Speaking of sex
Subtitle: the denial of gender inequality
By: Deborah L. Rhode.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 341
Subjects: Sex discrimination against women -- United States; Sex role in the work environment -- United States; Work and family -- United States; Equal pay for equal work -- United States; Sex discrimination in education -- United States
Description: Speaking of Sex examines patterns of gender inequality across a wide array of social, legal, and public policy settings. Challenging conventional biological explanations for gender differences, Rhode explores the media images and childrearing practices that reinforce traditional gender stereotypes.

On policies involving employment, divorce, custody, rape, pornography, domestic violence, sexual harassment, and reproductive choice, Speaking of Sex reveals how we continually overlook the gap between legal rights and daily experience. All too often, even Americans who condemn gender inequality in principle cannot see it in practice - in their own lives, homes, and work environments.

In tracing these patterns, Rhode uncovers the deeply ingrained assumptions that obscure and perpetuate women's disadvantages.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-331) and index.