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Gender Stereotyping: Transnational Legal Perspectives

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Description for Gender Stereotyping: Transnational Legal Perspectives Paperback. Drawing on domestic and international law, as well as on judgments given by courts and human rights treaty bodies, Gender Stereotyping offers perspectives on how wrongful gender stereotypes can be effectively eliminated through the transnational legal process in order to ensure women's equality and exercise of their human rights. Series: Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: JPVH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 430.

Drawing on domestic and international law, as well as on judgments given by courts and human rights treaty bodies, Gender Stereotyping offers perspectives on ways gender stereotypes might be eliminated through the transnational legal process in order to ensure women's equality and the full exercise of their human rights.

A leading international framework for debates on the subject of stereotypes, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, was adopted in 1979 by the UN General Assembly and defines what constitutes discrimination against women. It also establishes an agenda to eliminate discrimination in all its forms ... Read more

According to Rebecca J. Cook and Simone Cusack, in order to abolish all forms of discrimination against women, priority needs to be given to the elimination of gender stereotypes. While stereotypes affect both men and women, they can have particularly egregious effects on women, often devaluing them and assigning them to subservient roles in society. As the legal perspectives offered in Gender Stereotyping demonstrate, treating women according to restrictive generalizations instead of their individual needs, abilities, and circumstances denies women their human rights and fundamental freedoms.

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Product Details

Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Series
Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Pennsylvania, United States
ISBN
9780812221626
SKU
V9780812221626
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-32

About Rebecca J. Cook
Rebecca J. Cook is Professor of Law and Faculty Chair in International Human Rights, Faculty of Law, at the University of Toronto. She is the author, coauthor, or coeditor of many books, including Human Rights of Women: National and International Perspectives, also published by the University of Pennsylvania Press. Simone Cusack is a public interest lawyer at the Public Interest ... Read more

Reviews for Gender Stereotyping: Transnational Legal Perspectives
"While both lawyers and psychologists have been aware of the role of stereotypes in discrimination, there is little literature addressing the legal status of stereotypes as gender discrimination. Gender Stereotyping makes a substantial contribution to the field by bringing the insights of psychology to bear on the legal approaches in a sophisticated way."—Susan Williams, Walter W. Foskett Professor of Law, ... Read more

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