A Passion for Friends: Toward a Philosophy of Female Affection - Tapa blanda

This feminist classic explores the many manifestations of friendship between women and examines the ways women have created their own communities and destinies through friendship.

JANICE G. RAYMOND, professor emerita of women s studies and medical ethics at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, has been a leader in the campaign to have prostitution recognized as violence against women. From 1994 to 2007, Raymond served as the co-executive director of the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women (CATW), a nongovernmental organization in consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council. She is the author of four books, including "A Passion for Friends: A Philosophy of Female Affection" (Beacon, 1986) and "Women as Wombs: Reproductive Technologies and the Battle over Women s Bodies" (HarperSanFrancisco, 1994). She has published many articles, some of which have appeared in the "Guardian" and the "Christian Science Monitor". She lives in western Massachusetts.