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Feminism and Femininity
Over the past five years or so, the two items on my site which have been most frequently consulted are: "The Quest for Feminine Identity", and "Feminism v. Femininity: the Threat to Woman's Identity". As is obvious they are closely related, treating much the same topic from somewhat different angles. This is natural enough inasmuch as they reflect a theme that I have taken specially interest over the past decade.
A study of radical feminism has in fact kept my spare time occupied over the past years, with the gradually emerging idea of possibly publishing a book on the matter. Already some eighteen months ago, I had reached the stage of a fairly promising outline. Since then I have broadened my research, reading all of the main works directly or indirectly related to the topic - some 150 book in all. This has furnished new data, and given rise to new impressions and judgments. Now it is a matter of producing a more complete draft: close to something definitive which can then be submitted to possible publishers. God willing, I may have something like a final (always tentative) version within 2018. The probable title: "Feminism v. Femininity".
I will be very grateful for any original viewpoints on the topic which might be helpful.
Below is a list of the books I have read so far. If I have missed anything of importance, again I would be very grateful to know.
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All the texts included on the website can be quoted from freely with a due reference to the text and the website. E-mailed information about reprinted extracts would be appreciated.
My prayers go to all those who may use this website; and I would be grateful to count on their prayers.
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Bibliography
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Badinter, Elisabeth: Dead End Feminism, London, 2007
Bardwick, Judith M.: Psychology of Women. A Study of Bio-Cultural Conflicts, Harper, 1971.
Bardwick, Judith M., Women in Transition: how Feminism, Sexual Liberation, and the search for Self-fulfillment have altered our lives, Harvester Press, 1980
Bartky, Sandra Lee: Femininity and Domination: Studies in the Phenomenology of Oppression, 1990
Berger, Brigitte & Peter L. The War over the Family, N.Y., 1983
Berger, Peter et al.: The Homeless Mind, Modernization and Consciousness. N.Y. 1974
Blankenhorn, David. Fatherless America; confronting our most urgent social problem Basic Books, 1995
Brooks, David. The Road to Character, NY, 2015
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Castilla, Blanca: La Complementariedad Varón-Mujer, Madrid, 1993
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Castilla, Blanca: Persona Femenina. Persona Masculina, Madrid, 1996
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Chinchilla, N. & León, C.: La Ambición Fememina. Cómo reconcilar Trabajo y Familia, Santillana, Madrid, 2004
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Conway, Jill Ker. True North, Random House, N.Y. 1994
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Fukuyama, Francis: The Great Disruption: Human Nature and the Reconstruction of the Social Order, 1999
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McClelland, David: Power: The Inner Experience, New York, 1975
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