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Sheila Jeffreys

Sheila Jeffreys
Born (1948-05-13) 13 May 1948 (age 75)
London, England
NationalityEnglish-Australian
Occupations
  • Activist
  • author
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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]

  1. ^ "Jeffreys, Sheila". Library of Congress. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Vance, Carole S. (1992). Pleasure and danger: exploring female sexuality. London New York: Pandora Press. p. 302. ISBN 9780044408673.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ The Sexuality debates. Jeffreys, Sheila. London: New York. 2001. ISBN 0-415-25691-7. OCLC 46683999.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ Jeffreys, Sheila. (2005). Beauty and misogyny : harmful cultural practices in the West. London: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-35183-9. OCLC 57893498.
  11. ^ 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}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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