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The Gender Line : Men, Women, and the Law.

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Despite tremendous advances in civil rights, we live in a world where the sexes remain sharply segregated from birth to death: in names, clothing, social groupings, and possessions; in occupations, civic association, and domestic roles. Gender separatism, so pervasive as to be almost invisible, perm...

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Main Author: Levit, Nancy
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : NYU Press, 1998.
Series:Critical America.
Subjects:
Feminist theory > United States.
Feminist jurisprudence > United States.
Sex discrimination in justice administration > Law and legislation > United States.
Sex and law > United States.
Sex role > United States.
Women > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States.
Men > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States.
Social Science.
Fiction.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Gender Studies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 Gender Separatism; 3 How Courts Enforce Gender Separatism; 4 Making Men: The Socio-Legal Construct of Masculinity; 5 The "F" Word: Feminism and Its Detractors; 6 Feminist Legal Theory and the Treatment of Men; 7 Reconstructing Images of Gender in Theory; 8 Remaking Gender in Practice: Looking Forward; Notes; Index; About the Author.