Women and Philosophy

Contents: Preface. 1. Women\'s liberation. 2. Black women and women\'s liberation. 3. Aboriginal women separate spaces and feminism. 4. Sisterhood: political solidarity between women. 5. Feminism and the academia. 6. From margin to mainstream: situating women\'s studies. 7. New contents in women\'s history. 8. Gender and dichotomy. 9. Psychoanalysis. 10. Psychoanalysis and feminism. 11. A review of the sex/gender distinction. 12. The philosophy of women power. 13. Reason as attainment. 14. Feminism philosophy and riddles without answers. 15. Sex and women. 16. Feminism and the problem of gender identity. 17. The laugh of the medusa. 18. Sex differences. Bibliography. Index.

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