The Dialectic of Sex, (Paperback)

from Coobeastie

Reading this do you celebrate how far we've come, or despair at how little has changed? You may vehemently disagree with some of Firestone's arguments, but this goes to the heart of issues around what it means to be female, why culture almost always means male culture and so on. It's not an easy ...

from SeriousGrace

I have to admit, many different parts of Firestone's book gave me pause. For example, the concept that war (specifically World War II) was a welcomed opportunity for women to be treated as equals was really interesting. The idea that women hired as the only available workforce during that time al...

from AriadneAranea

With her uncompromisingly anti-family stance, Firestone is in many ways the antifeminists' feminist: she attacks every holy cow including the Great Holy Cow, the family that so many social conservatives see as the Bedrock of Society. Firestone's beginning in this work is to show how the likes of ...

from AriadneAranea

With her uncompromisingly anti-family stance, Firestone is in many ways the antifeminists' feminist: she attacks every holy cow including the Great Holy Cow, the family that so many social conservatives see as the Bedrock of Society. Firestone's beginning in this work is to show how the likes of ...