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Overview
In the early 1970s, the national conversation regarding feminism was very different. Public discussions of womanhood—single life, marriage, workplace harassment, rights, gripes—were often channeled through movement spokeswomen and always refracted through the lens of talking to men about men. Little was shared about the chats happening behind closed doors where everyday women talked to women without the threat of men listening in. But, all that changed with the book Bitching.Originally published in 1973, Bitching is journalist and author Marion Meade’s deep and insightful investigation into the real dialogue happening inside coffee klatches, consciousness‑raising groups, and therapist’s sessions. Using excerpts from real taped conversations, Meade presents the frustration, anger, resigned acceptance, and scathing humor that make up the female experience from birth to grave.For the first time, male chauvinist behavior goes fully examined and unexcused, and the roles men force upon women get broken down to their sometimes ridiculous component parts. A snapshot into a key time in the feminist movement, this book is a must‑read for anyone interested in how far we have come . . . or how much we have stayed the same.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781497638976 |
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Publisher: | Open Road Integrated Media, Inc. |
Publication date: | 09/02/2014 |
Pages: | 250 |
Product dimensions: | 5.50(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.80(d) |
About the Author
Marion Meade studied at Northwestern University in Illinois and later received a master’s from Columbia Graduate School of Journalism. She worked as a freelance writer and her articles have appeared in leading magazines and newspapers, including the New York Times, McCall’s, the Village Voice, Ms. Magazine, and Cosmopolitan. Meade has written novels, biographies, and nonfiction books. Bitching was a significant contribution to the second phase of development in the feminist movement. She has written biographies of Victoria Woodhull (Free Woman), Eleanor of Aquitaine, Madame Blavatsky, Buster Keaton (Cut to the Chase), Woody Allen (The Unruly Life of Woody Allen), and Dorothy Parker (What Fresh Hell Is This?). She has published two historical novels: Sybille, which narrates the life of a woman troubadour in thirteenth century southern France, during Europe’s first great holocaust, the Albigensian crusade; and Stealing Heaven, The Love Story of Heloise and Abelard. She lives in New York City.
Table of Contents
To Mankind, With Love | v | |
1 | Her Heart Belongs to Daddy | 1 |
I. | Playpen Games | 4 |
The Fine Art of Faking Out Father | 4 | |
Family Fascism | 5 | |
Sieg Heil, Daddy | 8 | |
I Remember Mama | 10 | |
II. | Flower Child Games | 13 |
Little Princess Power | 13 | |
Sex and the Single Six-Year-Old | 15 | |
Miss Muffet's Fantasies | 18 | |
III. | Puberty Games | 19 |
The Making of a Girl | 19 | |
The Wisdom of Keeping One's Legs Crossed and Mouth Shut | 21 | |
2 | If she's so Smart, Why isn't she Married? | 23 |
I. | IQ Games | 25 |
Brains: Female vs Male | 25 | |
The Pros and Cons of Playing Dumb | 27 | |
II. | High School Games | 29 |
The Boyfriend | 29 | |
Sex | 32 | |
Confessions of Ex-Wallflowers | 34 | |
Extracurricular Activities | 35 | |
How to Select a Profession in One Easy Lesson | 38 | |
III. | Collegiate Games | 39 |
The College of One's Choice | 39 | |
The Shopworn Virgin | 40 | |
The Illegitimate Student | 43 | |
3 | Paychecks are a Girl's Best Friend | 47 |
I. | Hiring Games | 50 |
Help Wanted | 50 | |
Interview Rituals | 52 | |
II. | Office Games | 54 |
The Boss | 54 | |
The Company Man | 58 | |
The Ovary People | 61 | |
III. | Executive Games | 62 |
Some of My Best Friends Are Men | 62 | |
The Double Life of a Female Executive | 64 | |
IV. | Fringe Benefit Games | 66 |
The Free Lunch | 66 | |
Office Affairs | 69 | |
The Corporate Pervert | 71 | |
4 | I Guess You Could Say She's That Cosmopolitan Girl | 73 |
I. | Sex Object Games | 78 |
The Education of a Sex Object | 78 | |
Feminine and Masculine Hygiene | 80 | |
Penises We Have Known | 81 | |
II. | Street Games | 85 |
Ogling | 85 | |
Pickups | 87 | |
III. | Sex Games | 88 |
The Market Value of Virginity | 88 | |
O Seduction | 91 | |
Masturbation | 93 | |
Gothic Abortion Tales | 94 | |
Rape Me | 97 | |
What's a Nice Girl Like Me ...? | 99 | |
IV. | Dating Games | 100 |
The Man Problem | 100 | |
The Playgirl Philosophers | 105 | |
The Goldilocks Papers | 107 | |
V. | Love Games | 109 |
Meaningful Relationships | 109 | |
Wedding | 113 | |
5 | Everybody Ought to Have a Wife (Women Included) | 113 |
I. | Newlywed Games | 117 |
The First Hundred Days | 117 | |
The Wife's Pledge of Allegiance | 121 | |
II. | Parlor Games | 122 |
Civil War | 122 | |
The Wife-Beating Tapes | 126 | |
The Real Meaning of Nagging | 128 | |
III. | Housekeeping Games | 127 |
The Real Meaning of Taking Out the Garbage | 129 | |
IV. | Money Games | 132 |
Butter Bread | 132 | |
Pocket Money | 135 | |
Just Helping Out, Thank You | 136 | |
V. | Bedtime Games | 138 |
How Marriage Ruined My Sex Life | 138 | |
How to Drive a Husband to Infidelity Without His Ever Suspecting | 143 | |
The Double Standard Revisited | 145 | |
VI. | Baby Games | 148 |
Glorious Motherhood | 148 | |
The Case of the Missing Daddy | 152 | |
6 | Truth and Consequences | 157 |
I. | Breakup Games | 159 |
Leveling At Last | 159 | |
Eleventh-Hour Rescues | 164 | |
Move | 166 | |
II. | Legal Games | 168 |
Our Money | 168 | |
Our Children | 171 | |
Male Chauvinist Pig Attorneys | 174 | |
III. | Therapy Games | 177 |
Character Assassination | 177 | |
Nora's Diary | 181 | |
Reflections on One's Future | 181 | |
7 | You've Come a Long Way, Baby | 187 |
I. | Geriatric Games | 189 |
Leftover Objects | 189 | |
Old Massa | 192 | |
Last Rites | 196 | |
II. | Liberation | 198 |
Elegies to His Memory | 198 | |
If I Had My Life to Live Over | 201 |
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