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The Mermaid and the Minotaur: Sexual Arrangements and Human Malaise
The Mermaid and the Minotaur Sexual Arrangements and Human Malaise Author:Dorothy Dinnerstein Using some elements of Sigmund Freud's psychoanalysis, particularly as developed by Melanie Klein, Dinnerstein argued that sexism and aggression are both inevitable consequences of childrearing's being left more or less exclusively to women; the issues intrinsic to a child's engagement with and separation from its mother, Dinnerstein... more » thought, end up being conflated with gender relations. As a solution Dinnerstein proposed that men and women share equally in infant and child care.
Contents: I). The mermaid and the minotaur. 1). Terms and aims. 2). The human project of sexual liberty. II). The rocking of the cradle and the ruling of the world. 3). The rocking of the cradle. 4). Higamous-Hogamous. 5). 'Children! Every one of them!' 6). 'Sometimes you wonder if they're human'. 7). The dirty goddess. 8). The ruling of the world. III). Sexual arrangements and human malaise. 9). Mama and the mad megamachine. 10). At the edge. With notes and bibliography.« less