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# Radical Feminism
**Theobald 2022 HIST259꞉ History of Feminism**
- Simone de Bouvier, _The Second Sex_, Volume I: introduction; Volume II: introduction; first several pages of ch. 5 “The Married Woman” and ch. 6 “Motherhood” (1949)
- Simone de Beauvoir, _The Second Sex_: “Introduction” and excerpts of “Childhood” 1949. [R1:161] _&_ Chapter 1, Vintage: 1989 [1949]. [E]
- Judith Butler, “Sex and Gender in Simone de Beauvoir's Second Sex” _Yale French Studies_ No. 72, Simone de Beauvoir: Witness to a Century (1986), pp. 35-49. [E]
- Betty Friedan, _The Feminine Mystique_, ch. 1 (1963) NOW Bill of Rights (1967)
- Nancy Hewitt, “Re-rooting American Women’s Activism” (2001)
- Emma Goldman, “Woman Suffrage” (1911) and “The Tragedy of Woman’s Emancipation” (1911)
- Kathie Sarachild, “Consciousness-Raising: A Radical Weapon”
- Redstockings Manifesto
- Barbara Ehrenreich, “What is Socialist Feminism?”
- Charlotte Bunch, Lesbians in revolt Radicallesbians,
- “The Woman identified Woman”
**Sadjadi 2015, MCLS230꞉ Feminist Theory**
- Carole Vance, “Pleasure and Danger: Toward a Politics of Sexuality” 1984. [R1:335]
- Katherine MacKinnon, “Sexuality” from _Toward a Feminist Theory of the State_ 1989. [R1: 415]
- Emma Goldman, “The Traffic in Women,” from _Anarchism and Other Essays,_ 1910 [R1:126]
**Nussbaum 2017, PHILXX꞉ Feminist Philosophy**
- MacKinnon, Feminism Unmodified, ch. 2, 7, 9, 13; Fem. Theory, chs. 8, 11, 12; Sexual Harassment, 101-41;
- Dworkin, Intercourse, chs. 3, 7, 9; recommended, ch. 4
- Joshua Cohen, "Freedom, Equality, Pornography"
- Nussbaum, "Objectification" (canvas)
- Charles O. Nussbaum, Understanding Pornographic Fiction, pp. 83-93, 121-133
**Ruiz 2023, PHIL179 Feminist Philosophy**
- Beauvoir––“Introduction to the Second Sex” pp. 27-36 and 383-391
- Millet— “Theory of Sexual Politics”
- Friedan––The Problem That Has No Name (C).
- The Equivalents by Maggie Doherty interesting (novel)
**Vasey 2012, PHIL220꞉ Introduction to Feminism**
- The Second Sex, Introduction (3-17)
- Skim Volume I _Facts and Myths_
- Part One: _Destiny_ Chapters 1 (Biological Data), 2 (The Psychoanalytic Point of View), The Point of View of Historical Materialism).
- Part Two _History._ Ch 1, 2, (71-90), Ch 4 (104-125)
- Part Three _Myths_. Ch 1 (159-187), Ch 3 (261-265)
- Volume II _Lived Experience_.
- Part One. _Formative Years_. Ch 1 Childhood (283-341) Focus on the first half, skim the second half for other points of interest
- Part Two _Situation_. Ch 5 The Married Woman (439-544, 476-486, 519- 523) Skim the rest for interest
- Ch II, The Mother (524-533, 556-569;) Skim the rest for other points of interest.
- Ch 10 Woman’s Situation and Character (638-664)
- Part Four _Toward Liberation_. Ch 14 The Independent Woman (721- 751), Conclusion (753-766)
- (Also read the Introduction by Thurman and the comments by the translators)
- Video: _Daughters of de Beauvoir_
- Dorothy Dinnerstein, The Mermaid and the Minotaur:
- Preface, Chapters 1-3
- “Notes toward Chapter 4” Ch 4 Higamous-Hogamous (38-75)
- Ch 5 “Children! Every One of Them!” (76-90)
- Ch 6 “Sometimes you Wonder if They’re Human” (91-123)
- Ch 8 The Ruling of the World (160-197) B Abs5
- Ch 10 At The Edge (229-277)
**Savage 2013, Feminism, Character, and Identity**
- Beauvoir (from Nicholson)
- Firestone (from Nicholson)
- Rubin (from Nicholson)
- Hartmann (from Nicholson)
- MacKinnon (from Nicholson)
- Alcoff (from Nicholson)
**Ferguson 2012, WST692꞉ History of Feminist Theory**
- Firestone “The Dialectic of Sex” in Nicholson text Wittig “One is Not Born a Woman” in Nicholson text
- Rich “Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence” MacKinnon “Sexuality” in Nicholson text
- Starhawk “Power Over and Power from Within”, _Dreaming the Dark_, ch. 1
- _Optional:_
- Movie (on library reserve) Lizzie Borden “Born in Flames”
- hooks “Ending Female Sexual Oppression ”_Feminist Theory from margin to center,_ ch.11 Radicalesbians “Women-Identified Women” in Nicholson text.
- Ferguson “Sex War: the Debate between Radical and Libertarian Feminists” , Bailey and Cuomo, eds. _Feminist Philosophy Reader._
- Rosemary Tong _Feminist Thought, ch. 2
- MacKinnon “Feminism, Marxism, Method and the State” from Meyer, ed. _Feminist Social Thought_
- Starhawk _Dreaming the Dark_, passim