Acknowledgments.

Introduction.

I. What is Feminism?.

Introduction.

1. Of the Pernicious Effects Which Arise From the Unnatural Distinctions Established in Society: Mary Wollstonecraft.

2. The Subjection of Women: John Stuart Mill.

3. Introduction from The Second Sex: Simone de Beauvoir.

4. Theory of Sexual Politics: Kate Millett.

5. Black Women: Shaping Feminist Theory: bell hooks.

II. What is Sexism?.

Introduction.

6. Sexism: Ann E. Cudd and Leslie E. Jones.

7. Oppression: Marilyn Frye.

8. Five Faces of Oppression: Iris Marion Young.

9. On Psychological Oppression: Sandra Bartky.

III. What is Gender?.

Introduction.

10. Pre-theoretical Assumptions in Evolutionary Explanations of Female Sexuality: Elisabeth A. Lloyd.

11. Natures and Norms: Louise M. Antony.

12. Subjects of Sex/Gender/Desire: Judith Butler.

13. Gender and Race: (What) Are They? (What) Do We Want Them to Be?”: Sally Haslanger.

IV. Is Knowledge Gendered?.

Introduction.

14. The Man of Reason: Genevieve Lloyd.

15. Feminist Epistemology: An Interpretation and a Defense: Elizabeth Anderson.

16. Can There Be a Feminist Science?: Helen E. Longino.

17. Rethinking Standpoint Epistemology: What is "Strong Objectivity”?: Sandra Harding.

V. Is Value Gendered?.

Introduction.

18. The Need for More Than Justice: Annette C. Baier.

19. An Ethic of Care: Joan Tronto.

20. Vulnerability and the Moral Nature of Dependency Relations: Eva Feder Kittay.

21. Feminist Contractarianism: Jean Hampton.

22. Women and Cultural Universals: Martha C. Nussbaum.

VI. What is a Self?.

Introduction.

23. Autonomy and Identity in Feminist Thinking: Jean Grimshaw.

24. Autonomy, Social Disruption, and Women: Marilyn Friedman.

25. Forgetting Yourself: Anita L. Allen.

26. Outliving Oneself: Susan Brison.

VII. What Would Liberation Be?.

Introduction.

27. Conclustion from The Second Sex: Simone de Beauvoir.

28. Difference and Dominance: On Sex Discrimination: Catharine A. MacKinnon.

29. Toward a Humanist Justice: Susan Moller Okin.

30. Feminism, Utopianism, and the Role of the Ideal in Political Philosophy: Drucilla Cornell.

Index.