Index
a
| abortion: |
| of abnormal foetuses 88 , 90 , 114 -15; |
| of female babies in India 100 ; |
| and prenatal screening 84 -6, 88 |
| 'affirmative action' 8 |
| Alcoff, L. 29 |
| alphafetoprotein 143 |
| amniocentesis 78 , 98 , 100 , 143 |
| Aristotle 24 |
| Ashley, K. 107 , 116 , 119 -20, 124 , 135 , 136 , 1123 |
| Attwood, M. see Handmaid's Tale |
b
| Bacon, F. 14 |
| Baines, E. see Birth Machine, The |
| Barrett, M. and Phillips, A. 29 , 72 , 138 |
| beauty, female 43 |
| behaviour: |
| interest in biological bases of 85 |
| Bell, D. and Klein, R. 76 |
| Birth Machine, The (Baines) 124 -5, 126 |
| body, working of 34 -5 |
| Brooks, A. 29 |
| Bruckner, P. see Divine Child, The |
| Butler, J. 1 , 2 , 43 , 131 , 136 , 142 |
| Butler, J. and Scott, J.W. 69 , 130 |
c
| Campbell, B. 138 |
| capitalism: |
| constraining nature of structure of 83 , 108 ; |
| female body as site of profit-making 84 ; |
| and patriarchy 17 - 18 ; |
| and science 83 , 87 , 88 , 91 |
| Carder, A. 94 -5 |
| Cartesian thought 25 , 34 , 35 , 39 |
| Catholic Church 68 |
| childlessness 77 , 78 , 106 -7, 110 , 134 |
| Chile 57 |
| China 96 , 97 |
| Chodorow, N. 19 |
| chorionic villus sampling (CVS) 144 |
| chromosomes 35 , 143 |
| class: |
| and gender 16 - 17 |
| Clomid 82 |
| clomiphene citrate 81 |
| Clough, P.T. 29 |
| coal miners' strike (1984/85) 61 |
| consciousness-raising 50 |
| contraceptive pill 102 |
| cordocentesis 144 |
| Corea, G. 15 , 80 |
| Coward, R. see Sacred Cows |
d
| Daly, M. 11 , 18 , 92 |
| de Beauvoir, S. 70 |
| decision-making 89 |
| deconstruction 22 , 27 , 32 , 39 , 43 , 56 , 66 , 68 , 106 , 109 , 112 -13, 130 , 135 , 137 |
| deconstructive feminism 27 |
| Derrida, J. 60 , 61 |
| Descartes, R. 23 , 34 , 36 , 67 |
| Di Stefano, C. 33 |
| 'disciplinary practices' 117 |
| discrimination: |
| physiological and emotional justifications for gender 8 - 9 |
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