Naked feminism : breaking the cult of female modesty / Victoria Bateman.

By: Publisher: Cambridge : Polity Press, 2023Description: 256 pagesContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781509556069 (hbk.) :
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HQ1122
Summary: Is it right that, despite the promises of feminism, women's bodies remain at the mercy of state, society and religion? Should a scantily clad woman, or a promiscuous one, be worth less than a fully covered woman, or a chaste one? Are being sexy and being smart really mutually exclusive? Can a woman be both body and brain? Victoria Bateman has confronted these questions with actions as well as words. She has appeared naked on national television, on stage, in art and at protests - using her body, as well as her brain, to deliver her message. In 'Naked Feminism', Bateman makes a compelling case for women's bodily freedom, and explains why the current puritanical revival is so dangerous for women.
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Is it right that, despite the promises of feminism, women's bodies remain at the mercy of state, society and religion? Should a scantily clad woman, or a promiscuous one, be worth less than a fully covered woman, or a chaste one? Are being sexy and being smart really mutually exclusive? Can a woman be both body and brain? Victoria Bateman has confronted these questions with actions as well as words. She has appeared naked on national television, on stage, in art and at protests - using her body, as well as her brain, to deliver her message. In 'Naked Feminism', Bateman makes a compelling case for women's bodily freedom, and explains why the current puritanical revival is so dangerous for women.

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