the denial of gender inequality
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Rhode, Deborah L.
- Publish Year
- 1997
- Shelfmark
- VS 3 1997 - B
- Thesaurus
- seksualiteit, media, seksueel geweld, recht, huiselijk geweld, echtscheidingen, voogdij, pornografie
- Description
- This book explores the problem of sex-based inequality and the cultural forces that sustain it. On critical issues affecting women, most Americans deny either that gender inequality is a serious problem or that it is one that they have a personal or political responsibility to address. In tracing this 'no problem' problem, Speaking of Sex examines the most fundamental causes of women's disadvantages and the inadequacy of current public policy to combat them. Rhodes examines patterns of gender inequality across a wide array of social, legal, and public policy settings. She 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, she shows who condemn gender inequality in principle cannot see it in practice--in their own lives, homes, and work environments.