It appears that you only have one book from supposed 'third-wave' feminism. Have you read any queer theory or New Gender Politics? Try: "Transgender Studies Reader" edited by Susan Stryker "Gender Trouble" "Undoing Gender" "Bodies That Matter" and others by (posted to Feminist literature. What's your favorite?)
I am so sorry for ruining the movie for anyone who read this! Elainenator - I know that there are many issues with this film that a feminist critic would go wild over. I must admit that when I watched (posted to Lars and the Real Girl)
I would suggest that women and almost every group of people have always gone through some form of oppression. There is no one year or decade that you could point to and say "that's where it started." Many people suggest (posted to Origins of Oppression)
"If we look back at history it seems that women have always been looked down as the lower one or have only been appreciated in a few ways. Is it religion and customs (culture) that began oppressing women in early (posted to Origins of Oppression)
I guess it seems that we can't really trace history to it's roots. Well at least I don't think so, we also have to see that history is very tricky to learn since it's always coming from a person's point (posted to Origins of Oppression)
In no particular order: Sexual Politics By Kate Millett The Feminist Memoir Project Full Frontal Feminism By Jessica Valenti The Female Eunuch By Germaine Greer The Hite Report On Female Sexuality By Shere Hite Women Loving Women By Shere Hite (posted to Feminist literature. What's your favorite?)
Probably on the order of millions of years. We primates seem to be a largely patriarchal group of animals (with a few exceptions like gibbons, some of the lemurs, and the bonobo), and most of the other great apes are (posted to Origins of Oppression)
Elainenator - I can certainly see that a person who is hunting for examples of oppression of women could read into "Lars" the things you do. But do you honestly think that the filmmakers aim to further such oppression? The (posted to Lars and the Real Girl)