[1] She also critiqued the language used in gynecology textbooks of that period which taught that a woman's sexual pleasure was secondary to that of her husband and she should yield to his sex drive.
Her studies based on conversations with many women, including her own students, led her to note her findings that fighting back was a much better strategy in deflecting assault.
[1][7] Building on these studies, in 1983, she testified in the anti-pornography hearings in Minneapolis that were organized by American feminist and legal activist Catharine A. MacKinnon.
Along with other speakers, including Linda Boreman and other rape survivors, Bart testified on pornography's role in the incidence of coercive sex.
[1] Bart also studied depression amongst 1950s housewives after their divorces when they had become empty nesters and had found themselves without required skills to enter the job market.
[8] She also taught in the women's studies and sociology departments for over 20 years but was let go by the College of Arts and Sciences when a student alleged that she had discriminated against him and said he "fit the profile of a male black rapist".
[1] Bart was the chairwoman for the Jewish Women for Affirmative Action organization and also was a member of the Subcommittee on Research and Needs for the Mayor's Commission on Childcare in Chicago.