Women’s Lives, Men’s Laws

Women’s Lives, Men’s Laws
ISBN-10
0674024060
ISBN-13
9780674024069
Category
Law
Pages
558
Language
English
Published
2007-04-30
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Author
Catharine A. MacKinnon

Description

In an incisive compilation of essays, the author of Feminism Unmodified explores some of the momentous and ongoing changes that reframe the law of men in terms of their foundation in the lives of women, covering such topics as sexual harassment, rape, domestic violence, sexual discrimination, and pornography.

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