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The new Victorians : a young woman's challenge to the old feminist order, Rene Denfeld

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Why do so many young women who believe strongly in equal rights refuse to call themselves feminists? Does feminism's counterproductive obsession with date rape, pornography, and goddess religions alienate young women - and lead the movement toward a dangerous alliance with the religious right? Is the agenda of today's women's movement uncomfortably similar to a Victorian crusade for repression? Rene Denfeld, a young woman born a year after the foundation of the National Organization for Women, says feminist leaders are out of touch. In the movement's latest obsessions, Denfeld finds a complete reversal of the movement's progress made since the 1970s. This decade's hypersensitive feminist - fearful, disillusioned, and adamantly anti-male - bears a strong resemblance to the dainty, sheltered, chaste Victorian lady of a century ago. And this is why, Denfeld says, young women are abandoning the feminist movement. Rene Denfeld cuts to the roots of the Anti-Phallic campaign, male bashing, and sexual politics; victim Mythology. Why date rape has become an excuse to blame men, and excuses women from responsibility regarding their sexual choices; the Anti-Pornography Crusade. How anti-pornography activists teach that sex is something decent feminists should not discuss; and goddess worship, or why new feminist visions of religion are a throwback to the Victorian view that women are by nature morally superior to men - and how this keeps women weak. Offering realistic alternatives to ideologically rigid and sometimes ridiculous doctrine, The New Victorians is a rallying cry for young women to take back feminism - and be proud of it
Language
eng
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Publication
Extent
1 online resource (339 pages)
Contents
  • Pt. II.
  • The Moral Pedestal.
  • 4.
  • The Goddess Within: The New Feminist Religion.
  • 5.
  • Overthrowing the Patriarchy: The Feminist Utopian Vision.
  • 6.
  • The Passive Voice: Inertia Instead of Action
  • Pt. III.
  • The New Victorians.
  • Pt. I.
  • 7.
  • Repeating History: The Feminist Descent into Victorian Morality.
  • 8.
  • Why Young Women Are Abandoning the Movement.
  • 9.
  • The Final Wave: Reclaiming Feminism
  • Sexual Purity.
  • 1.
  • The Antiphallic Campaign: Male Bashing and Sexual Politics.
  • 2.
  • Victim Mythology: Rape and the Feminist Agenda.
  • 3.
  • Dirty Pictures: The Feminist Fight Against Pornography
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The new Victorians : a young woman's challenge to the old feminist order
Title
The new Victorians
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a young woman's challenge to the old feminist order
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Rene Denfeld
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Language
eng
Summary
Why do so many young women who believe strongly in equal rights refuse to call themselves feminists? Does feminism's counterproductive obsession with date rape, pornography, and goddess religions alienate young women - and lead the movement toward a dangerous alliance with the religious right? Is the agenda of today's women's movement uncomfortably similar to a Victorian crusade for repression? Rene Denfeld, a young woman born a year after the foundation of the National Organization for Women, says feminist leaders are out of touch. In the movement's latest obsessions, Denfeld finds a complete reversal of the movement's progress made since the 1970s. This decade's hypersensitive feminist - fearful, disillusioned, and adamantly anti-male - bears a strong resemblance to the dainty, sheltered, chaste Victorian lady of a century ago. And this is why, Denfeld says, young women are abandoning the feminist movement. Rene Denfeld cuts to the roots of the Anti-Phallic campaign, male bashing, and sexual politics; victim Mythology. Why date rape has become an excuse to blame men, and excuses women from responsibility regarding their sexual choices; the Anti-Pornography Crusade. How anti-pornography activists teach that sex is something decent feminists should not discuss; and goddess worship, or why new feminist visions of religion are a throwback to the Victorian view that women are by nature morally superior to men - and how this keeps women weak. Offering realistic alternatives to ideologically rigid and sometimes ridiculous doctrine, The New Victorians is a rallying cry for young women to take back feminism - and be proud of it
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Denfeld, Rene
Dewey number
305.42/0973
Index
index present
LC call number
HQ1190.5.U6
LC item number
D46 1995
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • dictionaries
  • bibliography
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  • Feminist theory
  • Feminism
  • Feminism
  • Feminist theory
  • United States
  • Feminisme
  • Feminismus
  • Kritik
  • Literatur
  • Schriftsteller
  • USA
  • Feminismus
  • Kritik
  • Literatur
  • Schriftsteller
  • USA
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The new Victorians : a young woman's challenge to the old feminist order, Rene Denfeld
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Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 281)-330) and index
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volume
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nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Pt. II.
  • The Moral Pedestal.
  • 4.
  • The Goddess Within: The New Feminist Religion.
  • 5.
  • Overthrowing the Patriarchy: The Feminist Utopian Vision.
  • 6.
  • The Passive Voice: Inertia Instead of Action
  • Pt. III.
  • The New Victorians.
  • Pt. I.
  • 7.
  • Repeating History: The Feminist Descent into Victorian Morality.
  • 8.
  • Why Young Women Are Abandoning the Movement.
  • 9.
  • The Final Wave: Reclaiming Feminism
  • Sexual Purity.
  • 1.
  • The Antiphallic Campaign: Male Bashing and Sexual Politics.
  • 2.
  • Victim Mythology: Rape and the Feminist Agenda.
  • 3.
  • Dirty Pictures: The Feminist Fight Against Pornography
Extent
1 online resource (339 pages)
Form of item
online
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
n
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)879576213
Label
The new Victorians : a young woman's challenge to the old feminist order, Rene Denfeld
Link
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 281)-330) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Pt. II.
  • The Moral Pedestal.
  • 4.
  • The Goddess Within: The New Feminist Religion.
  • 5.
  • Overthrowing the Patriarchy: The Feminist Utopian Vision.
  • 6.
  • The Passive Voice: Inertia Instead of Action
  • Pt. III.
  • The New Victorians.
  • Pt. I.
  • 7.
  • Repeating History: The Feminist Descent into Victorian Morality.
  • 8.
  • Why Young Women Are Abandoning the Movement.
  • 9.
  • The Final Wave: Reclaiming Feminism
  • Sexual Purity.
  • 1.
  • The Antiphallic Campaign: Male Bashing and Sexual Politics.
  • 2.
  • Victim Mythology: Rape and the Feminist Agenda.
  • 3.
  • Dirty Pictures: The Feminist Fight Against Pornography
Extent
1 online resource (339 pages)
Form of item
online
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
n
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)879576213

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