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User Review - SeriousGrace - LibraryThingI have to admit, many different parts of Firestone's book gave me pause. For example, the concept that war (specifically World War II) was a welcomed opportunity for women to be treated as equals was ... Read full review
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User Review - AriadneAranea - LibraryThingWith her uncompromisingly anti-family stance, Firestone is in many ways the antifeminists’ feminist: she attacks every holy cow including the Great Holy Cow, the family that so many social ... Read full review
Contents
THE DIALECTIC OF SEX | 1 |
ON AMERICAN FEMINISM | 15 |
THE MISGUIDED | 41 |
Copyright | |
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