Gender Issues

Afkhami & Friedl, In the Eye of the Storm : Women in Post-Revolutionary Iran (Contemporary Issues in the Middle East).

Afkhami, Mahnaz Faith and Freedom : Women's Human Rights in the Muslim World (Gender, Culture, and Politics in the Middle East).

Azari, Farah, Women of Iran.

Beauvoir, Simone de, The Second Sex. This classic just keeps going and going . . . What exactly is a woman?

Blum, Arlene, Annapurna: A Women's Place, Sierra Club, San Franscisco, 1980.

Busfield, Joan, Men, Women, and Madness : Understanding Gender and Mental Disorder. What is mental illness and what does gender have to do with it?

Chesler, Phyllis, PhD, Women and Madness. "The single most important work on women and mental 'health' and 'illness,' this book has revolutionized psychiatry since its publication in 1972." (from a review of the book) In past ages and continuing to this day, women who deviate from the submissive role, including those who have actually enjoyed sex, have been considered "mentally ill."

Christ, Carol, Diving Deep and Surfacing: Women Writers on Spiritual Quest. A classic.

Dodson Gray, Elizabeth, Patriarchy as a Conceptual Trap. Another classic - are you caught in a male-dominated religion?

Ehrenreich, Barbara & English, Deirdre, Witches, Midwives, and Nurses: A History of Women Healers. Why are the vast majority of doctors male? Because they ganged up on the female healers and put them out of business.

Engelsmann, Joan Chamberlin, The Feminine Dimension of the Divine. Comprehensive review of the Goddess archetypes in history.

Farrell, Warren, Why Men Are the Way They Are. Another popular and timeless classic.

Fein & Schneider, The Rules: Time Tested Secrets for Capturing the Heart of Mr. Right. Yes, this is THE book. Are these women for real? Check it out. See The Code below for a male counterbalance.

Fierz-David, Linda, Women's Dionysian Initiation. A "Jungian classic."

Friday, Nancy, My Mother, My Self: The Daughter's Search for Identity. Another groundbreaking work.

Gaylor, Annie, Women Without Superstition : No Gods - No Masters. This book has gotten excellent reviews. If you want inspiration in how to free yourself, check it out.

Goldberg, Herb, The New Male-Female Relationship.

Griffin, Susan, Women and Nature: The Roaring Inside Her, Harper, NY, 1978.

Gupta, Kaushalya, Women in Buddhist Literature, Tubingen, Germany, 1960.

Gupta, Sri SS, Woman in Indian Folklore, Indian Pub., Calcutta, 1969.

Hall, Nor, The Moon and the Virgin: Reflections on the Archetypical Feminine, Harper, NY, 1980.

Hallo, WW, Women of Sumer, 1976.

Harding, M. Esther, Woman's Mysteries: Ancient and Modern, Harper, NY, 1971.

Harris, M, Cows, Pigs, Wars & Witches: The Riddles of Culture, Vintage, NY, 1974.

Hekmat & Helmat, Women and the Koran : The Status of Women in Islam. "The Koran tells us that 'Men are in charge of women, because Allah hath made the one of them to excel the other.'" (from a review of the book) This book will turn your stomach at what "religion" has done to women.

Hubbard, Barbara Marx, The Hunger of Eve.

Indra, Prof., Status of Women in Ancient India, Motilal Banarsidass, 1955.

Jong, Erica, Witches. Jong kicks butt!

Law, Bimala, Women in Buddhist Literature, Bastian and Co., Calcutta, 1927.

Lawlor, Robert, Earth Honoring: The New Male Sexuality. Well-written, easy to read, informative and trippy!

Layard, John, The Virgin Archetype, Spring, Zurich, 1972.

Lerner, Gerda, The Creation of Patriarchy.

Metzger, Deena, The Woman Who Slept with Men to Take the War Out of Them and Tree. Metzger presents a fascinating take on "La Malinche," Cortez's Mexican mistress.

Montagu, Ashley, The Natural Superiority of Women. Yes, this is a REAL classic!

Morgan, Robin, The Anatomy of Freedom: Feminism, Physics, and Global Freedom, Anchor, NY, 1984.

Murcott, Susan, The First Buddhist Women, Parallax, Berkeley, CA, 1991.

Penn & Larose, The Code : Time-Tested Secrets for Getting What You Want from Women Without Marrying Them! An "antidote" to The Rules. 'Nuff said.

Pomeroy, S, Goddesses, Wives, Whores and Slaves: Women in Classical Antiquity. The "textbook" on the subject.

Potts, Billie, Witches Heal: Lesbian Herbal Self-Sufficiency, Hecuba's Daughters, Bearsville, NY, 1981.

Upham, CW, History of Salem Witchcraft, 1831.

Van Vuuren, Nancy, The Subversion of Women, as Practiced by Churches, Witch-Hunters and Other Sexists, Westminster, Philadelphia, 1973.

von Franz, Marie-Louise, The Feminine in Fairytales, Spring Pub., NY, 1972.

Von Cles-Reden, Sybelle, The Realm of the Great Goddess, Thames, London, 1961.

Woolf, Virginia, A Room of One's Own. Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf? Men!

Wollstonecraft, Mary, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. An EARLY activist (1792), her arguments are still valid.