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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461201603321

Autore

Tooley James

Titolo

The miseducation of women / / James Tooley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, [England] ; ; New York : , : Continuum, , 2002

©2002

ISBN

1-283-20583-1

9786613205834

1-4411-4239-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (273 p.)

Disciplina

371.822

Soggetti

Feminism and education - Great Britain - History

Feminism and education - United States - History

Gender identity in education - Great Britain

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 The Bridget Jones Syndrome; 2 Stubborn Girls; 3 Romantic Illusions; 4 'Singing and Dancing that Womanhood is Beautiful'; 5 Let's Hope It's Not True; 6 A Theory of Education as if Darwin Mattered; 7 Big Sister is Watching You; 8 Celebrating the Gender Gap; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

To what extent has feminism benefited women? To what extent have women really been liberated? James Tooley argues that the implication of many women's testimony is that feminism so far has failed to deliver the promised benefits and has even in some ways proved harmful. Bringing together many women's voices, from Bridget Jones to Simone de Beauvoir, he provides a radical rethinking for feminism and sexual politics in the 21st century.