Women, Sex, and the Law

by Rosemarie Tong

Book Overview

Feminist scholars have long been concerned with how women and sexuality are perceived and treated by the American legal system. Feminists have put forth a variety of arguments seeking the causes and solutions to the class-based and sex-biased characteristics of the legal system that contribute to the victimization of women in contemporary society. No consensus within the women's movement has been achieved on a number of legal issues, such as pornography...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 084767231X
• ISBN13: 9780847672318
• Release Date: December 1989
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Should be read by the general public.

I guess this book is mainly read by people who are assigned it for a college class--that's when I first read it, back in 1991. Still, it's a good, interesting book on a serious topic, and deserves to be read by the general public. It covers topics like rape, sexual harassment, hate crimes directed at lesbians, domestic violence, and pornography. It's sometimes shocking, makes a lot of good points, and will be of interest to those who've read books by Susan Faludi, Gloria Steinem, Naomi Wolf, and the like.