LEADER 04566nam 22007215 450 001 996588066703316 005 20230421033457.0 010 $a0-8147-5271-3 010 $a0-585-02210-0 024 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(EXLCZ)99111000211310092 100 $a20200623h19981998 fg 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 210 1$aNew York, NY :$cNew York University Press,$d[1998] 210 4$dİ1998 215 $a1 online resource (314 p.) 225 0 $aCritical America ;$v78 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $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 Series 606 $aFeminist theory$zUnited States 606 $aFeminist jurisprudence$zUnited States 606 $aSex discrimination in justice administration$xLaw and legislation$zUnited States 606 $aSex and law$zUnited States 606 $aSex role$zUnited States 606 $aWomen$xLegal status, laws, etc$zUnited States 606 $aMen$xLegal status, laws, etc$zUnited States 615 0$aFeminist theory 615 0$aFeminist jurisprudence 615 0$aSex discrimination in justice administration$xLaw and legislation 615 0$aSex and law 615 0$aSex role 615 0$aWomen$xLegal status, laws, etc. 615 0$aMen$xLegal status, laws, etc. 676 $a305.3 700 $aLevit$b Nancy$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$01039360 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996588066703316 996 $aThe Gender Line$92461537 997 $aUNISA