"A seminal text in the women's movement." –Ethel S. Person, author of The Sexual Century "Still the most important work of feminist psychoanalytic exploration, its re-release is a celebratory occasion." –Eli Sagan, author of Freud, Women and Mortality "[The Mermaid and the Minotaur] continues to astonish us with the depth and wisdom of its psychoanalytic approach even as its major ideas have become as unobtrusively essential to psychoanalytic feminism as the atmosphere." –Jessica Benjamin, author of The Bonds of Love
Dorothy Dinnerstein Books
Dorothy Dinnerstein applied Freudian psychoanalysis to argue that sexism and aggression are inevitable consequences of women exclusively raising children. She proposed a radical solution: an equal sharing of childcare responsibilities between men and women. Her groundbreaking work challenged conventional notions of gender roles and their societal impact.
