Janice Raymond
Janice G. Raymond (born January 24, 1943) is an American feminist activist. She is known for her work against violence, sexual exploitation and the "medical abuse" of women. She is retired professor of women's studies and medical ethics at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. She lectures around the world on many of these topics[1] through Coalition Against Trafficking in Women.[2] The book has been called hate speech against people.
In 1993 her most recent book, Women as Wombs: Reproductive Technologies and the Battle over Women’s Freedom was published.
Raymond has received grants from the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. National Institute of Justice, the Ford Foundation, the United States Information Agency, the National Science Foundation, the Norwegian Organization for Research and Development (NORAD), and UNESCO.
Personal life
Raymond graduated from Salve Regina College in 1965. She got her Masters in Religious Studies from Andover Newton Theological School in 1971. She graduated from Boston College in 1977.
Janice Raymond is a former member of the Sisters of Mercy.[3] She later left the convent.[4] She is now an open .[5][6]
References
- ↑ "Janice Raymond - Coalition Against Trafficking of Women". Catwinternational.org. Retrieved 2010-03-23.
- ↑ Raymond, Janice. (1994). 104
- ↑ A Passion for Friends - Google Books. Books.google.com. Retrieved 2010-03-23.
- ↑ Janice Raymond, 2001, A Passion For Friends, p. 79.
- ↑ Janice Raymond, 2001, A Passion For Friends, p. 14.
- ↑ Cheshire Calhoun, 1994, "Separating Theory from Feminist Theory," in Ethics, vol. 104, no. 3.
Other websites
- Where did we go wrong? Feminism and trans theory- two teams on the same side? by Stephen Whittle, 2000.
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