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Gender Line

Nancy Levit

1998301 pagesabout 5–7 hours
1998
first published
  • 1998New York University Press · 301 pages · ENGISBN 9780814751213
  • 2012New York University Press · 312 pages · ENGISBN 9780814752715
  • 2000New York University Press · 320 pages · ENGISBN 9780814751220
  • No further detail recordedISBN 9789997005236

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.

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