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Intro -- Dedication -- Epigraph -- Introduction -- 1. This Is Not What Liberation Looks Like -- 2. Sex: An Act Unlike Any Other -- 3. Freaks and Geeks: The Trouble with "Normal" -- 4. Hot, Horny, and In Control: The Importance of Desire -- 5. Masculinity: Inside the Boys' Club -- 6. Femininity: The Madonna/Gaga Complex -- 7. Use It or Lose It: The Performance Premium -- 8. You Aren't What You Do: Why We've Got It Wrong -- Conclusion: Beyond the Sex Myth -- Acknowledgments -- Questions for Readers -- About the Author -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Copyright.

"Close to Home is the classic study of family, patriarchal ideologies, and the politics and strategy of women's liberation. On the table in this forceful and provocative debate are questions of whether men can be feminists, whether "bourgeois" and heterosexual women are retrogressive members of the women's movement, and how best to struggle against the multiple oppressions women endure. Rachel Hills's foreword to this new edition explores how Christine Delphy's analysis of marriage as the institution behind the exploitation of unpaid women's labor is as radical and relevant today as it ever was."--Publisher's website.