This classic "manifesta" of radical Italian feminism helped define the autonomist-inspired "wages for housework" movement, and identified the capitalist complicity of both the traditional nuclear family as well as the "liberation" of the woman as wage-earner. It is finally available in English translation.
Table of Contents
Preface by Enda Brophy ..........................................................................7 Introduction by Mariarosa Dalla Costa .................................................. 11 1. The Woman: Slave or Houseworkwer? ............................................. 33 2. Male Physical Violence against Women ........................................... 51 3. Rape and Incest .................................................................................. 69 4. The Role of the State and Male Physical Violence against Women ................................. 77 5. The Role of the State with Relation to Rape and Incest ................... 103 6. Women’s Struggles Against Violence .............................................. 107 About the Authors ................................................................................ 121