Women who do and women who don't, join the women's movement

‘the Downright Torture of Women’: Moral Lobby Women, Feminists and Pornography

“…For the women I spoke to there was both a separating out and unity within the category of men that others have noted (Rowland, 1984). The majority of Christian men, and indeed`family-minded men' (ML5), are seen as opposed to pornography but still unwillingly and negatively affected by it, due largely to the perception of men's`natural' sex drive.…”

‘the Downright Torture of Women’: Moral Lobby Women, Feminists and Pornography

“…For the women I spoke to there was both a separating out and unity within the category of men that others have noted (Rowland, 1984). The majority of Christian men, and indeed`family-minded men' (ML5), are seen as opposed to pornography but still unwillingly and negatively affected by it, due largely to the perception of men's`natural' sex drive.…”

Social Movement, Action and Change: The Influence of Women's Movements on City Government in Mumbai and London

“…In the countries in question, according to the literature and confirmed in the research investigation, a number of parallel developments appear to have occurred, albeit a few years apart. To begin with, the growth of autonomous women's groups seems to have developed out of an often dispiriting experience with oppressive male colleagues in other, invariably left‐wing, movements in India (Desai, 1996, p. 161) and England (Rowland, 1984, p. 4). These groups took many forms, some close in size and non‐hierarchical structure to the small consciousness‐raising (CR) groups found in America in the 1960s which followed the Chinese revolutionary practice of ‘speaking bitterness’ in a supportive environment to confirm the shared experience of male oppression and female disadvantage (Freeman, 1975, p. 118; John, 1999, p. 197; Spender, 1986, p. 211).…”

A Generational Analysis of Women's Rights Activists

“…Indeed, many feminist theorists have argued that ignoring differences among women has sometimes limited the women's movement's capacity to mobilize support among some groups of women (e.g., women of color, homemakers, etc.) (see Collins, 1991;Giddings, 1984;Rowland, 1984). There are many ways in which feininists actually do differ from one another; theoretical orientation, racelethnicity, sexual orientation, and social class all may have consequences for priorities, attitudes toward certain remedies, and preferred political strategies.…”

‘the Downright Torture of Women’: Moral Lobby Women, Feminists and Pornography

“…For the women I spoke to there was both a separating out and unity within the category of men that others have noted (Rowland, 1984). The majority of Christian men, and indeed`family-minded men' (ML5), are seen as opposed to pornography but still unwillingly and negatively affected by it, due largely to the perception of men's`natural' sex drive.…”

Social Movement, Action and Change: The Influence of Women's Movements on City Government in Mumbai and London

“…In the countries in question, according to the literature and confirmed in the research investigation, a number of parallel developments appear to have occurred, albeit a few years apart. To begin with, the growth of autonomous women's groups seems to have developed out of an often dispiriting experience with oppressive male colleagues in other, invariably left‐wing, movements in India (Desai, 1996, p. 161) and England (Rowland, 1984, p. 4). These groups took many forms, some close in size and non‐hierarchical structure to the small consciousness‐raising (CR) groups found in America in the 1960s which followed the Chinese revolutionary practice of ‘speaking bitterness’ in a supportive environment to confirm the shared experience of male oppression and female disadvantage (Freeman, 1975, p. 118; John, 1999, p. 197; Spender, 1986, p. 211).…”

A Generational Analysis of Women's Rights Activists

“…Indeed, many feminist theorists have argued that ignoring differences among women has sometimes limited the women's movement's capacity to mobilize support among some groups of women (e.g., women of color, homemakers, etc.) (see Collins, 1991;Giddings, 1984;Rowland, 1984). There are many ways in which feininists actually do differ from one another; theoretical orientation, racelethnicity, sexual orientation, and social class all may have consequences for priorities, attitudes toward certain remedies, and preferred political strategies.…”

‘the Downright Torture of Women’: Moral Lobby Women, Feminists and Pornography

“…For the women I spoke to there was both a separating out and unity within the category of men that others have noted (Rowland, 1984). The majority of Christian men, and indeed`family-minded men' (ML5), are seen as opposed to pornography but still unwillingly and negatively affected by it, due largely to the perception of men's`natural' sex drive.…”

Social Movement, Action and Change: The Influence of Women's Movements on City Government in Mumbai and London

“…In the countries in question, according to the literature and confirmed in the research investigation, a number of parallel developments appear to have occurred, albeit a few years apart. To begin with, the growth of autonomous women's groups seems to have developed out of an often dispiriting experience with oppressive male colleagues in other, invariably left‐wing, movements in India (Desai, 1996, p. 161) and England (Rowland, 1984, p. 4). These groups took many forms, some close in size and non‐hierarchical structure to the small consciousness‐raising (CR) groups found in America in the 1960s which followed the Chinese revolutionary practice of ‘speaking bitterness’ in a supportive environment to confirm the shared experience of male oppression and female disadvantage (Freeman, 1975, p. 118; John, 1999, p. 197; Spender, 1986, p. 211).…”

A Generational Analysis of Women's Rights Activists

“…Indeed, many feminist theorists have argued that ignoring differences among women has sometimes limited the women's movement's capacity to mobilize support among some groups of women (e.g., women of color, homemakers, etc.) (see Collins, 1991;Giddings, 1984;Rowland, 1984). There are many ways in which feininists actually do differ from one another; theoretical orientation, racelethnicity, sexual orientation, and social class all may have consequences for priorities, attitudes toward certain remedies, and preferred political strategies.…”