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The Morality of Feminism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 March 2020

Selma L. Sevenhuijsen
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Inaugural lecture as Professor of Women's Studies in the Social Science Faculty at the University of Utrecht.

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Hypatia , Volume 6 , Issue 2 , Summer 1991 , pp. 173 - 191
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Copyright © 1991 by Hypatia, Inc.

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