Sexed

Susanna Rustin 지음

Polity 2024년 06월 12일 출간

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Susanna Rustin's Sexed is a radical retelling of the story of British feminism. Starting in the revolutionary 1790s and ending in the present day, she introduces the 1830s radicals who demanded “LIBERTY FOR EVER!”, Victorian petitioners who expected to be dead before women won the vote, and rival camps of suffragists who embraced and rejected violence. She considers the contributions of the first female MPs, as well as activists including the Greenham peace protesters and the black and Asian women’s groups of the 1970s and 1980s.Her goal? To show how successive generations have fiercely contested what it means to be a woman, and why this matters. Biology on its own is not destiny. But this book argues that differences between male and female bodies have always been feminist issues. While gender is a useful concept, women cannot be supported by a politics that forgets that they, like men, are sexed.

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AcknowledgementsList of IllustrationsIntroduction: The Return of Sexual Politics1. Rebels (1790s-1840s)2. Organisers (1850s, 1860s)3. Crusaders (1870s,1880s)4. Suffragists (1860s-1920s)5. Legislators (1920s, 1930s)6. Housewives (1940s, 1950s)7. Liberators (1960s-1980s)8. Specialists (1990s, 2000s)9. Feminists (2010-2023)EpilogueAppendixSources and further readingNotesIndex

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Praise for Sexed ‘I loved reading this vital account of the defence of sex-based rights in Britain, contextualized within the rich history of women’s political activism. It’s good to remind ourselves that women have, for centuries, grappled with the intersections of feminism, socialism and anti-racism and that, rather than being a barrier to progress, they are a driver; and that there is a long history of men failing to support women’s equality and liberation.’Karen Ingala Smith, author of Defending Women’s Spaces‘This is a brilliant and unmissable history of British feminism. Susanna Rustin traces the common causes and splits from Wollstonecraft to Mumsnet. Her book is vital to understanding why the 2020s have brought a resurgence of grassroots feminism that many would not have predicted.’Sonia Sodha, the Observer‘Sexed takes us through the history of British feminism, describing the battles that women have fought and won across the centuries, including less familiar examples, such as Elizabeth Fry’s achievement of having women prisoners housed separately from men. For a generation of women fighting to reclaim our rights anew, there is much inspiration to be found in this history.’Alice Sullivan, Professor of Sociology, University College London‘Susanna Rustin provides a fascinating overview of feminist history in the UK from Mary Wollstonecraft to contemporary controversies over sex and gender. Throughout, she explores the tensions and challenges faced by successive generations of feminist writers and activists around what Wollstonecraft called “the distinction of sex”. Whatever your views about whether biological sex or gender identity should be central to feminist analysis and activism, this book provides important insights into a currently contested issue.’Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson, Director, UK Women’s Budget G

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저자(글) Susanna Rustin