Craig Loftin:
This collection of writings from over 50 authors samples the wide range of thought about the nature of gender in society, taking a broad historical perspective. The collection is divided into five sections: Gender Roles: Difference and Change, Women's Role: Historical Perspectives, Language and Sexism, Gender and Social Institutions, and Sexism and the Status of Women. Contributors include Virginia Adams, Harold Rosenberg, Susan Brownmiller, Edmund White, Plato, Kate Millet, Frederick Douglass, Margaret Sanger, bell hooks, Audre Lorde, Gloria Steinem, Adrienne Rich, Deborah Tannen, Ellen Goodman, Mary Daly, and John Krich. Issues of masculinity, rape, marriage, racism, feminism, and women's history are addressed by the contributors.
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