Relating to Privilege: Seduction and Rejection in the Subordination of White Women and Women of Color.

Hurtado, Aida

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Publication Date: 1989

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Relating to Privilege: Seduction and Rejection in the Subordination of White Women and Women of Color.

Hurtado, Aida

Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, v14 n4 p833-55 Sum 1989

Discusses the oppression of all women by White men. Distinguishes and explains the following two forms of oppression: (1) seduction of White women; and (2) rejection of women of color. Examines feminist theory and its historical exclusion of women of color. A redefinition of womanhood and the need for unified political mobilization are also discussed. (JS)

Descriptors: Blacks, Cultural Influences, Ethnic Studies, Females, Feminism, Racial Bias, Racial Differences, Sex Bias, Sex Role, Socioeconomic Background, Whites, Womens Studies

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Information Analyses

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Language: English

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