Research Catalog

Title

The gender line : men, women, and the law / Nancy Levit.

Author

Levit, Nancy.

Publication

New York : New York University Press, [1998], ©1998.

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Description

ix, 301 pages; 24 cm.

Summary

With its focus particularly on men, The Gender Line offers an insightful overview of the construction of gender and the damaging effects of its stereotypes. Levit analyzes the ways in which law legitimizes the social segregation of the sexes through legal decisions regarding custody, employment, education, sexual harassment, and criminal law. In so doing, she illustrates the ways in which men's and women's oppressions are intertwined and how law molds the very definition of masculinity.

Series Statement

Critical America

Uniform Title

Critical America.

Subject

• Men > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States
• Women > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States
• Sex role > United States
• Sex and law > United States
• Sex discrimination in justice administration > Law and legislation > United States
• Feminist jurisprudence > United States
• Feminist theory > United States

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Introduction -- 2. Gender Separatism -- 3. How Courts Enforce Gender Separatism -- 4. Making Men: The Socio-Legal Construct of Masculinity -- 5. The "F" Word: Feminism and Its Detractors -- 6. Feminist Legal Theory and the Treatment of Men -- 7. Reconstructing Images of Gender in Theory -- 8. Remaking Gender in Practice: Looking Forward.

ISBN

0814751210 (alk. paper)

LCCN

97045398

OCLC

• 38067541
• ocm38067541

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries