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In 1971 bartky also helped found the gender and womens studies program for the university of illinois chicago and the society for women in philosophy. From the late 1950s, she was active in the civil rights movement. Access to this document requires a subscription or membership. Though women are generally understood to have equal rights, oppression, she argues, does not have to involve physical deprivation, legal inequality, nor economic exploitation in order to have a systemic and devastating impact on ones freedom. Sandra lee bartky on psychological oppression the following excerpt is from bartkys on psychological oppression, originally published in 1979 in philosophy and women, edited by sharon bishop and marjorie weinzweig. Later, she joined her universitys chapter of new university conference, which by her own account led her away.
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