Patriarchy: Notes of an Expert Witness

by Phyllis Chesler

"There is both honor and grace in these strong and beautiful essays. This isn't feminism for cowards. Chesler stands up for real women in trouble, in pain, hurt by patriarchy's cruel domination".--Andrea Dworkin [women][political][history]

Introduction: Heroism Is Our Only Alternative --
Women of the Asylum: First-Person Accounts of Women Hospitalized in American Psychiatric Institutions, 1840-1945 --
Mothers on Trial: Custody and the Baby M Case --
Men's Auxiliary: Protecting the Rule of the Fathers --
Wolf in Feminist Clothing --
Feminism and Illness --
Marcia Rimland's Deadly Dilemma --
Woman's Right to Self-Defense: The Case of Aileen Carol Wuornos --
Sister, Fear Has No Place Here

Genres: Feminism

180 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1994

About the author

Phyllis Chesler is an Emerita Professor of Psychology and Women's Studies at City University of New York. She is a best- selling author, a legendary feminist leader, a psychotherapist and an expert courtroom witness. Dr. Chesler has published thousands of articles and, most recently, studies, about honor-related violence including honor killings. She is the author of 20 books, including Women and Madness and An American Bride in Kabul. Her forthcoming book is titled Requiem for a Female Serial Killer, about serial killer Aileen Wuornos.