Femininity and Domination: Studies in the Phenomenology of Oppression - Paperback

by Sandra Lee Bartky (Author)

Bartky draws on the experience of daily life to unmask the many disguises by which intimations of inferiority are visited upon women. She critiques both the male bias of current theory and the debilitating dominion held by notions of "proper femininity" over women and their bodies in patriarchal culture.

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This book skillfully exploits the resources of several European philosophical traditions to illuminate aspects of women's subordination that are still too often dismissed as 'merely personal' and 'psychological.'

Author Biography

Sandra Lee Bartky is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Illinois, Chicago.