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Sheila Jeffreys

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The United Kingdom

gender

female

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Women & Gender Studies, Gay & Lesbian, Politics

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Sheila Jeffreys writes and teaches in the areas of sexual politics, international gender politics, and lesbian and gay politics. She has written six books on the history and politics of sexuality. Originally from the UK, Sheila moved to Melbourne in 1991 to take up a position at the University of Melbourne. She has been actively involved in feminist and lesbian feminist politics, particularly around the issue of sexual violence, since 1973. She is involved with the international non-government organization, Coalition Against Trafficking in Women, in international organising.

She is the author of The Spinster and Her Enemies: Feminism and Sexuality, 1880-1930 (1985/1997) Anticlimax: A Feminist Perspective on the Sexual Revolution (1990), The...more

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Books by Sheila Jeffreys

Average rating: 3.85 · 87 ratings · 14 reviews · 12 distinct works

	Beauty and Misogyny: Harmful Cultural Practices in the West 3.72 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 2005 — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Spinster And Her Enemies: Feminism And Sexuality 1880-1930 4.00 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1986 — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Political Economy of the Global Sex Trade : The Industrial Vagina 4.07 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Unpacking Queer Politics: A Lesbian Feminist Perspective 3.62 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2003 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Idea of Prostitution 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1997	My rating:
	The Lesbian Heresy 3.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1993 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Anticlimax: A Feminist Perspective on the Sexual Revolution 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1990 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Man's Dominion: The Rise of Religion and the Eclipse of Women's Rights 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Industrial Vagina 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2008 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Gender Hurts: A Feminist Analysis of the Politics of Transgenderism by Sheila Jeffreys, Lorene Gottschalk 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	My rating: