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Author Hubbard, Ruth, 1924-2016

Title The politics of women's biology / Ruth Hubbard.

Publication Info. New Brunswick, [N.J.] : Rutgers University Press, [1990]
©1990

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  305.42 H876P    Check Shelf
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  305.42 H876P2    Check Shelf
Description viii, 229 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Bibliography: pages [213]-221.
Note Includes index.
Contents pt. 1. How do we know? -- [ch]. 1. Science in context -- [ch]. 2. Fact making and feminism -- [ch]. 3. Women in academia -- [ch]. 4. Women scientists -- [ch]. 5. Double helix: a study of science in context -- pt. 2. What do we know? -- [ch]. 6. Genes as causes -- [ch]. 7. Have only men evolved? -- [ch]. 8. Human nature -- [ch]. 9. Rethinking women's biology -- [ch]. 10. Social construction of sexuality -- [ch]. 11. Constructing sex difference -- pt. 3. How do we use it? -- [ch]. 12. Medical, legal, and social implications of prenatal technologies -- [ch]. 13. Prenatal technologies and the experience of childbearing -- [ch]. 14. Who should and who should not inhabit the world? -- [ch]. 15. Of embryos and women.
Subject Women -- Physiology -- Political aspects.
Human biology -- Sex differences -- Political aspects.
Human reproductive technology -- Political aspects.
Feminist criticism.
Reproducción humana -- Innovaciones técnicas -- Aspectos políticos.
Physiology.
Politics.
Reproductive Techniques.
Sex Characteristics.
Women's Rights.
Women.
Indexed Term Society Role of Women
ISBN 0813514894
0813514908 (paperback)
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