Women & Politics

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Bleed
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Bleed

Destroying Myths and Misogyny in Endometriosis Care

 Journalist Tracey Lindeman knows it all too well. Decades of suffering from endometriosis propelled the creation of BLEED — part memoir, part investigative journalism, and all … 322 View
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Conclusion

Conclusion

From: Stolen Motherhood

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 The conclusion touches on the nature of the demand for surrogacy and argues that surrogacy should be banned internationally. 13 $1.30 Add
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Confiscating Women’s Voices

Confiscating Women’s Voices

From: Hope Is a Woman's Name

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 In this chapter, Alh’jooj traces the founding of Ma’an in 2002 and the 2005 Laqiya village election, where the author confronted a scheme in which men controlled women’s votes … 2 $0.20 Add
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Equality, Equity, and the Royal Commission on the Status of Women
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Equality, Equity, and the Royal Commission on the Status of Women

From: 1968 in Canada

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 In 1968, Canadian women addressed women’s equality in the spotlight of a royal commission’s public hearing process. Predominantly white, married women spoke truth to power in … 22 $2.20 Add
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Gender Equity Policies

Gender Equity Policies

From: Scandinavian Common Sense

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 By definition, gender equity helps reduce social inequalities. Incontrovertibly women are enriched, both financially and as citizens, when they are included on an equal footing with men in all … ; ; 9 $0.90 Add
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Introduction

Introduction

From: Stolen Motherhood

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 The introduction looks at legality in Quebec and Canada and establishes some vocabulary definitions. 24 $2.40 Add
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Marx, Feminism, and the Construction of the Commons

Marx, Feminism, and the Construction of the Commons

From: Patriarchy of the Wage

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 This chapter asks: What tools, principles, and ideas can Marxism bring to feminist theory and politics in our time? Can we think today of a relation between Marxism and feminism other than the … 25 $2.50 Add
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Michaëlle Jean
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Michaëlle Jean

From: The Governors General

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 In this chapter, Fraser traces Michaëlle Jean’s tenure as Canada’s Governor General, 2005 to 2010. 6 $0.60 Add
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Origins and Development of Sexual Work in the United States and Britain

Origins and Development of Sexual Work in the United States and Britain

From: Patriarchy of the Wage

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 This chapter focuses on sexual work; it discusses history, sexuality, class, and gender/labour politics. 16 $1.60 Add
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Revolution Begins at Home: Rethinking Marx, Reproduction, and the Class Struggle

Revolution Begins at Home: Rethinking Marx, Reproduction, and the Class Struggle

From: Patriarchy of the Wage

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 This essay’s argument is divided in four parts. Part 1 examines the evidence and reasons for Marx’s undertheorization of “reproduction,” focusing on his reductive concept … 20 $2.00 Add
Stolen Motherhood

Stolen Motherhood

Surrogacy and Made-to-Order Children

 Neither marginal nor secret, contracting surrogate mothers is growing rapidly and is regarded as socially progressive. Yet the “process” is vitiated from the get go, i.e., … 194 View
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Surrogacy's Emergence, Development, and International Expansion

Surrogacy’s Emergence, Development, and International Expansion

From: Stolen Motherhood

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 The author begins by examining the social, cultural, and economic factors that underpin surrogacy, claiming that it is essential to examine it in today’s context while identifying the … 32 $3.20 Add
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Switching Gears

Switching Gears

From: Hope Is a Woman's Name

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 In this chapter, Alh’jooj discusses her experiences as she navigates between her a-Sana Bedouin heritage and her identity as a feminist activist at Ben Gurion University. 4 $0.40 Add
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The Child at the Heart of Surrogacy

The Child at the Heart of Surrogacy

From: Stolen Motherhood

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 This chapter focuses on the children at the "heart" of surrogacy, highlighting these children’s wellbeing, future, and all other considerations, which the author argues are … 23 $2.30 Add
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The Construction of Domestic Work in Nineteenth-Century England and the Patriarchy of the Wage

The Construction of Domestic Work in Nineteenth-Century England and the Patriarchy of the Wage

From: Patriarchy of the Wage

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 This chapter examines the history of our current understanding of "domestic work/women’s labour" and the effects of this relatively recent construction on women. 12 $1.20 Add