Speaking of sex : the denial of gender inequality

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Label

Speaking of sex : the denial of gender inequality

Title remainder

the denial of gender inequality

Creator

• Rhode, Deborah L

Subject

• Sex discrimination against women -- United States

Language

eng

Summary

Speaking of Sex examines patterns of gender inequality across a wide array of social, legal, and public policy settings. Challenging conventional biological explanations for gender differences, Rhode explores the media images and childrearing practices that reinforce traditional gender stereotypes. On policies involving employment, divorce, custody, rape, pornography, domestic violence, sexual harassment, and reproductive choice, Speaking of Sex reveals how we continually overlook the gap between legal rights and daily experience. All too often, even Americans who condemn gender inequality in principle cannot see it in practice - in their own lives, homes, and work environments. In tracing these patterns, Rhode uncovers the deeply ingrained assumptions that obscure and perpetuate women's disadvantages.--

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Provided by Publisher

Cataloging source

FIE

Dewey number

305.420973

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography