Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-311) and index.
Contents:
Introduction: Legal patriarchy and its aftermath -- Part I: How the law fails women : misogyny beyond misogynists -- The equal protection of feminists and misogynists -- Overentitlement and overempowerment -- Misogyny and maternity : abortion bans as overentitlement -- Part II: What to do about it : remaking constitutions and democracy -- From patriarchy to prohibition : resetting entitlements through constitutional change -- Rebalancing power through parity democracy -- Building feminist infrastructures : the constitutionalism of care -- Conclusion: Toward a feminist remaking of constitutional democracy.
Summary:
"Decades after liberal constitutional democracies ended the laws of patriarchy and committed to gender equality, misogyny still pervades women's lives. Often expressed as hatred and discrimination against women, misogyny is the legal aftermath of patriarchy, which goes beyond attacking and belittling women. After Misogyny reframes misogyny as society's overentitlement to women's forbearance and sacrifices, which continues to be expressed in the law even after patriarchy has been repudiated. Women's contributions, both inside and outside the home, are radically undercompensated and highly beneficial to society-especially the reproductive work of childbearing and childrearing. From antidiscrimination law to abortion bans, the law fails women by keeping the dynamics of social overentitlement and male overempowerment invisible. In recent years, many constitutional democracies have used new processes of constitution-making and constitutional change to reset entitlements and power. After Misogyny shows how movements to reset these baseline entitlements are necessary for constitutional democracies to overcome misogyny"-- Provided by publisher.
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