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Name: Woman in sexist society ; studies in power and powerlessness
Author: Vivian Gornick

📘 Woman in sexist society ; studies in power and powerlessness by Vivian Gornick

This volume is an anthology of articles written by some 30 female scholars and writers. Each woman draws upon mastery of her discipline and on a commitment to eliminating the social and personal costs of sexism; and also the arguments from current social customs and "Nature" that the editors feel lock both men and women into life-denying stereotypes of masculinity and femininity.

First publish date: 1971

Authors: Vivian Gornick

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