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Margaret Thornton

Law and the Quest for Gender Equality

Margaret Thornton

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English
Australian National University, Research School of Social Sciences
27 April 2023
Gender studies, gender groups; Gender & the law
Series: Global Thinkers
For centuries, law was used to subordinate women and exclude them from the public sphere, so it cannot be expected to become a source of equality instantaneously or without resistance from benchmark men-that is, those who are white, heterosexual, able-bodied and middle class. Equality, furthermore, was attainable only in the public sphere, whereas the private sphere was marked as a site of inequality; a wife, children and servants could never be the equals of the master. Despite their ambivalence about the role of law and its contradictions, women and Others felt that they had no alternative but to look to it as a means of liberation.

This skewed patriarchal heritage, the subtext of this collection of essays, has continued to impede the quest for equality by women and Others. It informs not only gender relations in the private sphere, as illustrated by domestic violence and sexual assault, but also the status of women in the public sphere. Despite the fact that women have entered the paid workforce-including the professions-in large numbers, they are still expected to assume responsibility for the preponderance of society's caring. The essays show how maternal and caring roles, which are still largely viewed as belonging to an unregulated private sphere, continue to be invoked to detract from the authority of the feminine in the public sphere. The promise of antidiscrimination legislation in overcoming the heritage of the past is also shown to be somewhat hollow.
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Imprint:   Australian National University, Research School of Social Sciences
Dimensions:   Height: 234mm,  Width: 153mm,  Spine: 29mm
Weight:   581g
ISBN:   9781760465490
ISBN 10:   1760465496
Series:   Global Thinkers
Pages:   424
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

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