Includes bibliographical references (pages 439-466) and index.
Refugees from the fifties: Dawn of discontent ; Female generation gap -- Rebirth of feminism: Limits of liberalism ; Leaving the left -- Through the eyes of women: Hidden injuries of sex ; Passion and politics ; The politics of paranoia -- No end in sight: The proliferation of feminism ; Sisterhood to superwoman ; Beyond backlash -- Epilogue to the 2007 edition: Gender matters in the new century