Publication

1997 - Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass, Massachusetts

Language

English

Word Count

85,250 words, Guess

Page Count

341 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • LibraryThing300130
  • Goodreads2994028

Classifications

  • DDC305.42/0973
  • LCCHQ1237.5.U6 R48 1997

Description

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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