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"This book discusses the definition and types of FGM and explores the common justifications for the practice, along with the incidence in Africa, global laws, legal issues, rights and religion. Ethical considerations are examined, as are progress and the role of culture. The book concludes with thoughts on the movement from tradition to cultural evolution"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher's description: With the literary canon consisting mostly of works created by and about men, the central perspective is decidedly male. This unique reference offers alternate approaches to reading traditional literature, as well as suggestions for expanding the canon to include more gender sensitive works. Covering 96 of the most frequently taught works of fiction, essays offer teachers, librarians, and students fresh insights into the female...
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"In this provocative and courageous defense of pornography, Wendy McElroy goes beyond the standard First Amendment arguments and illustrates how pornography benefits women and the feminist movement. Her arguments are based on the classic principle of "A woman's body, a woman's right." She believes that women have the right to enjoy, learn from, and participate in pornography."--Jacket.
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Details the lives of 260 women of historical importance arranged by their contributions to religion, science, politics, journalism, the performing arts, education, the visual arts, and women's rights. A specialist in women's history, Kuhlman (western civilization, Washington State Univ.) offers general readers profiles of extraordinary women throughout human history. The entries themselves are alphabetical, but within topical sections that are also...
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Lifting the Taboo: Women, Death, and Dying is the first major study of the sexual politics of death in the West. As such, it splits open the silence which both surrounds mortality and shrouds women's relationship to it. Illuminated by a profound yet humorous vision, Lifting the Taboo explores the specific relationship women of many colors, cultures, ages, and sexual orientations have to their own deaths, their attitudes towards loss, and their disposition...
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"In A New Kabbalah for Women, Perle Besserman, author and scholar of Jewish mysticism and teacher of meditation, shares a feminine approach to spirituality. Since the time of Moses, Jewish mysticism has been barred to women, and Shekhinah, the feminine side of God, has been forced underground. Now, many women are adapting traditional mystical practices in radical new ways. Besserman is at the forefront of this revolution. In A New Kabbalah for Women,...
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