ISBN:
9780814752715
,
0814752713
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (ix, 301 pages)
Series Statement:
Critical America series
Parallel Title:
Print version Levit, Nancy Gender line
DDC:
305.3
Keywords:
Sex role
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Women Legal status, laws, etc
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Men Legal status, laws, etc
;
Sex and law
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Sex discrimination in justice administration Law and legislation
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Feminist jurisprudence
;
Feminist theory
;
Sex role
;
Women
;
Men
;
Sex and law
;
Sex discrimination in justice administration
;
Feminist jurisprudence
;
Feminist theory
;
Feminist jurisprudence
;
Feminist theory
;
Men ; Legal status, laws, etc
;
Sex and law
;
Sex role
;
Women ; Legal status, laws, etc
;
United States
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Gender Studies
Abstract:
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 and argues the need for careful cultivation of new relations between the sexes
Abstract:
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 and argues the need for careful cultivation of new relations between the sexes
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-293) and index
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