The Spinster and Her Enemies
Feminism and Sexuality 1880-1930
Book • 1986
Sheila Jeffreys examines the activities of feminist campaigners around issues like child abuse and prostitution, highlighting how these campaigns shaped social purity in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
The book critiques the sexual revolution of the 1920s, arguing it undermined women's independence by promoting a hostile sexual ideology.
The book critiques the sexual revolution of the 1920s, arguing it undermined women's independence by promoting a hostile sexual ideology.
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Mentioned by Victoria Smith in relation to the discussion of policing female sexuality and male sexual entitlement.
Misogyny and the Middle-Aged Woman, with Victoria Smith, Hadley Freeman and Sonia Sodha, Part One
