The New Victorians

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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. Read The New Victorians – kino-fada.fr Perhaps the single most important feminist tome I ve readmostly because I read it when I was seeking to put words to my staunchly feminist beliefs while seeking to distance myself from the Dworkinite era 2nd wave that had been so prominen...My first introduction to feminism at 14, it shaped my views for many years and probably continues to Just as the title implies, Denfeld sees feminism in the 90s as a throwback to the Victorian idealization of women, an idealization that separated and oppressed women by positing them as morally superior to men It s a convincing argument, and I took it to heart, maybe asking too few questions about what the author claimed While rereading it at 18, a feminist friend of mine read it, too, and que My first introduction to feminism at 14, it shaped my views for many years and probably continues to Just as the title implies, Denf...A brilliant lambasting of the excesses of 90 s style difference feminism from a refreshingly liberal point of view Denfeld suggests that the failure to pass the Equal Rights Amendment in 1982 began a process that eventually led some feminists down a path of excess, and others out of the movement and this largely left feminism to the extremists Denfeld s main point is a compelling comparison between these radical feminists, with their moral crusades against men, sex, and pornography, and t A brilliant lambasting of the excesses of 90 s style difference feminism from a refreshingly liberal point of view Denfeld suggests that the failure to pass the Equal Rights Amendment in 1982 began a process that eventually led some feminists down a path of excess, and others out of the movement and this largely left feminism to the extremists Denfeld s main point is a compelling comparison between these ra...A bit outdated written in 1995, of course it would be , but informative and still somewhat relevant I know even now that feminism is still a bit of a dirty word, and the sentiment about it is ignorant women have rights now, feminism isn t necessary When women still make less than men for equal work, rape is still prevalent and even made into a joke , and abortion remains a hot button issue rather than being seen as a medical right not to mention a personal choice , feminism is definite A bit outdated written in 1995, of course it would be , but informative and still somewhat relevant I know even now that feminism is still a bit of a dirty word, and the sentiment about it is ignorant women have rights now, feminism isn t necessary When women still make less than men for equal work, rape is still prevalent and even made into a joke , and abortion remains a hot button issue rather than being seen as a medical right ...I picked this up in 97 and despite my many book purges over the years, always kept it around Back then I was turned off by women s studies classes and the misandrist anti phallic focus of feminism, and as a straight woman I felt unwelcome I wanted something different from feminism and I saw no place for myself There s a lot I loved about this book, especially the window into the feminism of when I was first moving out on my own I rejected calling myself a feminist for so long, for all the r I picked this up in 97 and despite my many book purges over the years, always kept it around Back then I was turned off by women s studies classes and the misandrist anti phallic focus of feminism, and as a straight woman I felt unwelcome I wanted something different from feminism and I saw no place for myself There s a lot I loved about this book, especially the window into the feminism of when I was first moving out on my own I rejected calling myself a feminist for so long, for all the reasons noted in this book, and it was comforting to realize that my memories of how it was were not exaggerated I can see that women like Denfeld were the driving force behind why I can now proudly call myself a feminist The fight is for equality, it sintersectional and inclusive We re celebrating each otherWe re not demonizing sex and sexuality That said, I m not on board with everything Denfeld said Her trivialization of the patriarchy and rape culture made me uncomfortab...,, .Bits were actually decent, but whenever I got optimistic, Denfeld would quote something wildly out of context, distort and simplify or at the least argue with an inexistent opponent That said, I think some of her critique could have been useful at the tim...informative is somewhat dated

The New Victorians
  • English
  • 17 December 2018
  • Hardcover
  • 352 pages
  • 0446517526
  • Rene Denfeld
  • The New Victorians