Femininity and Domination: Studies in the Phenomenology of Oppression (Thinking Gender)

Bartky draws on the experience of daily life to unmask the many disguises by which intimations of inferiority are visited upon women. She critiques both the male bias of current theory and the debilitating dominion held by notions of "proper femininity" over women and their bodies in patriarchal culture. Draws on the experience of daily life to unmask the many disguises by which intimations of inferiority are visited upon women. This book critiques both the male bias of theory and the debilitating dominion held by notions of "proper femininity" over women and their bodies in patriarchal culture. This work draws on the experiences of daily life to analyze the guises in which intimations of inferiority are conveyed to women in society. The author argues that women are recruited to an idealized, yet finally disempowering, femininity in a patriarchal society Sandra Lee Bartky. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 120-137) And Index.