Women vs feminism : why we all need liberating from the gender wars

Statistics tell us there has never been a better time to be a woman but feminists are quick to point out that women are still victims of everyday sexism. This title explores what life is like for women today. It's time to ditch a feminism that appears remote from the concerns of most women and,...

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Main Author: Williams, Joanna.
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: Bingley : Emerald Publishing, 2017.
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
Women.
Feminism.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
ISBN: 9781787144750
9781787149403
9781787144767
Physical Description: 1 online zdroj (xviii, 318 stran)

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100 1 |a Williams, Joanna. 
245 1 0 |a Women vs feminism :  |b why we all need liberating from the gender wars /  |c by Joanna Williams, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK. 
250 |a First edition. 
260 |a Bingley :  |b Emerald Publishing,  |c 2017. 
300 |a 1 online zdroj (xviii, 318 stran) 
506 |a Plný text je dostupný pouze z IP adres počítačů Univerzity Tomáše Bati ve Zlíně nebo vzdáleným přístupem pro zaměstnance a studenty univerzity 
520 |a Statistics tell us there has never been a better time to be a woman but feminists are quick to point out that women are still victims of everyday sexism. This title explores what life is like for women today. It's time to ditch a feminism that appears remote from the concerns of most women and, worse, pitches men and women against each other. 
504 |a Obsahuje bibliografické odkazy a index. 
505 0 |a Front Cover -- Women vs Feminism: Why We All Need Liberating from the Gender Wars -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Women vs Feminism -- Permissions -- Preface -- Questioning Feminism -- The Difficulties of Writing -- Part One: Womenâ#x80;#x99;s Lives Today -- Chapter One: Schooling for Success -- Girls are Outperforming Boys -- A Dramatic Change -- Underachieving Boys -- The Most Intelligent Gender -- What Gets Measured, Counts -- Gendered Expectations -- Overstating Gender -- Is Girlsâ#x80;#x99; Success Worth Celebrating? -- Teaching Values 
505 8 |a Girls under PressureBack to School -- Conclusions -- Chapter Two: Women at Work -- More Women Are Working -- Women in the Professions -- Historical Changes -- Generational Differences -- Fewer Men Working -- Narrative of Sexism -- Elite Concerns -- Quotas for Women -- Different Women, Different Experiences -- Sex Segregation -- A Feminist Etiquette -- Personal Choice -- Conclusions -- Chapter Three: The Gender Pay Gap -- Women Are Earning More -- Delaying Motherhood -- National Economic Changes -- Pay Gap Obsession -- A Movable Feast 
505 8 |a The Problem with AveragesLike for Like Earnings -- Part-Time Jobs and Part-Time Wages -- Gender Does Not Determine Earnings -- Problematic Solutions Donâ#x80;#x99;t Do Women (or Men) Any Favours -- Conclusions -- Chapter Four: The Motherhood Penalty -- Paying Mothers Less -- The Illusion of Choice -- Traditional Roles -- Changing Families -- New Pressures on Mothers -- Relinquishing Autonomy -- Doing Parenting -- Disappearing Women -- Flexible Working -- Choosing Motherhood -- Conclusions -- Part Two: Private Relationships, Public Concerns 
505 8 |a Chapter Five: Victors or Victims?Desperately Seeking Disadvantage -- Overlooking Differences -- Inflated Claims -- Personal Stories -- Internalized Misogyny -- The Attraction of Victimhood -- Womenâ#x80;#x99;s Mental Health Problems -- Conclusions -- Chapter Six: Sex and Relationships -- Whatever Happened to the Sexual Revolution? -- Problematizing Sex -- Battered Wife Syndrome -- Sexual Harassment -- Teaching Victimhood -- Regulating Public Life -- Pornography -- Child Abuse -- Rape Culture -- Rape Myths -- Campus Sex Panics -- An Expanding Problem 
505 8 |a Expanding DefinitionsConclusions -- Chapter Seven: The Trouble with Boys -- Title IX -- Teaching Consent -- Teaching Mistrust -- Generation Virgin -- Heterophobia -- Toxic Masculinity -- Promoting Feminine Values -- Competing Claims for Victimhood -- Conclusions -- Part Three: Feminism Then and Now -- Chapter Eight: Not Your Grandmotherâ#x80;#x99;s Feminism -- Naturally Different -- Women as Slaves -- Votes for Some Women -- Morally Superior Women -- Freedom to Work -- The Public Sphere -- The Second World War -- Second-Wave Feminism 
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