Problems of Women's Liberation

By Evelyn Reed

Book Overview

Six articles explore the social and economic roots of women's oppression from prehistoric society to modern capitalism and point the road forward to emancipation. Preface by Mary-Alice Waters. Index. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0873481674
• ISBN13: 9780873481670
• Release Date: June 1972
• Publisher: Pathfinder
• Length: 154 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.3" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Origin, Character and Elimination of Women's Oppression

A fascinating book that poses and answers the question of why women are oppressed. How did it begin? Who benefits from it? Which social class has both the potential power and interest to ally with half of humanity - women - to end women's second class or second sex status? Evelyn Reed's scientific and revolutionary conclusion are quite convincing. You can buy this book from "booksfrom pathfinder" by clicking "used and new" at the top of this page.

A book worth reading

Even though this book was first written in 1971, it remains a timely work to read and study. Reed, the author, was a Marxist anthropologist, who takes up the questions of women's emancipation in a scientific, but very readable, style. The titles of her essays are provocative in and of themselves: "The Myth of Women's Inferiority" and "Cosmetics, Fashion, and the Exploitation of Women" to name two.The discussions on abortion, the role of women in the family, and many others, seem quite topical today. After attending the gigantic march on Washington (in April 2004) many might want to read/study the ideas put forward here. You will not be disappointed.

Ways women as a whole can regain control of their destiny

Problems Of Women's Liberation: A Marxist Approach by Evelyn Reed looks at why women have been oppressed throughout recorded history, and why opponents to women's rights are so implacably entrenched and determined. From examining the myth of female inferiority; to ways women as a whole can regain control of their destiny; to how cosmetics and fashions exploit women, Problems Of Women's Liberation is a sharp-eyed and stringently worded wake-up call to the problems of the past and how they have shaped present gender discriminations. A very strongly recommended addition to Women's Studies reading lists and Women's History collections, Problems Of Women's Liberation also offers concrete hope for a more egalitarian future.