Title Fertile bodies - the sexual politics of contraception : a radical feminist perspective / Laurel Guymer

Published [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2003

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Description vii, 266 leaves : map ; 30 cm Summary A critical feminist investigation of the sexual politics of contraception over the last hundred years, within an international context. It is contended that the very idea of contraception perpetuates a "heterosexual monoculture of the body" and as a consequence, men can continue to avoid taking responsibility for their "uncontrolled" fertility Notes Submitted to the School of Social and International Studies of the Faculty of Arts, Deakin University Thesis (Ph.D.)--Deakin University, Victoria, 2003 Bibliography Bibliography: leaves 239-266 Subject Contraception -- Social aspects. Birth control -- Social aspects. Human reproductive technology -- Social aspects. Genre/Form Academic theses. Author Deakin University. Faculty of Arts. Deakin University. School of Social and International Studies

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