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^ Speaking of Sex: The Denial of Gender Inequality ✓ PDF Download by * Deborah L. Rhode eBook or Kindle ePUB Online free. Speaking of Sex: The Denial of Gender Inequality Eminently sensible, worth four and a half stars pnotley@hotmail.com Reading this sensible and intelligent book, and remembering how much I enjoyed Rhode's later book on the reform of the legal profession, I wondered why it is that such an eminently reasonable and articulate woman, who has provided such a thorough and well documented. "Informative, yet still lacking." according to Eric. "Rhode breaks little new ground," wrote one critic (Katha Pollitt, for the Atlantic Monthly) about Deborah L. R

Speaking of Sex: The Denial of Gender Inequality

Title : Speaking of Sex: The Denial of Gender Inequality
Author :
Rating : 4.41 (757 Votes)
Asin : 0674831772
Format Type : paperback
Number of Pages : 352 Pages
Publish Date : 2014-11-15
Language : English

Eminently sensible, worth four and a half stars pnotley@hotmail.com Reading this sensible and intelligent book, and remembering how much I enjoyed Rhode's later book on the reform of the legal profession, I wondered why it is that such an eminently reasonable and articulate woman, who has provided such a thorough and well documented. "Informative, yet still lacking." according to Eric. "Rhode breaks little new ground," wrote one critic (Katha Pollitt, for the Atlantic Monthly) about Deborah L. Rhode's 1997 book Speaking of Sex: The Denial of Gender Inequality. While she has admirable intentions, her writing has several shortcomings which destroy t

Challenging conventional biological explanations for gender differences, Rhode 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, Speaking of Sex reveals how we continually overlook the gap between legal rights and daily experience. Although in the past quarter-century the United States has made major progress in addressing gender discrimination, women still face substantial obstacles in their private, public, and professional l

From Library Journal In spite of progress that has been made over the last few decades regarding gender discrimination, Rhode (law, Stanford) makes a strong case that it is not nearly enough. Gender bias is further perpetuated through the institutionalization of attitudes about such issues as education, athletics, the media, sexual harassment, domestic violence, pornography, work opportunities, and family values. This readable yet scholarly treatment is essential for all women's studies collections.?Kathleen L. This is true for women in virtually

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