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Radicalesbianfeminist Theory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 March 2020

Abstract

Cheshire Calhoun has been working to distinguish lesbian oppression from the sexist oppression of women in general, with the idea that different strategies may be needed to oppose each. On a radical feminist understanding of sexism, however, lesbian oppression is a very important part of the oppression of females generally. Women's liberation requires opposition to lesbian oppression. Or so I argue in supporting radicalesbianfeminism as a unified theory.

Type
Author Meets Critics Panel: APA Eastern Division Meeting, 1996
Copyright
Copyright © 1998 by Hypatia, Inc.

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