Introduction
1. Feminism in a Global and Multicultural Context
Part 1: Practice
2. Work and Care
3. Reproductive Rights
4. Pornography
5. Sex Work
6. Sexual Violence and Harassment
Part 2: Theory
7. Sexism, Oppression, and Misogyny
8. Intersectionality
9. Ideology, False Consciousness, and Adaptive Preferences
10. Objectification
11. Consent
12. Knowledge and Ignorance
13. Speech Acts and Silencing
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Elinor Mason is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Santa Barbara, USA. She is the author of Ways to be Blameworthy: Rightness, Wrongness, and Responsibility (2019), and a co-author of Philosophy for Everyone (Routledge, 2nd edition 2016).
"In this engaging and well-crafted introduction to feminist philosophy, Elinor Mason offers us a helpful contemporary map of a perpetually contested intellectual terrain. Mason guides the reader through a range of debates that display the continuing vivacity and urgency of feminist thinking." - Miranda Fricker, City University of New York Graduate Center, USA
"The book is wonderfully clear and engaging. It provides an introduction to a diverse range of topics such as sex work, objectification and intersectionality. The philosophical debates within each topic are explained with attention to detail and rigour that will rewarding for students and teachers alike." - Natalie Stoljar, McGill University, Canada
