English-Australian activist and author (born 1948)
Sheila Jeffreys
Born (1948-05-13 ) 13 May 1948 (age 76) London, England
Nationality English-Australian Occupations Website sheila-jeffreys .com
Sheila Jeffreys (born 13 May 1948)[ 1] is a former professor of political science at the University of Melbourne , born in England. A lesbian feminist scholar, she analyses the history and politics of human sexuality .
Jeffreys' argument that the "sexual revolution " on men's terms contributed less to women's freedom than to their continued oppression has both commanded respect and attracted intense criticism.[ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5] She argues that women suffering pain in pursuit of beauty is a form of submission to patriarchal sadism; that transgender people reproduce oppressive gender roles and mutilate their bodies through sex reassignment surgery ; and that lesbian culture has been negatively affected by emulating the sexist influence of the gay male subculture of dominant/submissive sexuality .
She is the author of several books about feminism and feminist history , including The Spinster and Her Enemies (1985),[ 6] The Sexuality Debates (1987),[ 7] Anticlimax (1990),[ 8] Unpacking Queer Politics (2003),[ 9] Beauty and Misogyny (2005),[ 10] and Gender Hurts (2014).[ 11]
^ "Jeffreys, Sheila" . Library of Congress. Retrieved 1 August 2014 .
^ Zoftig, Sarah (1982), "Coming out", in SAMOIS (ed.), Coming to power: writings and graphics on lesbian S/M: S/M, a form of eroticism based on a consensual exchange of power (2nd ed.), Boston, Massachusetts: Alyson Publications, p. 88 , ISBN 9780932870285 .
^ Vance, Carole S. (1992). Pleasure and danger: exploring female sexuality . London New York: Pandora Press. p. 302. ISBN 9780044408673 .
^ Egerton, Jane (1993), "Sheila Jeffreys", in Gilbert, Harriett (ed.), The sexual imagination from Acker to Zola: a feminist companion , London: Jonathan Cape, p. 133 , ISBN 9780224035354 .
^ Denfeld, Rene (1995), "The antiphallic campaign: male bashing and sexual politics", in Denfeld, Rene (ed.), The new Victorians: a young woman's challenge to the old feminist order , St Leonards, New South Wales: Allen & Unwin, p. 35, ISBN 9781863737890 .
^ Jeffreys, Sheila. (1997). The spinster and her enemies : feminism and sexuality, 1880-1930 . North Melbourne, Vic.: Spinifex. ISBN 978-1-74219-196-6 . OCLC 317550580 .
^ The Sexuality debates . Jeffreys, Sheila. London: New York. 2001. ISBN 0-415-25691-7 . OCLC 46683999 .{{cite book }}
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^ Jeffreys, Sheila. (2011). Anticlimax : a feminist perspective on the sexual revolution (2nd ed.). North Melbourne, Vic.: Spinifex Press. ISBN 978-1-74219-800-2 . OCLC 746316597 .
^ Jeffreys, Sheila. (2003). Unpacking queer politics : a lesbian feminist perspective . Cambridge: Polity Press in association with Blackwell Pub. ISBN 0-7456-2837-0 . OCLC 49805467 .
^ Jeffreys, Sheila. (2005). Beauty and misogyny : harmful cultural practices in the West . London: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-35183-9 . OCLC 57893498 .
^ Jeffreys, Sheila. (2014). Gender hurts : a feminist analysis of the politics of transgenderism . Abingdon, Oxon. ISBN 978-0-415-53939-5 . OCLC 776535445 . {{cite book }}
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