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There Are Two Sexes - Essays in Feminology (Paperback)
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Antoinette Fouque cofounded the Mouvement de Liberation des Femmes
(MLF) in France in 1968 and spearheaded its celebrated Psychanalyse
et Politique, a research group that informed the cultural and
intellectual heart of French feminism. Rather than reject Freud's
discoveries on the pretext of their phallocentrism, Fouque sought
to enrich his thought by more clearly defining the difference
between the sexes and affirming the existence of a female libido.
By recognizing women's contribution to humanity, Fouque hoped
"uterus envy," which she saw as the mainspring of misogyny, could
finally give way to gratitude and by associating procreation with
women's liberation she advanced the goal of a parity-based society
in which men and women could write a new human contract. The
essays, lectures, and dialogues in this volume finally allow
English-speaking readers to access the breadth of Fouque's
creativity and activism. Touching on issues in history and
biography, politics and psychoanalysis, Fouque recounts her
experiences running the first women's publishing house in Europe;
supporting women under threat, such as Aung San Suu Kyi, Taslima
Nasrin, and Nawal El Saadaoui; and serving as deputy in the
European Parliament. Her theoretical explorations discuss the
ongoing development of feminology, a field she initiated, and,
while she celebrates the progress women have made over the past
four decades, she also warns against the trends of
counterliberation: the feminization of poverty, the persistence of
sexual violence, and the rise of religious fundamentalism.
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