Women's Voices, Feminist Visions: Classic and Contemporary Readings

627 Pages·2003·99.636 MB·English

by  Susan M. Shaw, Janet Lee

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Women's Voices,
Feminist Visions
Classic and Contemporary Readings
Second Edil on
SUSAN M. SHAW AND JANET LEE
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About the Authors
Sl'S!\\: .\ L SH A\\' i, d1re.:t,1r ,)f wom,'n ~tudie, ,It Oregon St,lte l:n iver~ity. Her re~eJ r.:h in
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Contents
Preface xvi
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CHAPTER 1: WOMEN'S STUDIES: PERSPECTIVES AND PRACTICES
\ Vhat Is \-Vo men's Studies?
How Did \\'omen's Studies Come About?
• Box: Historical Moment: The First Women's Studies Deportment 3
• Box: The World's Women 2000: Education 4
• Box: Educational Attainment of the Populohon 2.5 YeQrs Qnd Over by Sex:
March 2000 5
Activist Profile: SusJn 13. Anthony 6
\,Vhat 'vVere the Origins of \<\!omen's Rights Activism in the United States? 7
I.EA l?NINC: A1"1 l\'l'l'Y: The National \\!omen's Hall of Fame 7
\'\'hat ls the Status of \'\'omen's Studies on College C.impuses lod,iy? 8
\•Vhat Does Women\ Studies Hav(' to Do wtth feminism? 9
• Box: Thonk Q Femini~t Io
Ideas for Activism Two-Minute Activist 11
\-Vhat Are the tv1yths As~ociated with Femini~m7 I!.
LE.~R.--.:I.\/c: The Dinner Party 13
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• Box: Yes I Am 14
• Box: US Suffrage Movement Tjrn_eline 17
• Box: Title IX at 30: Report Card on Gender Equity 2 l
I. Claiming on Education 28
ADRIENNE RICII,
2. A Doy Without Feminism JO
JENNIFER BAUMGARDNER ANO AMY RICHARDS,
3. Dear Sisters 33
ROSALYN BAXANOALL ANO LINDA GORDON,
4. bell hooks, Feminist Politics, Where We Stand 46
5. JEF. YF.UN LEE, Beyond Bean Counting ·19
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6 Al I A'J (;. 1n11r-,0N, Shame. Guilt, ond Responsibility 'i2
7. llt:UORA II L. IUHl()l, Denials of Inequality 5:'>
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CHAPTER 2: SYSTEMS OF PRIVILEGE AND INEQUALITY
IN WOMEN'S LIVES _;:,;
l >i ffl'1 l'llcc. l I i,'1 al( h~, ,111d S,·,tcm, of Oppn·~,;11,11 5'!
/ 1.1us1.,<;. \, r11 11 r. l'np.1,k 'ti,ur K11ap~.1d. 60
I 1-.1us1.,<;. \, 11111 r. Tot for I liddcn Bia~ 61
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Bu\: Challenging Your Assumptions 62
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• Bo\: Hisroricol Moment· Women of Color Feminism 6-1
• Ru>..: Stork lnrersect,ons· Gender, Race, Closs, and HIV/AIDS t>5
I dt'nlo:!,. ,111d I .rng11,1g<' ho
Activist Profile: r,rnntt' Lou ll.111wr h:-l
Ideas for Activism (,<.)
• Hnx: Chollenging the Pseudogener,c "Man" i'll
8. PATRtUA HILL COLLINS, Toward o New Vision. Race, Closs, and Gender os
Cotegor,es of Analysis and Connection 72
9 . .'- 1ARILYN fRYE, Oppression l<IJ
I 0. 1.01s KFITII, Tomorrow I'm Going to Rewrite the Engbh Longuoge ~~
11 . Sl.7.ANt,;t PHARR, Homophob,o. A Weapon of Sexism 1'2
12. PEGGY MCl'-IT0SH, White Privilege and Mole Pr,v,lege ~6
13. GLORIA YAMATO, Someth,ng About the Sub1ecl Makes It Hord lo Nome 9.,
14. D0Nt,;A LANGSTON, Tired of Ploying Monopoly? 96
15. BABA COPPER, Vo,ces On Becoming Old Women 101
16. ~L·~ .. \N WJ::-!DF.Lt., The 5oc,ol Construction of D,sobility IIJ-1
I >i,, u~,ion <)ut:~llPlb to, Ch,tptt:1 ·1 "'" l 11
~ll!,,:f.:<''li<lll' f11r h11thc1 Re,1Ji11~ 112
CHAPTER 3: LEARNING GENDER IN A DIVERSE SOCIETY l.{
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/.1:.\R.'',I,\'<;. \c·1 l\'l'J 1·: '.)pcakini:; of \\'rn11en and .\I.-11 11 'i
• Bux: H,storical Momeni Gender Testing I 17
;\.la~<.ul111ity I 18
11__BQx: Rites of Passage I I '.I
I I Au.\/ xc, .41·111 11 r: 1\·rforming ( ;ender in the i\ lo1 ic~ 120
h:111inini11· 121
Activist Profile: ,;](1riJ Stcincn1 I 22
• Bnx: The Problem with Promise Keepers IL~
I/' \RSIX(;. I< -r11·1 IT. \\'alk l.1kc ,1 :\lan, ~it Like a Lady 121
Ccndcr Ranking 124
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Ideas for Activism I~~
I )11·erse (;endcrcd Expt'ric1Kcs 125
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17. 1.01s GcH:1.0, X· A Fabulous Child's Story I-,
18. J L'O!TH LORBER, The Social Conslruction of Gender 129
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19 v1 RGIN IA ~AP lllO, The Plurality of Gender-Based Realities I
20. NEU.IF. wor-.G, When I Was Growing Up 157
21 NAIALIE ANGIER, Spiking the Punch· In Defense of Female Aggress•on 13~
22 MARIAH BURTON NEL<;ON, Bays Will Be Boys and Girls Will Not 142
23. LESLIE FEINBERG, To Be or Not to Be 1-17
l)i,cw,,ion Quc~t1on~ for Ch,1pll'r I hrt·c 151
Suggc~tion~ i-:urtht·r RcJding I'.'> I
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CHAPTER 4: SEX, POWER, AND INTIMACY 1:,.~
The Soci.11 Constructwn 1,t' Scxu,1ht1· I:>.'
• Box: Rainbow Trivia 15-1
• Box: World Report 2002. Lesbian, Goy, Bisexual, and T1011sgende1 Rights 1_;<1
1 1 A us1,,·<;.\c111·11 r: T.ilkini-: Ahlut !king "Out" 15/l
The Politic, of'.-,cxu,rlity I ~8
Activist Profile: bn ma l ;old 111,111 159
I 1- ~R.\'I.,'<; .-\, 111·11 r. A~ th.: \\'orld Turn~ ((,ll
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Historical Moment· The Faked Orgasm I 1, 1
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