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ROUTLEDGE LIBRARY EDITIONS: WOMEN AND WORK Volume 10 WOMAN’S WORTH WOMAN’S WORTH Sexual Economics and the World of Women LISA LEGHORN and KATHERINE PARKER First published in 1981 by Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd This edition frst published in 2022 by Routledge 4 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN and by Routledge 605 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10158 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business © 1981 Lisa Leghorn and Katherine Parker All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Trademark notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identifcation and explanation without intent to infringe. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN: 978-1-032-27038-8 (Set) ISBN: 978-1-032-29815-3 (Volume 10) (hbk) ISBN: 978-1-032-30006-1 (Volume 10) (pbk) ISBN: 978-1-003-30299-5 (Volume 10) (ebk) DOI: 10.4324/9781003302995 Publisher’s Note The publisher has gone to great lengths to ensure the quality of this reprint but points out that some imperfections in the original copies may be apparent. Disclaimer The publisher has made every effort to trace copyright holders and would welcome correspondence from those they have been unable to trace. Woman's worth Sexual economics and the world of women Lisa Leghorn and Katherine Parker Routledge & Kegan Paul Boston, London and Henley First published in 1981 by Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd 9 Park Street, Boston, Mass. 02108, USA, 39 Store Street, London WC1E 7DD and Broadway House, Newtown Road, Henley-on-Thames, Oxon RG9 1EN Set in 10/12pt Century by Elephant Productions, London and printed in the United States of America Copyright © Lisa Leghorn and Katherine Parker No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without permission from the publisher, except for the quotation of brief passages in criticism British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Leghorn, Lisa Woman's worth 1. Women - Economic conditions I. Title II. Parker, Katherine 305'.3 HQ1381 ISBN 0-7100-0836-8 ISBN 0-7100-0855-4 Pbk To the women who have been developing these ideas for centuries, and the millions of women who are continuing that work in their own ways every day Contents Preface and acknowledgments xi Introduction 1 Beginning from women's perspectives 3 1 Sexual economics explored 9 Economics: the power to intimidate 9 Why the hand that rocks doesn't rule 13 I am pounding for John: women in patriarchal economies 18 Women across cultures 31 2 Shouldering the high cost of development 33 Domination in the name of progress 36 In the wake of the West 38 Left behind to slave 42 Something for some at what cost? 53 Development for whom? 56 3 As a woman, I have no country: the diversity of male power 60 Heaven under his feet: minimal power societies 61 The illusions of token power 69 The potential to lobby: negotiating power societies 79 4 The personal is economic 93 Education: gaining control over the means of reproduction 94 The economics of prestige: from survival in scarcity to conspicuous leisure 97
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