LEADER 03986nam 22005053 450 001 9910733196303321 005 20240316060235.0 010 $a1-76046-550-X 035 $a(CKB)5860000000311319 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC30516618 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL30516618 035 $a(EXLCZ)995860000000311319 100 $a20240316d2023 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aLaw and the Quest for Gender Equality 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aCanberra :$cANU Press,$d2023. 210 4$dİ2023. 215 $a1 online resource (424 pages) 225 1 $aGlobal Thinkers Series 311 $a1-76046-549-6 327 $aPt. I: Women as Nonpersons -- 1. Edith Haynes challenges the legal profession. -- pt. II: The limits of law -- 2. Feminist jurisprudence: illusion or reality? -- 3. The contradictions of law reform. -- pt. III: Legislating for equality -- 4. Feminism and the changing state. -- 5. Sexual harassment losing sight of sex discrimination. -- pt. IV: Engendering legal practice -- 6. Hypercompetitiveness or a balanced life? -- 7. The flexible cyborg. -- 8. Who cares? The conundrum for gender equality. -- pt. V: Gender and judging -- 9. Sex discrimination, courts and corporate power. -- 10. The High Court and judicial activism. -- 11. 'Otherness' on the bench. -- pt. VI: Diversifying legal education -- 12. Wondering what to do about legal education. -- 13. Why the gender and colour of law remain the same. -- pt. VII: The corporatised academy -- 14. Universities upside-down. -- 15. The mirage of merit. 330 1 $a"For centuries, law was used to subordinate women and exclude them from the public sphere, so it cannot be expected to become a source of equality instantaneously or without resistance from benchmark men--that is, those who are white, heterosexual, able-bodied and middle class. Equality, furthermore, was attainable only in the public sphere, whereas the private sphere was marked as a site of inequality; a wife, children and servants could never be the equals of the master. Despite their ambivalence about the role of law and its contradictions, women and Others felt that they had no alternative but to look to it as a means of liberation. This skewed patriarchal heritage, the subtext of this collection of essays, has continued to impede the quest for equality by women and Others. It informs not only gender relations in the private sphere, as illustrated by domestic violence and sexual assault, but also the status of women in the public sphere. Despite the fact that women have entered the paid workforce--including the professions--in large numbers, they are still expected to assume responsibility for the preponderance of society's caring. The essays show how maternal and caring roles, which are still largely viewed as belonging to an unregulated private sphere, continue to be invoked to detract from the authority of the feminine in the public sphere. The promise of antidiscrimination legislation in overcoming the heritage of the past is also shown to be somewhat hollow." -- Back cover. 410 0$aGlobal Thinkers Series 606 $aGender identity$xLaw and legislation$zAustralia 606 $aWomen$xSocial conditions$xLaw and legislation$zAustralia 606 $aSex discrimination against women$xLaw and legislation$zAustralia 606 $aSex and law$zAustralia 615 0$aGender identity$xLaw and legislation 615 0$aWomen$xSocial conditions$xLaw and legislation 615 0$aSex discrimination against women$xLaw and legislation 615 0$aSex and law 700 $aThornton$b Margaret$0727627 712 02$aAustralian National University Press, 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910733196303321 996 $aLaw and the Quest for Gender Equality$94141926 997 $aUNINA