老いの扉をひらいたフェミニズム : 1990年代のアメリカのフェミニズムをとおして

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On the edge of the 20th century, American feminists have started to talk and publish about menopause and aging, and have begun to review each with a feminist perspective. Feminist activists like Betty Friedan, Colette Dowling, Erica Jong, etc., were concerned with menopause and aging. As a result, they published books about these issues based on interviews with many women and their experiences in the 1990s. A common point among such feminist writers was that they considered the age of fifty as a turning point in life, with life after fifty viewed as a new stage of life. Considering that the average life span of females in the United States is over eighty, not only feminists but also all women are concerned about aging. While feminists criticized the negative images and stereotypes for the aged widely held by society, they also urged all women to pursue self-realization in order that they may freely live their own lives. The subject of aging gave feminists the opportunity to search the self at the second stage of life. Based on feminist publications in the 1990s, I analyzed the reasons why American feminists started to publish about menopause and aging. Or more, I compared the old stereotypes about aging and the new perspectives which feminists sought.
英米文化学会の論文
1997-03-31