Feminist Theory and Violent EmpiricismThis book critically discusses feminist theories founded on a female understanding of sex and gender. It examines how gender is sociologically constructed within sexual abuse relations and develops a more open theoretical approach based upon the assumption that gender is created through a lifelong process of interaction. |
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Are there limits to sex and gender? | 1 |
Gynocentrism as mirrorimaging of patriarchal values | 17 |
The gender theory of Nancy Chodorow | 27 |
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