LEADER 04702nam 2200793Ia 450 001 9910213829703321 005 20250322110036.0 010 $a9780814752715 010 $a0814752713 010 $a9780585022109 010 $a0585022100 024 7 $a10.18574/9780814752715 035 $a(CKB)111000211310092 035 $a(EBL)865654 035 $a(OCoLC)782877997 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000161133 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11154986 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000161133 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10198182 035 $a(PQKB)11145843 035 $a(OCoLC)42854202 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse10652 035 $a(DE-B1597)546952 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780814752715 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC865654 035 $a(ODN)ODN0002923420 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111000211310092 100 $a19971203d1998 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe gender line $emen, women, and the law /$fNancy Levit 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew York $cNew York University Press$dc1998 210 1$aNew York, NY : $cNew York University Press, $d[1998] 210 4$dİ1998 215 $a1 online resource (314 p.) 225 1 $aCritical America 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a0-8147-5121-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 249-293) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$t1. Introduction --$t2. Gender Separatism --$t3. How Courts Enforce Gender Separatism --$t4. Making Men --$t5. The "F" Word --$t6. Feminist Legal Theory and the Treatment of Men --$t7. Reconstructing Images of Gender in Theory --$t8. Remaking Gender in Practice --$tNotes --$tIndex --$tAbout the Author 330 $aDespite tremendous advances in civil rights, we live in a world where the sexes remain sharply segregated from birth to death: in names, clothing, social groupings, and possessions; in occupations, civic association, and domestic roles. Gender separatism, so pervasive as to be almost invisible, permeates the fabric of our daily social routines. Preferring a notion of gender that is fluid and contextual, and denying that separatism is inevitable, Nancy Levit dismantles the myths of gender essentialism Drawing on a wealth of interdisciplinary data regarding the biological and cultural origins of sex differences, Levit provides a fresh perspective on gendered behaviors and argues the need for careful cultivation of new relations between the sexes. With its focus particularly on men, The Gender Line offers an insightful overview of the construction of gender and the damaging effects of its stereotypes. Levit analyzes the ways in which law legitimizes the social segregation of the sexes through legal decisions regarding custody, employment, education, sexual harassment, and criminal law. In so doing, she illustrates the ways in which men's and women's oppressions are intertwined and how law molds the very definition of masculinity. Applying feminist methodology to the doctrine of feminism itself, Levit artfully demonstrates that gender separatism infects even our contemporary views of feminism. Levit asks questions that have been too long been unspoken--those that lie at the core of the feminist project, yet threaten its very foundations. Revealing masculinity as both a privileged and a victimized condition, she calls for a step forward, past the bounds of contemporary feminism and its conflicts, toward a more egalitarian and inclusive feminism. This brand of feminism would reshape traditional masculinity, invite men into feminist dialogue, and claim men as political allies. 410 0$aCritical America. 606 $aMen$xLegal status, laws, etc$zUnited States 606 $aWomen$xLegal status, laws, etc$zUnited States 606 $aSex role$zUnited States 606 $aSex and law$zUnited States 606 $aSex discrimination in justice administration$xLaw and legislation$zUnited States 606 $aFeminist jurisprudence$zUnited States 606 $aFeminist theory$zUnited States 615 0$aMen$xLegal status, laws, etc. 615 0$aWomen$xLegal status, laws, etc. 615 0$aSex role 615 0$aSex and law 615 0$aSex discrimination in justice administration$xLaw and legislation 615 0$aFeminist jurisprudence 615 0$aFeminist theory 676 $a305.3 700 $aLevit$b Nancy$01039360 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910213829703321 996 $aThe Gender Line$92461537 997 $aUNINA