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“Without males as allies in struggle feminist movement will not progress.  As it is we have to do so much work to correct the assumption deeply embedded in the cultural psyche that feminism is anti-male. Feminism is anti-sexism. A male who has divested of male privilege, who has embraced feminist politics, is a worthy comrade in struggle, in no way a threat to feminism, whereas a female who remains wedded to sexist thinking and behavior infiltrating feminist movement is a dangerous threat.  Significantly, the most powerful intervention made by consciousness-raising groups was the demand that all females confront their internalized sexism, their allegiance to patriarchal thinking and action, and their commitment to feminist conversion. That intervention is still needed. It remains the necessary step for anyone choosing feminist politics. The enemy within must be transformed before we can confront the enemy outside. The threat, the enemy, is sexist thought and behavior. As long as females take up the banner of feminist politics without addressing and transforming their own sexism, ultimately the movement will be undermined.” -bell hooks

Some more cool books that I found that I hope are good.  The War Against Women by Marilyn French, Listen Up:Voices from the next feminist generation, and the best looking one The Gendered Society by Michael S. Kimmel and here is a quote from it… “Gender also expresses the universal inequality between women and men.  When we speak about gender we also speak about hierarchy, power, and inequality, not simply difference.”  “Every course that isn’t in ‘women’s studies’ is de facto a course in ‘men’s studies’—except we usually call it history, political science, literature, chemistry.”  “So it is our experience, not our gender, that predicts how we’ll handle our retirement investments.”