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A critique of the lesbian sex industry's efforts to profit from women's oppression.
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Me demoré años en terminar este libro. Creo que ha sido uno de los libros con más información que he leído en años: me sentía como una verdadera aspiradora absorbiendo toda la información y datos que Sheila compartía. Sé que es una mujer muy controversial, no con muchas seguidoras. He leído en internet una serie de blogs dedicados precisamente a criticarla, de hecho, ella misma menciona como esas criticas muchas veces se transformaron en verdaderos ataques a su persona. Sin embargo yo la encontr
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Wow, what a book. Sheila Jeffreys takes on a broad spectrum of issues and pulls no punches. She tackles sexological essentialism, detailing its developments from the late 19th century through 1920s and the publication of The Well of Loneliness up until '90s; sadomachosism, its numerous manifestations and defenses; lesbian sex therapy and its relationship to heterosexuality; the lesbian sex industry, including pornography, prostitution, and sex toys; butch–femme roleplaying and its discourse ranging from J
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Un ensayo sorprendente y necesario para toda aquella interesada en el feminismo, porque no solo plantea teorías acerca del lesbianismo y como este puede ser una opción política. Si no, también deconstruye el planteamiento heteropatriarcal de las relaciones intimas ofreciendo aspectos que nos llevan a reflexionar acerca de cuan intoxicados están los géneros y roles por la visión masculina.
Este libro tiene multitud de ideas muy interesante y definitivamente tengo que releer las partes que resalté como para poder darle un cierre real pero me gusto bastante. Toca temas bastante sensibles y la gran mayoría aplicables a la actualidad. Definitivamente voy a leer más libros de Sheila Jeffreys.
Sheila Jeffrey is a remarkable woman. Her writing is pure genius. I have loved her books for more than thirty years. People who call themselves progressive love to hate radical feminists, lesbian feminists or anyone they mockingly call 70's feminists. Does it matter that we understood male dominance or male supremacy for what it was and for what it does? Professor Jeffreys has been a powerful voice (never to be silenced by small, narrow minds) for revolutionary change. Read her words and if you
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Sheila Jefferys has no clue what it means to be a feminist, is ironically critical of lesbianism, is prudish and outraged by even vanilla sexual practices, and feels the need to tell us that S&M is oppressive. (It's not.) Seriously, I got four chapters in and all she could talk about was how much she hated S&M.
Don't like it? Then don't partake in it. Simple as.
This book is a piece of shit and a waste of money. I tried to finish it, but she's so offensive I couldn' ...more
Don't like it? Then don't partake in it. Simple as.
This book is a piece of shit and a waste of money. I tried to finish it, but she's so offensive I couldn' ...more
Dreadful. I can see many young impressionable minds being swayed by it unfortunately. I'd struggle to pick out one point above any other, but the twisting of other people's words and beliefs for the purpose of creating something fitting their politics better ranks pretty highly. Hateful piece which has been well deconstructed by many feminists already.
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Sheila Jeffreys writes and teaches in the areas of sexual politics, international gender politics, and lesbian and gay politics. She has written six books on the history and politics of sexuality. Originally from the UK, Sheila moved to Melbourne in 1991 to take up a position at the University of Melbourne. She has been actively involved in feminist and lesbian feminist politics, particularly arou
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“Aunque las lesbianas tratan de imitar con servilismo las costumbres del heteropatriarcado para no parecer peligrosas, no pueden redimir su deslealtad fundamental.”
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