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This volume examines controversial faultlines in contemporary feminism--pornography, the beauty myth, sadomasochism, prostitution, and the issue of rape--from an original and provocative perspective. Lynn Chancer focuses on how, among many feminists, the concepts of sex and sexism became fragmented and mutually exclusive. Exploring the dichotomy between sex and sexism as it has developed through five current feminist debates, Chancer seeks to forge positions that bridge oppositions between unnecessary (and sometimes unwitting) "either/or" binaries. Chancer's book attempts to incorporate both the need for sexual freedom and the depth of sexist subordination into feminist thought and politics.

Feminism --- Sexism --- Sex --- Sex role --- Pornography --- Feminine beauty (Aesthetics) --- Gender Studies & Sexuality --- Gender & Ethnic Studies --- Social Sciences --- Criminology. Victimology --- Sexology --- Sociology of the family. Sociology of sexuality --- Feminine beauty (Aesthetics). --- Feminism. --- Pornography. --- Sex role. --- Sex. --- Sexism. --- Ideal beautiful women --- Aesthetics --- Women in art --- Literature, Immoral --- Porn --- Porno --- Sex-oriented businesses --- Erotica --- Gender role --- Sex (Psychology) --- Sex differences (Psychology) --- Social role --- Gender expression --- Gender (Sex) --- Human beings --- Human sexuality --- Sex (Gender) --- Sexual behavior --- Sexual practices --- Sexuality --- Sex bias --- Attitude (Psychology) --- Prejudices --- Social perception --- Emancipation of women --- Feminist movement --- Women --- Women's lib --- Women's liberation --- Women's liberation movement --- Women's movement --- Social movements --- Anti-feminism --- Emancipation --- Sex industry --- Gender roles --- Gendered role --- Gendered roles --- Role, Gender --- Role, Gendered --- Role, Sex --- Roles, Gender --- Roles, Gendered --- Roles, Sex --- Sex roles --- 20th century feminist debates. --- beauty. --- contemporary feminism. --- controversial. --- cultural studies. --- feminism. --- feminist debates. --- feminist futures. --- feminist politics. --- feminist scholarship. --- feminist thought. --- gender and sex. --- gender inequality. --- gender politics. --- gender studies. --- pornography. --- prostitution. --- rape. --- sadomasochism. --- sex and sexism. --- sexual freedom. --- sexual liberation. --- sexuality and sexism. --- social theory. --- sociology. --- subordination. --- third wave feminisms. --- Sex work --- Sado-masochism --- Theory --- Appearance --- Rape --- Book --- Third feminist wave

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It is more than fifty years since Betty Friedan diagnosed malaise among suburban housewives and the National Organization of Women was founded. Across the decades, the feminist movement brought about significant progress on workplace discrimination, reproductive rights, and sexual assault. Yet, the proverbial million-dollar question remains: why is there still so much to be done? With this book, Lynn S. Chancer takes stock of the American feminist movement and engages with a new burst of feminist activism. She articulates four common causes—advancing political and economic equality, allowing intimate and sexual freedom, ending violence against women, and expanding the cultural representation of women—considering each in turn to assess what has been gained (or not). It is around these shared concerns, Chancer argues, that we can continue to build a vibrant and expansive feminist movement. After the Rise and Stall of American Feminism takes the long view of the successes and shortcomings of feminism(s). Chancer articulates a broad agenda developed through advancing intersectional concerns about class, race, and sexuality. She advocates ways to reduce the divisiveness that too frequently emphasizes points of disagreement over shared aims. And she offers a vision of individual and social life that does not separate the "personal" from the "political." Ultimately, this book is about not only redressing problems, but also reasserting a future for feminism and its enduring ability to change the world.

Feminism --- Women's rights --- ambivalence. --- culture. --- daycare. --- equality. --- feminism. --- gender. --- reproductive justice. --- sexism. --- sexuality. --- violence.