Male domination, and the low and stigmatised status of women, cause teenage girls to engage in punishment of their bodies through eating disorders and self-mutilation. There is increasing evidence that woman-hating Western cultures are toxic to girls and very harmful to their mental health. It is, perhaps, not surprising, therefore, that there seem to be some girls baling out and seeking to upgrade their status.
Pornography as propaganda, according to feminist analysis, represents women as objects who love to be abused, and teaches men practices of degradatio… - Sheila Jeffreys
Pornography as propaganda, according to feminist analysis, represents women as objects who love to be abused, and teaches men practices of degradatio…
- Sheila Jeffreys
As a feminist, I consider the female pronoun to be an honorific, a term that conveys respect. Respect is due to women as members of a sex caste that … - Sheila Jeffreys
As a feminist, I consider the female pronoun to be an honorific, a term that conveys respect. Respect is due to women as members of a sex caste that …
Masculinity is part of a binary and requires its opposite, since, in the absence of femininity, masculinity would have no meaning. - Sheila Jeffreys
Masculinity is part of a binary and requires its opposite, since, in the absence of femininity, masculinity would have no meaning.
Radical feminist theorists do not seek to make gender a bit more flexible, but to eliminate it. They are gender abolitionists, and understand gender … - Sheila Jeffreys
Radical feminist theorists do not seek to make gender a bit more flexible, but to eliminate it. They are gender abolitionists, and understand gender …
Pornography, then, educates the male public. It would be very surprising if it did not. - Sheila Jeffreys
Pornography, then, educates the male public. It would be very surprising if it did not.
[Transsexual surgery] could be likened to political psychiatry in the Soviet Union. I suggest that transsexualism should best be seen in this light, … - Sheila Jeffreys
[Transsexual surgery] could be likened to political psychiatry in the Soviet Union. I suggest that transsexualism should best be seen in this light, …
Men's ideas about what women are have been formed from their ruling caste position, and have assigned women characteristics that would most advantage… - Sheila Jeffreys
Men's ideas about what women are have been formed from their ruling caste position, and have assigned women characteristics that would most advantage…
Pornography is not egalitarian and gender-free. It is predicated upon the inequality of women and is the propaganda that makes that inequality sexy. … - Sheila Jeffreys
Pornography is not egalitarian and gender-free. It is predicated upon the inequality of women and is the propaganda that makes that inequality sexy. …
Male supremacy is centered on the act of sexual intercourse, justified by heterosexual practice. - Sheila Jeffreys
Male supremacy is centered on the act of sexual intercourse, justified by heterosexual practice.
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