Introduction. Women's uniformed choices -- A brief history of the women's movement -- The modern feminist movement -- 1. The difference between boys and girls -- The controversy about gender -- Nature or nurture? -- Root causes of the differences between men and women -- Why sex differences matter -- 2. Return to romance -- Feminists' hostility to chivalry -- The important role of courtship -- The brave new world or romance -- Women's loss of power -- Rebuilding courtship -- 3. Sex : love's got something to do with it -- Popular culture's love affair with sex -- Women's studies textbooks or Cosmopolitan? -- Sexual freedom is not exactly liberating -- A biological aversion to casual sex -- The benefits of serious sex -- 4. Not everyone is doing it -- Popular culture's message to kids : just do it! -- Teens and young adults : not as sexually active as you, or they, might think -- Most teens think being a virgin is positive -- Parents have an important role to play -- 5. The risks of safe sex -- Sex education, more than the birds and the bees -- Condoms' great P.R. -- Women's biological vulnerability -- Is safe sex making kids less safe? -- The limitations of condoms.
6. Men aren't the enemy -- Danger : men among us -- We're all victims of violence -- Redefining violence against women -- Forget men? -- Violence against women and men -- Domestic violence or wife beating? -- Is marriage to blame? -- The dubious origins of the one-in-four statistic -- Defining rape -- 7. Marriage : happier ever after -- Feminists' rocky relationship with marriage -- Popular culture : celebrating weddings, not marriage -- Marriage : happier ever after -- Marriage : a good financial plan -- Marriage leads to better health -- The sexier side of marriage -- Shacking up isn't the same as tying the knot -- More than just husband and wife -- 8. Divorce -- Society's changing attitudes toward divorce -- Facilitating divorce : changing marriage -- Does divorce improve a woman's chance for happiness? -- The kids are all right -- Divorce's kid-lateral damage -- 9. Fertility facts -- Fertility and aging : off-limits in our politically correct culture -- No taboo about smoking's drawbacks -- Infertility : a "non-issue" for feminists and women's studies -- Facing the facts -- The consequences of not knowing the facts -- What does this mean for women?
10. Abortion -- Pro-life is not anti-woman -- Roe v. Wade's real role -- Abortions overseas, Europe is not as liberal as you might think -- Abortion as a health issue -- The health of the mother exception -- An informed choice -- 11. Work in the real world -- The feminist working girl fairytale -- What most women do -- Women's greatest source of fulfillment : not their jobs -- 12. The myth of having it all -- Feminist frustrations about what women really want -- Wage gap wars -- Why do we want women to work like men? -- More women working isn't reason to celebrate -- 13. Daycare delusions -- The politically correct position : more government funding of institutional daycare -- Government's role in the mommy wars -- What childcare arrangement do women actually want? -- Is it guilt or good mothering? -- The muzzle on daycare critics -- The research on daycare : some negative effects on kids -- Making the decision to work -- 14. Politics : all women don't think alike -- Women's political power -- What's the gender gap? -- Women's priorities -- Women support candidates they believe in, not other women -- 15. Divorcing Uncle Sam -- The slanted perspective given to women -- Selling more than fashion and make-up tips -- The feminist philosophy of government -- Taxation -- Social Security -- "Free" healthcare -- Women and work -- Affirmative action -- School choice -- An agenda for women.
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