女性学

痛いのは疲れる、そして孤独だ――痛みは人を孤絶させる壁。が、そこに岩清水のように滴る言葉があった。――鷲田清一（哲学者）ユーモラスで、しみじみせつない、はじめてみる光。

近年、次々と発覚する性加害事件。それらは、特別な人間による例外的な出来事なのだろうか。ジェンダー=男女の不均衡がいまだ根深い日本社会では、事件が起きると、女性の振る舞いを問題視する声さえある。

戦後日本を女性たちはどのように生きたのか．黒柳徹子，土井たか子，田辺聖子，吉永小百合など，男性優位の社会に多くの女性たちの声を媒介し，支配的な価値観に風穴をあけてきた一二人の女性たち．

医科大学での女性受験生一律減点問題など、現代においても「女性である」ことによる差別はなくならない。それどころか、日本はジェンダーギャップ指数で世界の下位にいる。なぜ、女性を不当に差別する社会は生まれてしまったのか。

身体性に結び付けられた「女らしさ」ゆえにケアを担わされてきた女性たちは、自身の経験を語る言葉を奪われ、言葉を発したとしても傾聴に値しないお喋りとして扱われてきた。

オトコの願望　オンナの本音――「真面目型」と「浮気型」で繁殖戦略はここまで違う！ギャンブルにのめり込む男がモテるのはなぜ？

ハーバード大学医学部准教授による現代社会への処方箋　恐れず変化の種をまくために。

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