The Female Body and the Law provides an original and incisive reexamination of the dynamics of sexual equality. Eisenstein contends that sexual inequality is fostered both by the law and by the insistence that men and women are biologically different. Through a fascinating discussion of a series of issues including affirmative action, AIDS, Baby M, pornography, and abortion, Eisenstein shows how the law operates as a political language that establishes and curtails choices and actions. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1990.
| ISBN: | 9780520301320 |
| Publication date: | 20th April 2018 |
| Author: | Zillah R. Eisenstein |
| Publisher: | University of California Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 246 pages |
| Genres: |
Gender studies: women and girls Laws of specific jurisdictions and specific areas of law |