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The Gender Line: Men, Women, and the Law
Nancy Levit
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Description for The Gender Line: Men, Women, and the Law
Paperback. In this work, the author analyzes the ways in which law legitimizes the social segregation of the sexes through legal decisions and illustrates the ways in which men's and women's oppressions are intertwined and how law molds the very definition of masculinity. Series: Critical America Series. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; FV; JFSJ; LAB; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
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, permeates the fabric of our daily social routines. Preferring a notion of gender that is fluid and contextual, and denying that separatism is inevitable, Nancy Levit dismantles the myths of gender essentialism Drawing on a wealth of interdisciplinary data regarding the biological and cultural origins of sex differences, Levit provides a fresh perspective on gendered behaviors ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
New York University Press
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Series
Critical America Series
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780814751220
SKU
V9780814751220
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99-50
About Nancy Levit
Nancy Levit is Curators' and Edward D. Ellison Professor of Law at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law.
Reviews for The Gender Line: Men, Women, and the Law
Drawing on a variety of disciplines, Levit contends that both society generally and some feminists in particular have exaggerated the evidence of difference between males and females and have overlooked the far more prevalent similarities. . . . A readable, thoughtful, and controversial volume.
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The Gender Line marks feminism's coming of age. Levit tackles the issue of ... Read more
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The Gender Line marks feminism's coming of age. Levit tackles the issue of ... Read more