Gun Women: Firearms and Feminism in Contemporary AmericaWomen, we are told, should not own guns. Women, we are told, are more likely to be injured by their own guns than to fend off an attack themselves. This "fact" is rooted in a fundamental assumption of female weakness and vulnerability. Why should a woman not be every bit as capable as a man of using a firearm in self-defense? |
Contents
Snapshot | 9 |
Carol K Oyster Rings on Her Fingers Shells in Her Gun | 18 |
Peggy Tartaro The Arms of Venus DeMilo | 58 |
Vivian B Lord Becoming a Police Officer1975 | 99 |
In the Line of Fire | 105 |
Susan Ewing A Womans Place | 141 |
American Women and Hunting | 147 |
Snapshot | 187 |
Sometimes Girls Just Want to Have | 197 |
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Gun Women: Firearms and Feminism in Contemporary America Mary Zeiss Stange,Carol K. Oyster Limited preview - 2000 |