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Without a doubt, the sharpest public debates over the value of fetal
life have revolved around the conditions, if any, under which abortion should be
legal. Yet the question of whether the fetus is or is not a person is central in
two other policy domains: substance abuse by pregnant women and assaults on
pregnant women, especially assaults that cause the death of a fetus.
At first glance, all three issues seem similar--all ask the question of
how the state should respond to actions that threaten or destroy fetal life. But
the response of state and society to each has been very different: while the
highly charged debate over abortion rights rages unabated, the other two issues
engender no such social or political divisions. And while drug use and
third-party fetal killings are universally condemned, "fetal abuse" is
a term used only to describe harm that a pregnant woman brings to her own fetus,
and not harm brought to it by a third party. Similarly, a great deal of media
attention has been paid to such "fetal abuse," while the question of
third-party harm has been all but ignored.
Is the Fetus a Person? analyzes fetal personhood by examining all of the
major areas of the law that could implicitly or explicitly award the fetus such
status. Jean Reith Schroedel presents a comprehensive history of fetal
protection ideas and policies in America, considering the moral and legal
underpinnings of existing laws while paying particular attention to the
influence of gender and power relations on their formation. As much a model for
future research as a study of the status of the fetus, this book offers an
extraordinary examination of one of the most divisive and complex issues of
late-twentieth-century American life.
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Body Talk : Philosophical Reflections on Sex and Gender
(Between Men--Between Women)
by Jacqueline Zita
Paperback - 296
pages (July 1998)
Columbia Univ Pr; ISBN: 0231105436
; Dimensions (in inches): 0.82 x 8.92 x 5.98
Other Editions: Hardcover
Book
Description
This collection of essays, which includes a revised version of a famous
article on the male lesbian, addresses such issues as race, gender, and sexuality,
and explores the body as a physical, psychological, and cultural construct.
In this book, Jacquelyn N. Zita questions the
assumptions of heterosexual society, queer theory, postmodernism, and lesbian
feminism in order to investigate the relationship between power, knowledge,
identity formation, and the body.
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Disorienting Sexuality : Psychoanalytic Reappraisals
of Sexual Identities
by Thomas Domenici (Editor), Ronnie C. Lesser (Editor), Adrienne Harris
Paperback - 313
pages 1 edition (October 1995)
Routledge; ISBN: 0415911982 ;
Dimensions (in inches): 0.73 x 9.04 x 6.00
Other Editions: Hardcover
Table
of Contents
Acknowledgments By Thomas Domenici, Ronnie C. Lesser
Foreword By Adrienne Harris
Introduction By Thomas Domenici, Ronnie C. Lesser
1. Some Thoughts on the Role of Mourning in the Development of a Positive Lesbian
Identity By Lee Crespi
2. Exploding the Myth of Sexual Psychopathology: A Deconstruction of Fairbairn's
Anti-Homosexual Theory By Thomas Domenici
3. Countertransference Obscurity in the Psychoanalytic Treatment of Homosexual
Patients By Martin Stephen Frommer
4. Objectivity as Masquerade By Ronnie C. Lesser
5. Psychoanalysis and Women's Experience of "Coming Out": The Necessity
of Becoming a "Bee-Charmer" By Maggie Magee, Diana C. Miller
6. Current Psychoanalytic Discourses on Sexuality: Tripping over the Body By
David Schwartz
7. On "Our Nature": Prolegomenon to a Relational Theory of Sexuality
By Muriel Dimen
8. Re-Reading Freud on Homosexuality By Robert May
9. Passionate Differences: Lesbianism, Post-Modernism, and Psychoanalysis By
Noreen O'Connor
10. Psychoanalysis with Gay and Lesbian People: An Interpersonal Perspective
By Richard Rutkin
11. The Evolution of My Views on Nonnormative Sexual Practices By Roy Schafer
12. Psychoanalytic Theories of Lesbian Desire: A Social Constructionist Critique
By Erica Schoenberg
13. Anti-Homosexual Bias in Training By Jack Drescher
14. The Difficulty of Being A Gay Psychoanalyst During the Last Fifty Years:
An Interview with Dr. Bertram Schaffner By Stephen B. Goldman
15. A View from Both Sides: Coming Out as a Lesbian Psychoanalyst By April
Martin
16. Concluding Remarks: The Shaping of Psychoanalytic Theory and Practice by
Cultural and Personal Biases about Sexuality By Mark J. Blechner
Contributors Index
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Product Details
- Paperback: 320 pages ; Dimensions (in inches):
0.77 x 9.61 x 6.80
- Publisher: Columbia University Press; ISBN: 0231107099; 0
edition (October 15, 1996)
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Paperback (August 1996)
Columbia Univ Pr; ISBN: 0231107099 ;
Dimensions (in inches): 0.77 x 9.61 x 6.80
Other Editions: Hardcover
Book Description
A comprehensive overview of feminist debates surrounding sexuality identifying
the main theoretical positions and trends. Contributors include Judith Butler,
bell hooks, Luce Irigaray, Catherine MacKinnon, Adrienne Rich, Gayle Rubin,
Judith Walkowitz and Monique Wittig.
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The Gender of Sexuality: Sexual Possibilities (Gender
Lens)
by Pepper Schwartz, Virginia E. Rutter
Paperback (January 1998)
Pine Forge Press; ISBN: 0803990421
Table
of Contents
Series Editors' Introduction
Preface
Acknowledgments
CHAPTER 1 Sexual Desire and Gender
Desire: Attraction and Arousal
The Biology of Desire: Nature's Explanation
Sociobiology and Evolutionary Psychology
The Social Origins of Desire
An Integrative Perspective on Gender and Sexuality
Gender as the Basis for Sexual Identity
Conclusion
CHAPTER 2 Sexual Behavior and Gender
The Challenge of Studying Sexual Behavior
The Bell Curve of Women's and Men's Sexuality
Gender, Ethnicity, and Sexuality
Gendered Patterns in Sexual Practices
Conclusion
CHAPTER 3 Uncommitted Sexual Relationships
The Control of Sexuality: Over Time and Across Space
Historical Change in the United States
Sex Practices Among the Uncommitted
Sexual Etiquette in the 1990s
Miscommunication and Sexual Privilege
The Future of Single Sex
Conclusion
CHAPTER 4 Sex and Marriage
Why Do People Marry?
The Social Context of Marriage
Gender, Ethnicity, and Sexual Orientation
The Importance of Sex in Marriage
Commitment and Passion
Everyday Influences on Committed Sex
Social Trends in Improving Committed Sex
The Problem of Outside Temptations
The Problem of Sustained Desire in a
Divorce-Prone Society
Peer Marriage: Love Between Equals
Conclusion
CHAPTER 5 The Politics of Sexuality
Debates Past and Present
Teenage Sexuality
Sexual Assault
Same-Sex Marriage
Conclusion
CHAPTER 6 Answers and Questions
Sexual Orientation
Sexual Harassment and Violence
Sexual Function
Conclusion
References
Index
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Loose Women, Lecherous Men : A Feminist Philosophy of
Sex
by Linda Lemoncheck
Hardcover (October 1997)
Oxford Univ Press; ISBN: 0195105567
; Dimensions (in inches): 0.87 x 9.20 x 6.14
Book Description
Linda LeMoncheck introduces a new way of thinking
and talking about women's sexual pleasures, preferences, and desires. Using
the tools of contemporary analytic philosophy, she discusses methods for
mediating the tensions among apparently irreconcilable feminist perspectives
on women's sexuality and shows how a feminist epistemology and ethic can
advance the dialogue in women's sexuality across a broad political spectrum.
She argues that in order to capture the diversity and complexity of women's
sexual experience, women's sexuality must be examined from two equally
compelling perspectives: that of women's sexual oppression under conditions
of individual and institutional male dominance; and that of women's sexual
liberation, both in terms of each woman's pursuit of sexual agency and
self-definition, and in terms of women's sexual liberation as a class.
Loose Women, Lecherous Men sheds crucial new light on such
much-debated topics as promiscuity, adultery, sexual deviance, prostitution,
pornography, sexual harassment, and sexual violence against women. Her book
supports a dialogue that encourages both women and men to take up a feminist
perspective in exploring the meaning and value of sexuality in their lives.
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The Politics of Women's Bodies : Sexuality, Appearance
and Behavior
by Rose Weitz (Editor)
Paperback - 336
pages (April 1998)
Oxford Univ Press; ISBN: 0195109953
; Dimensions (in inches): 0.56 x 9.22 x 6.18
Other Editions: Hardcover
Reviews
The author, Rose Weitz, Arizona
State University , March 4, 1998
An important anthology on a critical issue
This book is the first anthology to bring together recent critical
writings on how the female body and ideas about the female body affect women's
lives. The book draws from a wide range of disciplines, and covers topics as
diverse as the impact of homophobia on women athletes, the sources of violence
against women, and the consequences of the "fetal rights" movement.
The Politics of Women's Bodies begins by looking at how ideas about women's
bodies become culturally accepted. As the writings in the first section demonstrates,
this is a political process, which can reflect, reinforce, or challenge the
distribution of power between men and women. Subsequent sections look at how,
once ideas about women's bodies become accepted, they can serve as powerful--and
political--tools for controlling women's appearance, sexuality, and behavior.
Yet women are not always passive victims of cultural ideas; rather, they sometimes
either collaborate in or resist them. Consequently, this volume also examines
the potential for and limits on women's resistance to ideas about female bodies.
Each section incorporates materials on class, ethnicity, age, and sexual orientation.
This book is the
first anthology to bring together recent critical writings on how the female
body and ideas about the female body affect women's lives. The book draws from
a wide range of disciplines, and covers topics as diverse as the impact of homophobia
on women athletes, the sources of violence against women, and the consequences
of the "fetal rights" movement. The Politics of Women's Bodies begins
by looking at how ideas about women's bodies become culturally accepted. As
the writings in the first section demonstrates, this is a political process,
which can reflect, reinforce, or challenge the distribution of power between
men and women. Subsequent sections look at how, once ideas about women's bodies
become accepted, they can serve as powerful--and political--tools for controlling
women's appearance, sexuality, and behavior. Yet women are not always passive
victims of cultural ideas; rather, they sometimes either collaborate in or resist
them. Consequently, this volume also examines the potential for and limits on
women's resistance to ideas about female bodies. Each section incorporates materials
on class, ethnicity, age, and sexual orientation.
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