Women, Feminism, and Femininity in the 21st Century: American and French Perspectives

1. Introduction
Béatrice Mousli, Eve-Alice Roustang-Stoller

Part I. The Battle of the Sexes: From the Bedroom to the Workplace, New Perspectives on Old Issues

2. France in 2009: A Glimpse into Women’s Lives
Béatrice Mousli

3. Liberté, Egalité … Infidelité? Musings on French and American Sexual Behavior
Alexandra Migoya

4. Women in Management and the Glass Ceiling: The French Situation
Jacqueline Laufer

5. The Stalled Revolution: Gender and Time Allocation in the United States
Lynne M. Casper, Suzanne M. Bianchi

6. Career Prioritizing in Dual-Earner Couples
Joy E. Pixley

7. Sexual Harassment: Crime, Discrimination, or Just Bad Business?
Christine A. Littleton

Part II. Parity: A French Interpretation of Affirmative Action?

8. Parity versus History
Christine Fauré

9. Parity and the Sexual Order
Réjane Sénac-Slawinski

10. Feminist Perspectives on Parité in the United States: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Amy G. Mazur

Part III. Feminism and Postmodernism: Looking Toward the Future

11. Creative Feminine Nonfiction in the United States: A Model for French Feminists?
Eve-Alice Roustang-Stoller

12. Rethinking Parenthood to Achieve Reproductive Equality
Marcela Iacub

13. Political and Theoretical Introduction to Post-Sexuality
Patrice Maniglier

14. Third-Wave Feminism, Sexualities, and the Adventures of the Posts
Rhonda Hammer, Douglas Kellner

15. Conclusion
Béatrice Mousli, Eve-Alice Roustang-Stoller

Keywords: Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Gender Studies, Feminism, Regional and Cultural Studies