Dorothy Dinnerstein
(1923-1992)
Feminist activist and author
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Dorothy Dinnerstein (April 4, 1923 – December 17, 1992) was an American academic and activist, best known for her 1976 book The Mermaid and the Minotaur. Drawing from elements of Sigmund Freud's psychoanalysis, particularly as developed by Melanie Klein, Dinnerstein argued that sexism and aggression were both inevitable consequences of child rearing being left exclusively to women. As a solution, Dinnerstein proposed that men and women equally share infant and child care responsibilities. Her theories were not widely accepted at the time they were published. Dorothy Dinnerstein was a feminist, expressing her position by stating that “it's easier for women than for men to see what's wrong with the world that men have run".
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4 April 1923 The Bronx, New York
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17 December 1992 (aged 69) Englewood, New Jersey, USA
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| Zodiac | Aries |
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