
The Real Facts Of Life
Feminism And The Politics Of Sexuality C1850-1940
Margaret Jackson(Author)
Taylor & Francis (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 7. January 1994
Book
Hardback
216 pages
978-0-7484-0099-7 (ISBN)
Description
During the last twenty years feminist research into the history of sexuality has made important contributions to the theoretical understanding of the relationship between sexuality and male power. When sexology became established as a science, feminists had for many years been engaged in a struggle to change male sexuality, by waging campaigns against male sexual violence and abuse of women and children; by challenging the institutions of marriage and prostitution; and by asserting in theory and in practice the right to female sexual autonomy. Despite the excellent research published in this important and fascinating aspect of feminist history, there are still gaps in our knowledge.; "The Real Facts of Life" aims to fill these gaps: Why and when did sexuality become an important political issue for the 19th century feminist?; What was the history of campaigns against double standards of sexual morality?; Why were feminists so divided in their views about sexual freedom and its relationship to women's emancipation? The analysis of these issues illuminates past and present feminists' ideas and theories about sexuality. Margaret Jackson's main aims in "The Real Facts of Life" are to make a contribution towards understanding the history of the struggle for female sexual autonomy; to provide a revolutionary feminist analysis of the social construction of sexuality and its relationship to male power, and to provide a critique of sexology and the male-defined concept of sexual "liberation".
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Postgraduate, Professional, and Undergraduate
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
493 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7484-0099-7 (9780748400997)
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Content
Feminism, Sexuality and Male Power; Chapter 1 Sex, Class and Hetero-Relations; Chapter 2 'The Real Facts of Life'; Chapter 3 Towards a Feminist Model of Sexuality, Elizabeth Blackwell; Chapter 4 `Sex Freedom' or Female Sexual Autonomy?; Chapter 5 Eroticizing Women's Oppression; Chapter 6 The Unhappy Marriage of Feminism and Sexology; Chapter 7 Teaching What Comes Naturally?;