In diverse bijdragen aandacht voor de culturele context in relatie tot betekenissen van gender. Bevat: Gender inequality and cultural differences / door Susan Moller Okin: Under western eyes: feminist scholarship and colonial discourses / door Chandra Mohanty: Recovering Igbo traditions: a case for indigenous women's organizations in development / door Nkiru Nzegwu: The good terrorist: domesticity and the political space for change / door Janice Newberry
Bijdragen over de verhouding tussen pornografie en de vrijheid van meningsuiting. De laatste bijdrage gaat over het spanningsveld tussen slachtoffers van racistische speeches en het Eerste Amendement over vrije meningsuiting. Bevat: Women and pornography / door Ronald Dworkin: Feminist anti-pornography struggles: not the church, but maybe the state / door Marvin Glass: Retrenchment versus transformation: the politics of the antipornography movement / door Ann Snitow: Do you mind if I speak freely? Reconceptualizing freedom of speech / door Lisa Heldke: Public response to racist speech: considering the victim's story / door Mari J. Matsuda