What Women Want: An Agenda for the Women's Movement

247 Pages·2014·1.74 MB·English

by  Deborah L. Rhode

What Women Want

What Women Want
An Agenda for the Women’s Movement
DEBORAH L. RHODE
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Rhode, Deborah L.
What women want / Deborah L. Rhode.
p. cm.
ISBN 978–0–19–934827–5 (hardback : alk. paper) 1. Feminism— History—21st century. 2. Women—
Social conditions. 3. Women— Employment. 4. Women—Family relationships. I. Title.
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
1. The Women’s Movement 9
2. Employment 25
3. Work and Family 44
4. Sex and Marriage 68
5. Reproductive Justice and Economic Security 82
6. Sexual Abuse 104
7. Appearance 133
8. The Politics of Progress 150
Notes 161
Index 227

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
This book owes many debts. I am deeply grateful to David McBride at Oxford
University Press, who supported this project from the outset and shepherded
it through publication. I am also indebted to Richard Banks, Vicki Shabo,
Reva Siegel, and Joan Williams for their insightful comments, and to Chris-
tina Black, Rachel Dempsey, Katherine Lin, and Laurel Schroeder for their
excellent research. The staff of the Stanford Law library provided invaluable
reference assistance: Paul Lomio, Sonia Moss, Rich Porter, Rachael Samberg,
Sergio Stone, George Vizvary, Erika Wayne, and George Wilson. Finally, I owe
my greatest debt to my husband, Ralph Cavanagh, whose unflagging support
and editorial guidance made this book possible.
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