Feminist Theory: A Philosophical Anthology addresses sevenphilosophically significant questions regarding feminism, itscentral concepts of sex and gender, and the project of centeringwomen?s experience. Topics include the nature of sexist oppression, the sex/genderdistinction, how gender-based norms influence conceptions ofrationality, knowledge, and scientific objectivity, feministethics, feminst perspectives on self and autonomy, whether thereexist distinct feminine moral perspectives, and what would comprisetrue liberation. Features an introductory overview illustrating the developmentof feminism as a philosophical movement Contains both classic and contemporary sources of feministthought, including selections by Mary Wollstonecraft, John StuartMill, Simone de Beauvior, Kate Millett, bell hooks, Marilyn Frye,Martha Nussbaum, Louise Antony, Sally Haslanger, Helen Longino,Marilyn Friedman, Catharine MacKinnon, and Drucilla Cornell.