false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255885979m/5997693.jpg 5997693 2 <B>In this groundbreaking work of investigative journalism by the author of the <I>New York Times</I> bestseller <I>Kingdom Coming</I>, Michelle Goldberg exposes the global war on women’s reproductive rights and its disastrous and unreported consequences for the future of global development</B><BR><BR> Women’s rights are often treated as mere appendages to great questions of war, peace, poverty, and economic development. But as networks of religious fundamentalists, feminists, and bureaucrats struggle to remake sexual and childbearing norms worldwide, the battle to control women’s bodies has become a high-stakes enterprise, with the United States often supporting the most reactionary forces.<BR><BR> In a work of incisive cultural analysis and deep reporting, Michelle Goldberg shows how the emancipation of women has become the key human rights struggle of the twenty-first century. <I>The Means of Reproduction</I> travels through four continents, examining issues such as abortion, female circumcision, and Asia’s missing girls to show how the battle over women’s bodies has been globalized and how, too often, the United States has joined sworn enemies such as Iran and Sudan in an axis of repression. Reporting with unique insight from both the rarefied realm of international policy and from individual women’s lives, Goldberg elucidates the economic, demographic, and health consequences of women’s oppression, which affect more than half the world’s population.<BR><BR> As <I>The Means of Reproduction</I> reveals, the conflict between self-determination and patriarchal tradition has come to define pressing questions of global development. Empowering women is the key to retarding the progress of AIDS, curbing overpopulation, and helping the third world climb out of poverty, but attempts to improve women’s status elicit fierce opposition from conservatives who see women’s submission as key to their own national or religious identity.<BR><BR> From the anticommunist genesis of America’s attempts to stem population growth in poor countries to the current worldwide attack on women’s rights as a decadent Western imposition, Goldberg explores the interplay between the great issues of our time and the politics of sex and childbearing. Finally, <I>The Means of Reproduction</I> shows how women, strengthened by a solidarity that transcends borders, are fighting for freedom. 6172179 2 4 2009 The Means of Reproduction: Sex, Power, and the Future of the World total:69|5:27|4:25|3:15|2:2|1:0| 69 284 492 35 4 0 false false Sat Aug 15 17:21:16 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 15 17:51:23 -0700 2009 The book starts out with the most controversial subject- the history of abortion and wrestles through a myriad of sticky issues surrounding it ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun May 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 24 10:02:35 -0700 2009 Sun May 24 10:02:56 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jun 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 13 09:34:57 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 19 14:09:21 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 28 15:05:18 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 03 08:59:53 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jun 04 11:58:27 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 04 12:09:21 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 28 12:23:18 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 28 12:26:43 -0700 2009
This book does an excellent job of presented a LOT of information but making it extremely accessible to the reader. Goldberg takes us around the world, looking at family ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat May 02 10:00:33 -0700 2009 Sat May 02 10:13:38 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Sep 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 21:03:52 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 20 17:59:12 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jun 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 02 15:07:32 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 14 06:14:08 -0700 2009
Goldberg starts by going into the history of the global reproductive rights movement, w...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 21 15:01:35 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 21 15:03:06 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Mar 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 04 06:14:23 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 02 20:28:12 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Apr 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 13 09:47:30 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 27 22:32:34 -0700 2009
This book is phenomenally well researched and written. I had trouble putting it ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 20:23:47 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 20:26:21 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 10 10:06:50 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 10 10:19:26 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun May 24 15:19:32 -0700 2009 Sun May 24 15:22:22 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jun 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 16 13:01:26 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 20 10:10:49 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Oct 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 09 13:49:18 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 09 13:49:18 -0700 2009 from the jacket: mg is investigative journalist and author of other books

quote from the goodreads synopsis: "In a work of incisive cultural analysis and deep reporting, Michelle Goldberg shows how the emancipation of women has become ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 01 08:37:26 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 01 08:40:53 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 04 11:02:03 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 16 11:03:03 -0700 2009
The chapter on sex selective abortion in India was the best of the book, imo.

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