Title: The public woman /
Authors: Smith, Joan, 1953-
Year: 2013
Subjects: Sex discrimination against women Great Britain; Women Abuse of Great Britain.; Prostitution Great Britain; Misogyny.; Feminism
Abstract: How are women supposed to make sense of the world today? Women have never had more freedom - yet questions of inequality persist from the bedroom to the boardroom. A quarter of a century after the publication of her seminal text, Misogynies, Joan Smith looks at what women have achieved - and the price they've paid for it.
Contents: Display. Britain's got narcissism -- Polar disorder -- Performance -- Vagina cantata -- Conformit. Queen Wag -- Calm down, dear -- Crystal's story -- Keeper of the flame -- Veiled messages -- Coercion. Possession -- 'Tis pity she's a whore -- Buying power -- Witches of Perugia -- Conclusion: Women's rights are human rights -- Declaration of the Rights of Women.