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The gender line [electronic resource] : men, women, and the law / Nancy Levit.

By: Levit, NancyMaterial type: Text

TextSeries: Critical AmericaPublication details: New York : New York University Press, c1998Description: 1 online resource (ix, 301 p.)ISBN: 0585022100 (electronic bk.); 9780585022109 (electronic bk.); 9781429486118 (electronic bk.); 1429486112 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): Men -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States | Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States | Sex role -- United States | Sex and law -- United States | Sex discrimination in justice administration -- Law and legislation -- United States | Feminist jurisprudence -- United States | Feminist theory -- United States | Electronic books | SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Gender Studies | Sekseverschillen | Rechtspleging | Electronic booksGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Gender line.DDC classification: 305.3 LOC classification: KF475 | .L48 1998ebOnline resources: EBSCOhost

Contents:

Gender separatism -- How courts enforce gender separatism -- Making men : the socio-legal construct of masculinity -- The "f" word : feminism and its detractors -- Feminist legal theory and the treatment of men -- Reconstructing images of gender in theory -- Remaking gender in practice : looking forward.

Review: "With its focus particularly on men, The Gender Line offers an insightful overview of the construction of gender and the damaging effects of its stereotypes. Levit analyzes the ways in which law legitimizes the social segregation of the sexes through legal decisions regarding custody, employment, education, sexual harassment, and criminal law. In so doing, she illustrates the ways in which men's and women's oppressions are intertwined and how law molds the very definition of masculinity."--BOOK JACKET.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-293) and index.

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"With its focus particularly on men, The Gender Line offers an insightful overview of the construction of gender and the damaging effects of its stereotypes. Levit analyzes the ways in which law legitimizes the social segregation of the sexes through legal decisions regarding custody, employment, education, sexual harassment, and criminal law. In so doing, she illustrates the ways in which men's and women's oppressions are intertwined and how law molds the very definition of masculinity."--BOOK JACKET.

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