Feminist Theory: A Philosophical Anthology addresses seven philosophically significant questions regarding feminism, its central concepts of sex and gender, and the project of centering women s experience. Addresses seven philosophically significant questions regarding feminism, its central concepts of sex and gender, and the project of centering women's experience. This title features an introductory overview illustrating the development of feminism as a philosophical movement. It contains both classic and contemporary sources of feminist thought. Acknowledgments viii Introduction 1(4) Part I What is Feminism? 5(64) Introduction 7(62) 1 Of the Pernicious Effects which Arise from the Unnatural Distinctions Established in Society 11(6) Mary Wollstonecraft 2 The Subjection of Women 17(10) John Stuart Mill 3 Introduction from The Second Sex 27(10) Simone de Beauvoir 4 Theory of Sexual Politics 37(23) Kate Millett 5 Black Women: Shaping Feminist Theory 60(11) bell hooks Part II What is Sexism? 69(46) Introduction 71(44) 6 Sexism 73(11) Ann E. Cudd and Leslie E. Jones 7 Oppression 84(7) Marilyn Frye 8 Five Faces of Oppression 91(14) Iris Marion Young 9 On Psychological Oppression 105(10) Sandra Bartky Part III What is Gender? 115(56) Introduction 117(2) 10 Pre-theoretical Assumptions in Evolutionary Explanations of Female Sexuality 119(8) Elisabeth A. Lloyd 11 Natures and Norms 127(18) Louise M. Antony 12 Subjects of Sex/Gender/Desire 145(9) Judith Butler 13 Gender and Race: (What) Are They? (What) Do We Want Them To Be? 154(17) Sally Haslanger Part IV Is Knowledge Gendered? 171(66) Introduction 173(4) 14 The Man of Reason 177(11) Genevieve Lloyd 15 Feminist Epistemology: An Interpretation and a Defense 188(22) Elizabeth Anderson 16 Can there be a Feminist Science? 210(8) Helen E. Longino 17 Rethinking Standpoint Epistemology: What is "Strong Objectivity "? 218(19) Sandra Harding Part V Is Value Gendered? 237(88) Introduction 239(4) 18 The Need for More than Justice 243(8) Annette C. Baier 19 An Ethic of Care 251(13) Joan Tronto 20 Vulnerability and the Moral Nature of Dependence Relations 264(16) Eva Feder Kittay 21 Feminist Contractarianism 280(22) Jean Hampton 22 Women and Cultural Universals 302(23) Martha C. Nussbaum Part VI What is a Self? 325(52) Introduction 327(2) 23 Autonomy and Identity in Feminist Thinking 329(10) Jean Grimshaw 24 Autonomy, Social Disruption, and Women 339(13) Marilyn Friedman 25 Forgetting Yourself 352(13) Anita L. Allen 26 Outliving Oneself 365(12) Susan Brison Part VII What Would Liberation Be? 377(45) Introduction 379(4) 27 Conclusion from The Second Sex 383(9) Simone de Beauvoir 28 Difference and Dominance: On Sex Discrimination 392(11) Catharine A. MacKinnon 29 Toward a Humanist Justice 403(11) Susan Moller Okin 30 Feminism, Utopianism, and the Role of the Ideal in Political Philosophy 414(8) Drucilla Cornell Index 422