credited with changing public outlooks and attitudes about rape. Brownmiller criticizes authors such as Richard von Krafft-Ebing, Sigmund Freud, Karl Marx, and Friedrich Engels for what she considers their oversights…
The Female Eunuch Germaine Greer Bantam Books 1971 From Wikipedia: The Female Eunuch is a 1970 book by Germaine Greer that became an international bestseller and an important text in the feminist movement. Greer’s thesis is that the “traditional” suburban, consumerist, nuclear family represses women sexually, and that this devitalises them, rendering them eunuchs. The book was published in London in October 1970. It received a mixed…
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Sexual Politics
Sexual Politics Kate Millett Doubleday 1970 Praised and denounced when it was first published in 1970, Sexual Politics not only explored history but also became part of it. Kate Millett’s groundbreaking book fuelled feminism’s second wave, giving voice to the anger of a generation while documenting the inequities – neatly packaged in revered works of…
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Letters from a War Zone
Letters from a War Zone Andrea Dworkin Dutton Books 1989 Reflections on writing and writers, freedom of speech and censorship, pornography, violence against women, and the politics of our time. Table of Contents Introduction Part One: Take Back the Night… The Lie… The Night and Danger… Pornography and GriefPart Two: Words… The Power of Words……
Our Blood: Prophecies andDiscourses on Sexual Politics Andrea Dworkin The Women’s Press 1982 In this fierce and beautiful book, Andrea Dworkin confronts our most profound social disgrace: the sexual, cultural, and political subjugation of women to men, and with rare eloquence examines the systematic crimes of our male-dominated society against women. Women, looking into the…
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Intercourse
Intercourse Andrea Dworkin Free Press 1987 From Wikipedia: Intercourse is a 1987 book by Andrea Dworkin, in which the author offers a radical feminist analysis of sexual intercourse in literature and society. Dworkin is often said to argue that “all heterosexual sex is rape”, based on the line from the book that says “violation is a synonym for intercourse.” However, Dworkin…