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In Defense of Femininity: Commentary on Sandra Bartky's Femininity and Domination

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 March 2020

Patrocinio P. Schweickart
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Abstract

According to Bartky, “To be a feminist, one has first to become one,” and to become a feminist, one has to overcome femininity. Although I agree with Bartky's critique of femininity, I argue that feminist consciousness has to involve a contradictory attitude toward femininity—not just a critique, but also an appreciation of the Utopian values it harbors.

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Symposium
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Hypatia , Volume 8 , Issue 1 , Winter 1993 , pp. 178 - 191
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Copyright © 1993 by Hypatia, Inc.

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