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Enlightened Sexism

The Seductive Message That Feminism's Work Is Done

by Susan J. Douglas

Enlightened Sexism

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Book Summary

The author of Where the Girls Are blends humor with insight in order to take readers on a journey through the negative female stereotypes that are on full display via television programs, popular songs, movies and news coverage, in a book that argues that these stereotypes give the false message that feminine power has been achieved.

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