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contents preface ix introduction 1 Part One Personal Settings one gender roles among women 13 t wo becoming a lesbian 34 three the family silver 65 four the passing dow n of sorrow 82 Part Two Academic Settings fi ve hurts of the system 109 si x say ing no to a man 130 seven lesbian in academe 155 PartThree FeministTeaching eight a feminist cl ass 171 nine separ atism 196 ten desires for an ideal communit y of women 218 notes 239 ...

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