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- Publisher
- Wiley
- Copyright
- © 2013 The Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues
- ISSN
- 1529-7489
- eISSN
- 1530-2415
- DOI
- 10.1111/asap.12021
- Publisher site
- See Article on Publisher Site
Abstract
Michelle Goldberg ( 2009 ). The Means of Reproduction: Sex, Power, and the Future of the World . New York : Penguin Group ( 272 pp.). “It is becoming clear that the old platitudes can no longer be maintained, and that if we wish to improve our morals, we must first improve our knowledge.” —Henry Havelock Ellis I dog‐eared so many pages in Michelle Goldberg's “The Means of Reproduction: Sex, Power, and the Future of the World” that the book will never lie flat again. I would have been better served to get out a pencil, underline, and make notes, even though that is not my usual style for marking interesting passages as I read. “The Means of Reproduction” contains a lot of information that scholars of sexuality or sex and gender might be interested in returning to later, but it can be a difficult read—however, its challenges should not keep readers away. To the contrary, this book is well worth the effort. “The Means of Reproduction” is a difficult book for a couple of reasons, the most important and obvious of which is its subject matter. Goldberg's feminist argument is deceptively simple: On the one hand, when
Journal
Analyses of Social Issues & Public Policy – Wiley
Published: Dec 1, 2013