Women's Realities, Women's Choices: An Introduction to Women's Studies

by Ulku U. Bates, Florence L. Denmark, Virginia Held

The publication of Women's Realities, Women's Choices -- the first interdisciplinary text for an introductory course in women's studies--marks the coming of age of the field of women's studies. The result of a collective effort to devise a course that transcends the traditional academic
boundaries, this text is completely interdisciplinary in approach. It incorporates research from all the major disciplines, including psychology, philosophy, medicine, and political science; covers the development of women from the classical period to the present day; and provides an accessible,
scholarly text for the field of women's studies. While the central goal of this text is to introduce students to the research and theories that are of current interest to women's studies scholars, the text also addresses a wide range of controversial topics relating to sexism, such as racism,
homophobia, and class conflict.

Genres: Womens Studies

656 pages, Paperback

First published October 13, 1983

Reviews

[Araminta Matthews · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is a fine "introduction" to women's studies, but it was frequently overly simplistic. I also caught several places that were culturally biased in one way or another. One memorable selection included commentary on the lens that breast-feeding is natural and that all women are equipped for this natural process. Having been a nursing mother, I am acutely familiar with how untrue that statement is. Additionally, much of the assumptions made about women in this book would benefit from updating to include cisgendered and transgendered lenses.

[Laura · Rating 3 out of 5]

A decent intro-to women's studies book with too much (perhaps) focus on the 2nd wave and middle class white woman's experience. The history portion was amazing though.

[claire]

This is the textbook for my WS class, IF it gets its minimum enrollment. . . Regardless, it looks intereseting and I'm reading it.

[Carrie]

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