Fight Back: Feminist Resistance to Male Violence

by Frédérique Delacoste (Editor)

FIGHT BACK! FEMINIST RESISTANCE TO MALE VIOLENCE is a resource for all of us who struggle with violence in our lived. In it are stories of personal survival, articles on the shelter and rape crisis movements, strategies for defending women who kill their attackers, survival tactics, documentation of law-challenging actions women have taken against pornography, rape, bettering and sexual harassment across the country.

FIGHT BACK! includes a comprehensive directory of rape crisis centers, shelters for bettered women, support services for incest victims, legal resources, karate and self-defense schools and instructors, newsletters, political and resource organization. This book is a tool for active resistance to patriarchal violence.

Genres: Feminism, Feminist Theory

398 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1981

Reviews

[fausto · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is simply amazing! Is full of very important articles and analysis that stay current even today.
I think is probably the best introduction to women and lesbian resistance to male violence. The book is written mostly by lesbian or women-identifies women, so all the perspectives are very radical and moving.
It has seven section, each of one deals with a particular aspect of feminist resistance and analysis of male violence. The whole anthology is very weel organized, and is easy to follow and identified all the different subjects. In particular, I would say that has some very rich analysis of what male violence is, how women created mobilizations against battering, rape, sexual harassment and pornography, and responses (and hopes) from radical feminist, lesbian separatist, and socialist feminist perspectives.

[Max · Rating 5 out of 5]

soooooo good.. audre lord has a really compelling piece about mastectomy reconstruction in here that I’m so glad I read . loads of genuinely useful political strategizing info