"This volume brings together essays by feminist scholars from different religions and cultures to consider how women are redefining sexuality for the common good. The essays explore such issues as sexual and social restrictions on women; religiously and socially acceptable avenu…
Outstanding feminist scholars present seldom discussed women’s views of sexuality. In the past, there has been little feminist discussion among sexuality professionals and between feminist therapists and sex therapists. The valuable ideas expressed by the contributors to this bo…
"This book builds on previous feminist texts that draw links between the social acceptance of feminist claims and media outputs, to draw parallels across five decades between changes in sex and relationship content and the ebbs and flows of the feminist movement. This analysis r…
La grande beffa: sessualità delle donne e scambio sessuo-economico
by Tabet, Paola
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"Around 1800 birth rates reached historical heights. Using a combination of demographic and qualitative sources, Dr. Cook examines the connection between the struggle to lower fertility and the increasing repression of sexuality throughout the nineteenth century. Contraception b…
Hera Cook traces the path of sexuality in England, and shows how its route was determined by the gradual exertion of control over fertility.
