Table of Contents:
  • PART I : FEMINISM: Introduction
  • Political philosophies of women's liberation / Alison Jaggar
  • Toward a phenomenology of feminist consciousness / Sandra Lee Bartky
  • PART II : SEX ROLES AND GENDER: Introduction
  • Androgyny as an ideal for human development / Ann Ferguson
  • Two forms of androgynism / Joyce Trebilcot
  • The feminine as a universal / Anne Dickason
  • PART III : SEXISM IN ORDINARY LANGUAGE: Introduction
  • Sexism and semantics / Patrick Grim
  • Traits and genderization / Elizabeth L. Beardsley
  • The myth of the neutral "man" / Janice Moulton
  • The hidden joke : generic uses of masculine terminology / Carolyn Korsmeyer
  • Linguistics and feminism / Virginia Valian
  • PART IV : EQUAL OPPORTUNITY AND PREFERENTIAL HIRING: How do we know when opportunities are equal? / Onora O'Neill
  • Preferential treatment / Lawrence Crocker
  • On preferential hiring / Robert K. Fullinwider
  • Limits to the justification of reverse discrimination / Alan H. Goldman
  • PART V : MARRIAGE: Introduction
  • On the nature and value of marriage / Lyla H. O'Driscoll
  • Liberalism and marriage law / Sara Ann Ketchum
  • The myth of the complete person / Joseph E. Barnhart and Mary Ann Barnhart
  • The separation of marriage and family / Joseph Margolis and Clorinda Margolis
  • PART VI : RAPE: Introduction
  • Rape : the all-American crime / Susan Griffin
  • Rape and respect / Carolyn M. Shafer and Marilyn Frye
  • What's wrong with rape / Pamela Foa
  • Coercion and rape : the state as a male protection racket / Susan Rae Peterson
  • PART VII : ABORTION: Introduction
  • The Roman Catholic doctrine of therapeutic abortion / Susan T. Nicholson
  • One step forward, two steps backward : abortion and ethical theory / Elizabeth Rapaport and Paul Sagal
  • Abortion and the concept of a person / Jane English
  • Abortion and the quality of life / Howard Cohen.