From: Amara Graps (Amara.Graps@mpi-hd.mpg.de)
Date: Tue May 07 2002 - 12:32:38 MDT
I would like to see a book "Liberty for Aliens, Dogs and Frogs", but I
suppose one has to start somewhere.... This book looks good to
recommend to women unfamiliar with libertarianism. Has anyone read it?
Wendy McElroy recently finished a lecture tour in the S.F. Bay Area.
== Announcement of a New Book ==
>From the web site:
http://www.independent.org/tii/catalog/cat_LFW.html
LIBERTY FOR WOMEN
Freedom and Feminism in the Twenty-First Century
Ivan R. Dee, Publishers
Edited by Wendy McElroy*, Research Fellow at The Independent Institute
Foreword by Wendy Kaminer
The movement for women's rights arose in the early 19th century as an
off-shoot of abolitionism, the anti-slavery movement that declared
each human being to be a self-owner. As with other abolitionists, the
early feminists were individualists who drew inspiration from the
Declaration of Independence and its principles of individual rights
and responsibility.
With this vision of individualist feminism, Liberty for Women boldly
explores a wide range of issues that confront the modern woman,
including self-defense, economic well-being and employment, sex and
abortion, the family, technology, and much more. This new feminism
asserts the rights of consenting adults to their own sexuality,
opposes censorship, and defends every woman's right to
self-defense. It champions competitive markets as the vehicle for
women's economic rights and prosperity. Acknowledging the dangers of
technology, the book celebrates its possibilities and defends
reproductive rights. And yet, it also defends the validity of choosing
traditional values (e.g., to be a "stay-at-home mom") for those who
find satisfaction in doing so.
Liberty for Women is an eye-opening book that vividly charts a new
feminism for the 21st century in a highly lucid, provocative, and
inspiring way. "Choice" is the key, and every woman's choices and
expressions of self-ownership must be equally and legally respected,
from housewives to CEOs. Only then can a meaningful debate arise over
which choices may be the best ones for women to make freely.
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