93,772 profiles ranked live

Phyllis Chesler

✓ Source-basedstable

Psychotherapist, college professor, and author

United StatesAcademicsBorn 1940 · age 85
CompareClaim
Fame51.1
Momentum4.1
Languages13
In century#34,544

Phyllis Chesler is an American writer, psychotherapist, and professor emerita of psychology and women's studies at the College of Staten Island (CUNY).

Also inDeutsch

In their own words 10

Phyllis Chesler
said · Sep 9, 2010
Own words

I am not talking about illegal immigrants to Europe or North America. I am describing Muslims who are penetrating India’s West Bengal region.

Phyllis Chesler, Muslim Persecution of Hindus In India -- The Story You Won't See In the Western Mainstream Media, September 9, 2010

Wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0

Phyllis Chesler
said · 2010
Own words

Although Sikhs and Hindus do sometimes commit such murders, honor killings, both worldwide and in the West, are mainly Muslim-on-Muslim crimes.

Worldwide Trends in Honor Killings by Phyllis Chesler Middle East Quarterly Spring 2010, pp. 3-11

Wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0

Phyllis Chesler
said · 2005
Own words

It is clear that women who are feminists must gradually and ultimately dominate public and social institutions - so as to ensure that they are not used against women.

Women and Madness (2005), p. 347 (emphases & latter ellipsis in original), and see Women and Madness (1972), pp. 298-299 (similar text).

Wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0

Academics from United States 6

About this person

Phyllis Chesler is an American writer, psychotherapist, and professor emerita of psychology and women's studies at the College of Staten Island (CUNY). She is a renowned second-wave feminist psychologist and the author of 20 books, including the best-sellers Women and Madness (1972), With Child: A Diary of Motherhood (1979), and An American Bride in Kabul: A Memoir (2013). Chesler has written extensively about topics such as gender, mental illness, divorce and child custody, surrogacy, second-wave feminism, pornography, prostitution, incest, and violence against women.

Country
United States
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
living
Dates
Born 1940 · age 85
Written about in
13 languages

Fame.am measures public visibility signals. It does not measure human value, talent, morality, or credibility.