Men’s Sexual Rights vs Women’s Sex-Based Rights – 15 May 2021

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Download a full transcript of Sheila Jeffreys’ talk given at the WDI Spanish language webinar on 15 May 2021 here. Mens’ sexual rights vs women’s sex-based rights


The Need for Revolutionary Feminism by Sheila Jeffreys 1977

There is a need for revolutionary feminism for two very important reasons – one is the liberal takeover of the women’s liberation movement, and the other is the grave lack of theory in the movement. Paper presented at the 1977 national Women’s Liberation Movement Conference in London by Sheila Jeffreys and re-printed in the Socialist […]


“Free From All Uninvited Touch of Man”: women’s campaigns around sexuality 1880 – 1914

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The history of sex in the last 100 years has generally been represented as a triumphant march from Victorian prudery into the light of sexual freedom. From a feminist perspective the picture is different. During the last wave of feminism women, often represented as prudes and puritans by historians, waged a massive campaign to transform […]