The means of reproduction : sex, power, and the future of the world / Michelle Goldberg.
Goldberg, Michelle, 1975-
2009
HQ766.5.D44 G65 2009 (Mapit)
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Title The means of reproduction : sex, power, and the future of the world / Michelle Goldberg.
Author Goldberg, Michelle, 1975-
ISBN 9781594202087
1594202087
Imprint New York : Penguin Press, 2009.
Language English
Description 259 p. ; 25 cm.
Call Number HQ766.5.D44 G65 2009
Dewey Decimal Classification 363.4609172/4
Summary Investigative journalist Michelle Goldberg exposes the global war on women's reproductive rights and its disastrous and unreported consequences for the future of global development. Women's rights are often treated as mere appendages to great questions of war, peace, poverty, and economic development. But as networks of religious fundamentalists, feminists, and bureaucrats struggle to remake sexual and childbearing norms worldwide, the battle to control women's bodies has become a high-stakes enterprise, with the United States often supporting the most reactionary forces. Goldberg shows how the emancipation of women has become the key human rights struggle of the 21st century. Empowering women is the key to retarding the progress of AIDS, curbing overpopulation, and helping the third world climb out of poverty, but attempts to improve women's status elicit fierce opposition from conservatives who see women's submission as key to their own national or religious identity.--From publisher description.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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