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1233:, Miriam Greenspan writes, "Chesler's genius is her refusal to submit to tribalism. In recounting harsh truths about feminist leaders, whom she takes to task for promulgating herd thinking or abandoning their values for the sake of political expediency, she shows how even the most progressive social justice movements can sometimes betray their own best ideals. Her memoir is a cautionary tale for today's social activists, who tend to be largely ignorant of the disappeared history of the woman's movement and are thus repeating some of its mistakes. Those who would continue the struggle for social justice would do well to read this book and take its hard-earned lessons to heart.” 1107:, in which she argues that the American legal system is biased and overworked and continues to fail the needs of mothers and children, especially those whose husbands and fathers are violent and vindictive. She discusses topics such as prolonged litigation, joint custody, court enabled incest, brainwashing, kidnapping, gay and lesbian custody, fathers' rights groups, and international child custody laws. The new edition includes a new introduction and eight new chapters. The new edition received favorable notices from the 1281:

democracy and freedom cannot flourish in the Arab and Islamic world", she said. "If we do not join forces with Muslim dissident and feminist groups, and, above all, if we do not have one universal standard of human rights for all—then we will fail our own Judeo-Christian and secular Western ideals." She also told the committee that her experience in Afghanistan taught her "the necessity of applying a single standard of human rights, not one tailored to each culture".

1294:. She was quoted as saying, "It's easy to say, yes, the Muslims are against everyone who is not a Muslim. And it's true. That's part of what jihad is about, that's part of the history of Islam. Here's the thing. The West, and that means Jews and Israelis, would like to lead sweet and peaceful lives. We're up against an enemy now that is dying to kill us, that lives to kill, and that at best merely wishes to impose on the rest of us its laws and strictures." 4754: 569:, a female serial killer. Chesler's stated goal was to educate the jury and the country about the lives of women in prostitution and the dangerous conditions they routinely face. The public defender did not call any of these witnesses, which became one of the grounds of the appeal that Wuornos' lawyers launched in the Florida Supreme Court. Chesler wrote about the legal and psychiatric issues raised by the case in 1328:

least two types of honor killings and two victim populations". She identified the first group as consisting of daughters with an average age of seventeen who were killed by their families, and the second group as consisting of women with an average age of thirty-six. In her most recent essay, Chesler asserts that both Hindus and Muslims commit honor killings, but that only Muslims do so worldwide.

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forced female suicide killers, and other injustices that have been minimized or denied by Western media and governments. In the book, Chesler points out that many other feminists have ignored or refused to concern themselves with these issues and encourages American women to oppose the gender segregation of Muslim women as it threatens their own freedom as well.

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500 interviews she conducted ... many of Chesler's examples have an unmistakable and heartbreaking ring of familiarity. The time has come to stop idealizing or demonizing either sex. Seeing women, like men, as capable of both courage and jealousy, of providing care, and causing pain, is no more nor less than acknowledging women as fully human."

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In addition, Chesler has written that she is not opposed to the Islamic veil (hijab, headscarf) because it does not obscure a woman's facial identity. However, she also notes that there is a connection between a range of physical and psychiatric illnesses associated with forced veiling; these include

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in 2009, 2010, 2012 and 2015. In one such essay, she wrote that 91% of the total worldwide cases of honour killings (as reported in English-language media) were Muslim-on-Muslim crimes, including those committed in North America and Europe. Based on these sources, Chesler concluded that "there are at

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portrays prostitution as the greatest form of violence against women and discusses whether every woman, including a prostitute, has the right to defend herself. Chesler discusses the racism, sexism, and the nature of justice/injustice in north-central Florida and the feminist involvement in the case.

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In recent years, Chesler has sparked controversy, both for her work on honor-based violence, including honor killing, and for her outspoken criticism of anti-Jewish racism. Beginning in the 1990s Chesler has authored six books about the failures of Western feminism, anti-Semitism, Islamic gender and

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Chesler began writing about rape, incest, sexual harassment, and domestic violence during the late 1960s. Her focus has mainly been on Western countries, but with the rise of Islamic fundamentalism, terrorism, and gender apartheid, and the Islamist persecution of women and infidels, Chesler began to

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Chesler argues that honor killings differ qualitatively from Western domestic femicide. She has acknowledged that "many honorable feminists" disagree with this position, writing that "understandably, such feminists fear singling out one group for behavior that may be common to all groups". Chesler's

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is, potentially, a capital crime; every girl has to keep proving that she is not dishonoring her family; even so, an innocent girl can be falsely accused and killed on the spot… Her virginity belongs to her family and is a token of their honor. If she is not a virgin, the shame belongs to her family

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This volume covers a variety of topics facing women in the Muslim world including the burqa and face veil, child marriage, polygamy, honor-based violence, female genital mutilation (FGM), state-sponsored and vigilante attacks (including stoning and disfiguring women by throwing acid in their faces),

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An account of her 1961 marriage to an Afghan man, her brief married life in a harem in Afghanistan, and the lifelong lessons she learned. The book uses material from diaries, letters, and interviews spanning a fifty-year period to describe this ill-fated relationship and the experiences that Chesler

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felt much of the advice was unnecessary since "Feminism's daughters have outgrown their bunk beds". The reviewer found the book "strident" and fails to reach younger feminists but concedes that "Chesler does an admirable job. She writes poignantly of the way in which her generation was eerily silent

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case, in which the New Jersey Supreme Court declared that surrogacy contracts violated New Jersey law. Chesler organized demonstrations outside the courthouse, wrote articles, created an alliance of diverse groups, and ultimately documented this struggle and the issues raised by a surrogacy contract

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Her work on these topics has sparked backlash. In April, 2017 Chesler's keynote address to a conference on honor-based violence at the University of Arkansas Law School was cancelled. The controversy was written about widely on social media, and Dr. Chesler was almost immediately invited by a group

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Chesler describes this book as the work of "an academic-turned-frontline-reporter." the murder of girls and women accused or suspected of any disapproved activity (refusing an arranged marriage, refusing to veil, insisting on an education, leaving a violent marriage, having infidel friends, talking

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argued that the book "too often undercuts itself when its author intends to be provocative", citing lines such as "African-Americans (not Jews) are the Jews in America but Jews are the world's niggers." The review piece concluded that "Chesler's tone and lack of intellectual rigor will not help her

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members. In 1973, Chesler co-organized the first press conference about feminism and anti-Semitism, and in 1974–1975, she co-organized the first Jewish feminist speakout in New York City. In 1981, Chesler organized the first-ever panel on racism, anti-Semitism, and feminism for the National Women's

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committee entitled, "Gender Apartheid in Iran and the Muslim World". She called for the U.S. government to oppose what she described as "Islamic gender apartheid", and to support the rights of women living in fundamentalist Islamic regimes. "If we do not oppose and defeat Islamic gender apartheid,

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Chesler distinguishes honor killings from homicides, domestic violence and crimes of passion in that honor killings are carried out by a family due to their perception of a woman having brought public dishonor. In the book, the empirical evidence leads Chesler to conclude that the origins of honor

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Book World written by Deborah Tannen. Tannen wrote: "Chesler seems to have read everything and thought deeply about it ... Along with social commentary and psychological insight, Chesler offers astute literary criticism ... many of Chesler's richest scenarios are drawn from the more than

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praised the book, "If you love true crime thrillers, as I do, you must read Requiem with its feminist psychological twist. You won't be able to put it down. Chesler, an eminent psychologist, gets inside the mind of a unique female serial killer. FBI profilers should be ordering their copies right

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This pioneering book addressed the subject of female indirect aggression, both in the family and the workplace, both in childhood and adulthood, and covered woman's capacity for cruelty, competition, envy, and ostracism; the ways in which women, like men, have internalized sexist beliefs; and the

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describes the relationships between brothers, sons and fathers, and sons and mothers. When it was published in 1978, the book was described as "psychologically voluptuous, it plunges through the bloody underbrush of male-male relationships ... insisting that we look at men with fresh and fearless

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Chesler has been consulted by lawyers, psychologists and psychiatrists on diverse subjects including sex between patient and therapist, rape, incest, domestic violence, custody, honor killings, and the mistreatment of women in jails and in psychiatric institutions. For many years she maintained a

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By 2003, Chesler had started to write about honor killings based on newspaper accounts, sources available online, interviews and memoirs and later produced a number of academic studies on honor killings in the West, the Middle East and South Asia. The studies along with more than 90 articles are

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is "a powerful, provocative book ... illustrating social problems sure to remain controversial". The book and its views were also condemned by pro-surrogacy lobbies, pro-adoption lobbies, and by feminists who were concerned with maximizing their options in case of infertility. This issue remains

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case, in which surrogacy was ultimately declared illegal in the state of New Jersey. Despite liberal feminist opposition, Chesler defended the rights of the birth mother, Mary Beth Whitehead, who wanted to keep her child even though the genetic father and his wife were a more educated and higher

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gave it a mixed review but described it as "useful not only for its theoretical insights but for its presentation of a number of practical items". Kirkus called it "caustic and abrasive" but also "impressively researched ... one of the more challenging works to come out of the women's movement".

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Historian Paul Johnson also praised the book as "impassioned, highly readable and often painful." It "show(s) how closely connected is hatred of Jews to its psychological twin, anti-Americanism. Anti-Semitism is now striking roots in the campus again, in the guise of political correctness--and

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In 1998, Chesler wrote a "legacy" letter. She wanted to share the history of her generation of feminists with coming generations and to point to work still left undone. The work was lauded by feminists of her era and mocked or minimized by daughter-generation feminists who did not want to keep

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As a result of her observations about Islam and honor killing, Muslim and left-wing activists successfully lobbied the University of Arkansas to remove Chesler from an academic conference on honor killing because they did not approve of her coverage of the subject. In an address before the

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At the same time, Chesler has received accolades from Islamic feminist organizations. In 2018, she received a "True Honor" award from the Iranian and Kurdish Women's Rights Organization (IKWRO) at a ceremony in London. The same year, she selected, edited, and newly introduced her volume

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importance of acknowledging the "shadow side" of female-female relationships, especially because such relationships are so important to women. The book was reviewed in many publications, and the author was interviewed widely in South America, North America (including in

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Muslim feminists and dissidents such as Ibn Warraq, Amir Taheri and Farzana Hassan have lauded Chesler's work in this area as ground-breaking and truthful. Ibn Warraq has praised Chesler's "great service in presenting the fruit of her sober research."

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In 1976, the first feminist Passover seder in North America was held in Chesler's New York City apartment and led by Broner, with 13 women attending, including Chesler. Chesler also created and participated in Jewish feminist life cycle rituals.

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noted that this book stood out because it was written by a radical feminist, and describes it as "a nice mixture of romantic charm and intellectual insight." In 1998, Chesler's eighteen-year-old son wrote a new introduction to the book.

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Chesler obtained an annulment from her first husband and married an Israeli-American, whom she also later divorced. She has one son. She describes their relationship, pregnancy, childbirth, and her first year as a mother in

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viewed the book as "an extensively researched and deeply intuitive exploration of woman's psychic experience ... invaluable". When the book was translated into European languages, many reviews appeared. In his review for

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The book is composed of a number of articles which Chesler wrote during the period 2003–2016. Some concern specific issues while other have their roots in speeches at conferences or government events. The main theme is

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In 1986, Chesler co-organized a speakout about mothers losing custody of children at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York. Nearly 500 custodially embattled mothers and speakers attended, including

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responsible for failing to abolish or to even try to abolish honor killings and femicides. For example, in Pakistan, a Muslim country, Chesler notes that religious authorities do not condemn honor killings.

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would "dangerously privilege a minority over the majority by endangering women's sex-based rights in terms of sports, and women-only safe spaces in prisons, DV and homeless shelters, and in the military."

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public social institutions—in order to insure that they are not used against women", and argued that there has always been "a war between the sexes". In 1977, Chesler became an associate of the

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eyes". Robert Seidenberg, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at SUNY, wrote that Chesler defined manhood "with a brilliance and erudition equal to the task", describing Chesler as men's "

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In addition, from 2012 to 2020 Chesler submitted courtroom affidavits to support asylum applications for girls and women at risk of honor-based violence in their countries of origin.

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to promote the religious rights of Jewish women in Jerusalem; she became one of the name plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the state of Israel on this issue. In 2002, she and co-author

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position is that perpetrators of domestically violent femicide are regarded as criminals in the west, but that the same stigma does not attach to honor killings in other societies.

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The "crimes" Chesler cites that have resulted in honor killing also include wanting to marry the "wrong" man in terms of caste, class, or religious sect, or leaving one's religion.

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Also in 2017, Taylor & Francis declined to publish her two volumes in this area, New English Review Press immediately agreed to do so. In the fall of 2017, they published

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center. She was also a leader in the class action lawsuit against CUNY on behalf of women which took 17 years to be resolved. In 1975, she became one of five cofounders of

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wrote, "The sweet, clear voice of these Letters should reach across the generation gap like Joshua's trumpet. This is Phyllis Chesler writing at the top of her form."

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the visible subordination of women, as well as the obvious lack of sunlight. However, she has also said she is not opposed to the Islamic headscarf (hijab).

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In her early work, although Chesler argued for integration, she also stated in 1972 that "feminists" and feminist values must gradually and ultimately

389:, who described it as "intense, rapid, brilliant, controversial ... a pioneer contribution to the feminization of psychiatric thinking and practice". 3776: 1945: 1711: 1639: 2644: 268:. She attended Hebrew School from the age of six until she graduated from Marshalliah Hebrew High School, an after-school program for the study of 3373: 3134: 440:) in New York City during the 1969–1970 school year. She turned the Women's Studies course into a minor and then a major at the university. With 2384: 3046: 1205: 499: 4947: 4882: 4812: 4797: 4792: 3591:

Charach, Ron (September 17, 2006), "Strict instead of empathetic; Are people raised in fundamentalist societies more apt to hate others?",

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Chesler raised important issues, but her style will alienate the very people she means to reach." However, leading Second Wave feminist

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about woman-hating among women, including among feminists. She implores readers to adopt a more global perspective on women's rights."

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From 2021 to 2022, Dr. Chesler was privileged to co-lead an international team which rescued 400 women from Afghanistan. She wrote 25

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religious apartheid and honor killing and has criticized Western feminists for failing to defend women in non-Western societies.

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wrote that Chesler "has written a brave, sad, disorderly, sometimes self-indulgent, often infuriating, always provocative book."

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magazine and also functioned as its Editor-at-Large. She did so for fifteen years until the magazine became an online edition.

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Stanhope, Victoria (1995). Chesler, Phyllis (ed.). "Bearing Witness to Male Power: A Review of Phyllis Chesler's Patriarchy".

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that she envisions her heirs as both women and men. Chesler has studied male psychology and published a book on the subject (

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In 1988, Chesler was among the women who prayed with a Torah for the first time in an all-female, multi-denominational, non-

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Kirkus called it a "loud wake up call ... a fierce polemic, filled with vigorous arguments and distressing human stories".

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A Politically Incorrect Feminist: Creating a Movement with Bitches, Lunatics, Dykes, Prodigies, Warriors, and Wonder Women

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Phyllis Chesler, "Sexual Violence Against Women and a Woman's Right to Self-Defense: The Case of Aileen Carol Wuornos",

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and became gravely ill. At that point, her father-in-law agreed to allow her to return to the U.S. on a temporary visa.

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endorsed the book and found it a "warm, personal, political, irresistible guide for young feminists, women and men."

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standing on the shoulders of a previous generation with whom they disagreed and with whom they were in competition.

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of grassroots activists at University College London to address a conference at that institution in November 2017.

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According to Chesler, her problems began on arrival in Afghanistan. Afghan authorities forced her to surrender her

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explore similar themes in Muslim-majority countries. She has argued, in a paraphrase of Nancy Kobrin, that some

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killings are more likely to reside in tribalism rather than any single religion. Simultaneously, Chesler holds

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The book is an in-depth study of gender-based economic disparities in America in the 1970s. Congresswoman

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may be unconsciously acting out their hatred of women in committing violent acts. A 2006 review in the

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On the 100th Anniversary of International Women's Day – What Are Feminists Doing About Honor Killings?

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The Cold War on British Muslims: An examination of Policy Exchange and the Centre for Social Cohesion

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ironically--anti-racism. (This) book reminds us how hard civilized people need to fight against it."

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hailed the book as "powerful ... a realistic analysis of women's economic and political condition".

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The Banality of Suicide Terrorism: The Naked Truth About the Psychology of Islamic Suicide Bombing

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as a "poignant and fascinating account has many lessons for women -- and men -- of all cultures."

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was issued in 2003. The book received positive notices from a range of reviewers including former

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and a deeply rhetorical polemic that makes scores of provocative points.... As in her last book,

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The New English Review described the book as "in the same league as other courageous writers,

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described this book as "a powerful critique of the way many of us were inclined to think". A

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both edited and contributed to an anthology on this subject. In 1989, Chesler began to study

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Fern Sidman, "Israel Today & Always: Breaking Ranks – An Interview With Phyllis Chesler"

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Nevertheless, reviews from feminists of her own generation were more positive. For example,

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to be banned in western countries. She argued in defense of this position that despite the

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Chesler was one of only a small number of second-wave feminists to focus on motherhood. In

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In 2011, Chicago Review Press published a 25th anniversary edition of Chesler's 1986 book

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and embarked on a career as a professor, author, and psychotherapist in private practice.

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Chesler, P. (November 1969). "Maternal Influence in Learning by Observation in Kittens".

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leader. Chesler believes that men can and should be feminists, and she wrote in her book

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described this as "a frank assessment of the past and a radical recipe for the future".

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at Flower Fifth Avenue Hospital. She later earned a Ph.D. in psychology in 1969 at the

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Women Criticize Psychology Unit; $ 1-Million in Reparations Is Demanded at Convention

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described it as a "stunning book ... fascinating and important to every woman"; The

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Felicia R. Lee, "Women Are Nurturing? How about Cruel, Especially to One Another",

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This Week in History – E.M. Broner publishes "The Telling" | Jewish Women's Archive

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small psychotherapy practice and in 1997 taught a course in Forensic Psychology at

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Nashim: A Journal of Jewish Women's Studies and Gender Issues (Vayishlach Dvar #1)

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This volume consists of several articles written by Chesler on topics such as the

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Phyllis Chesler, "A Woman's Right to Self-Defense: The Case of Aileen Wuornos",

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wrote that the book "is the antidote for the poison of women's powerlessness".

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The Women's Passover Companion: Women's Reflections on the Festival of Freedom

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and a founding member of the International Committee for Women of the Wall.

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and they must cleanse themselves of it with blood; her blood", she writes.

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https://www.amazon.com/The-Death-Feminism-Struggle-Freedom/dp/B001QCX85A

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described Chesler's views on this subject as "compelling, if strident".

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thesis as a warning to the West, and has been described as part of the

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noted that "the book mostly seemed to piss off its intended audience."

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is coming of age ... she writes with high passion and compassion". The

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Chesler, Phyllis (Fall 2010), "Ban the Burqa? The Argument in Favor",

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Feminist Foremothers in Women's Studies, Psychology, and Mental Health

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Feminist Foremothers in Women's Studies, Psychology, and Mental Health

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Feminist Foremothers in Women's Studies, Psychology, and Mental Health

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The Death of Feminism; What's Next in the Struggle for Women's Freedom

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The Death of Feminism: What's Next in the Struggle For Women's Freedom

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The New Anti-Semitism. The Current Crisis and What We Must Do About It

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Feminist Foremothers in Women's Studies, Psychology, and Mental Health

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The Death of Feminism: What's Next in the Struggle for Women's Freedom

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The New Anti-Semitism: The Current Crisis and What We Must Do About It

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The New Antisemitism: The Current Crisis and What we Must Do About It

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Living History: On the Front Lines for Israel and the Jews: 2003–2015

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titled "The Progressive Erasure of Feminism," Chesler wrote that the

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Upon her return, she completed her final semester and graduated from

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Islamic Gender Apartheid: Exposing a Veiled War Against Women (2017)

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opined that "this is an extremely important book, a signal that the

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American feminist psychotherapist, professor, and author (born 1940)

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Cole, Ellen; Rothblum, Esther D.; Chesler, Phyllis (May 12, 2014).

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Phyllis Chesler, "Are Honor Killings Simply Domestic Violence",

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Salvatore R. Maddi, "On Women-II: The Couch as Rack", review of

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Women of the Wall: Claiming Sacred Ground at Judaism's Holy Site

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Chesler made statements critical of Islam in the context of the

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On December 14, 2005, Chesler delivered a presentation before a

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In 1990–1991, Chesler organized expert witnesses in the case of

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with a new introduction. The original introduction appeared at

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to boys or sexual activity outside marriage (including rape)).

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ideas to be heard by those who do not already agree with her."

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Phyllis Chesler, "The Sisterhood's most Important Struggle",

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Seebohm, Caroline (October 21, 1979). "NONFICTION IN BRIEF".

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Islamic Gender Apartheid: Exposing a Veiled War Against Women

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and feminists, have abandoned Western values in the name of

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about this, which helped to raise funds for this mission.

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Phyllis Chesler's Profile on Psychology's Feminist Voices

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has the immense merit of 'troubling the world's sleep.'"

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is now considered a classic work. The poet and essayist

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In a separate article, Hassan praised Chesler's memoir

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and the author of 18 books, including the best-sellers

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The Dialectic of Sex: The Case for Feminist Revolution

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Chesler has written several works on subjects such as

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Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia

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