Law and the Quest for Gender Equality

by Margaret Thornton

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1760465496
• ISBN13: 9781760465490
• Release Date: April 2023
• Publisher: Australian National University, Research Scho
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.2"