The New Victorians A Young Woman's Challenge to the Old Feminist Order

by Denfeld, Rene

• ISBN13: 9780446672399
• ISBN10: 0446672394
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-11-01
• Publisher: Grand Central Publishing

Summary

Journalist Rene Denfeld explains why her generation has become alienated from the women's movement, maintaining that the actions of the movement's current leadership have actually encouraged a return to the kind of sexual repression and political powerlessness challenged by feminists in the 1970s. Here she offers a practial battle plan which includes confronting the issues of child care and birth control, working for equal government representation, and treating sexual assault as a serious crime.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Introduction	p. 1
Sexual Purity
The Antiphallic Campaing: Male Bashing and Sexual Politics	p. 25
Victim Mythology: Rape and the Feminist Agenda	p. 58
Dirty Pictures: The Feminist Fight Against Pornography	p. 90
The Moral Pedestal
The Goddess Within: The New Feminist Religion	p. 127
Overthrowing the Patriarchy: The Feminist Utopian Vision	p. 154
The Passive Voice: Inertia Instead of Action	p. 184
The New Victorians
Repeating History: The Feminist Descent into Victorian Morality	p. 215
Why Young Women Are Abandoning the Movement	p. 245
The Final Wave: Reclaiming Feminism	p. 266
Notes	p. 281
Index	p. 331
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