Selection of over 140 readings in women's studies in fourteen sections: feminist social theory: psychological and psychoanalytic theory: cross-cultural and historical perspectives on women's lives: education and work: marriage and motherhood: sexuality: the law: crime and deviance: politics and the state: science, medicine and reproductive technology: language and gender: feminist literary criticism: representations of women in the media.
This issue situates the theme within the context of feminist engagement with rights discourse. It contains: Feminist Activism, Third Party Interventions and the Courts: Feminism and the Gender Recognition Act 2004: 'Gender is No Substitute for Sex': A Comparative Human Rights Analysis of the Legal Regulation of Sexual Identity: Harm, Consent and the Limits of Privacy.
Contains articles on: symbolic dimensions of pornography: the history of male sexuality in law: the question of context in feminist jurisprudence: the essential in criticism: international slave trade in women: racial difference and the white middle-class women's movement.