GenderCarol C. Gould Here is a comprehensive collection of the most important essays on gender in the last two decades. It presents lively, controversial and critical discussions concerning such themes as the social constitution of gender; the nature of sexual oppression; the relation of gender to family, class, race and culture; and feminist perspectives on science and philosophy. It also includes leading essays on questions of ethics and difference in the law, such as privacy, pornography and reproductive rights. It is an indispensable text for courses in feminist philosophy and theories of gender, as well as an important resource for scholars in philosophy and the social sciences. |
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Page 342
... husband and children , she should not under- take anything else . But clearly , however equal the legal rights of husbands and wives , this position largely undermines Mill's own insistence upon the importance of marital equality for a ...
... husband and children , she should not under- take anything else . But clearly , however equal the legal rights of husbands and wives , this position largely undermines Mill's own insistence upon the importance of marital equality for a ...
Page 401
... husband , how she delighted in her pet bird , how her husband strangled the bird , and how she responded with anger , desperation , and finally murder . They blame themselves for never visiting her and thus contributing to her isolation ...
... husband , how she delighted in her pet bird , how her husband strangled the bird , and how she responded with anger , desperation , and finally murder . They blame themselves for never visiting her and thus contributing to her isolation ...
Page 457
... husband's consent if she is married . The position of the man seeking CM is the opposite ; he chooses a birth mother and his wife does not have to consent to the procedure ( although the mother's husband does ) . The contract entered ...
... husband's consent if she is married . The position of the man seeking CM is the opposite ; he chooses a birth mother and his wife does not have to consent to the procedure ( although the mother's husband does ) . The contract entered ...
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