Revised editon of the authors' Women's rights in the USA, 2011. Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-397) and index.
Contents:
1. Introduction -- The policy-making process -- Policy communities -- Sex, gender, feminism, and women's rights -- Feminist debates -- Women's rights agendas -- Themes in policy making on women's rights issues -- 2. The U.S. Constitution -- The Fourteenth Amendment in the courts : 1868-1963 -- Equal rights amendment campaign to 1963 -- Bringing women into the Constitution -- Congress and the courts : 1970-1973 -- Equal protection and sex classification in the courts -- ERA debate, defeat and the aftermath -- State ERAs -- Feminist debates on constitutional equality -- 3. Political participation -- The vote -- Inalienable right to elective franchise -- Emancipation of women -- Woman's special role -- The (long-awaited) gender gap -- Elective office -- Other forms of political parties -- Appointments -- Commissions -- Indirect policies and political participation -- Jury service -- Election regulations -- 4. Reproduction -- Contraception -- Obscene materials -- Prevention of disease -- Family planning -- Personal choice -- Social policy -- Women's health movement -- Sterilization -- Abortion -- Criminalization of abortion -- Reform/repeal of abortion laws -- Roe v. Wade -- The battle over reproductive rights -- The pro-choice/pro-life debate -- An early pro-life victory : restricting public assistance -- Administrative hurdles : the burdens get heavier -- Getting rid of Roe -- Abortion clinic access and procedures -- Abortion procedures : RU486 and dilation and extraction -- Birth control, abortion, and religious liberty -- Emergency contraception -- Insurance coverage for contraception -- Reproductive rights for poor women in America -- 5. Education -- Why educate anyone? -- Why educate girls and women? : a framework of difference -- Elementary school -- Secondary school -- Higher education -- Not separate and not equal -- Title IX : a framework of equality -- Early Title IX conflicts -- Title IX and athletics -- Title IX enforcement : a continuing controversy -- Other gender equity policies in education -- Women's Educational Equity Act, 1974 -- Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act, 1984 -- Elementary and Secondary Education Act, 1994 -- Policies in the States -- Single-sex schools -- Women's studies -- 6. Family -- Marriage -- Three theories of gender roles in marriage -- Who can marry -- Marital name -- Domicile -- Interspousal immunity -- Marital support -- Marital services -- Marital property systems -- Status of women and feminist response -- Divorce -- Alimony -- Property -- Status of women and feminist response -- Parental rights and responsibilities in, and after, marriage-- Physical and legal custody -- Child support -- Status of women and feminist response -- Families without marriage -- Property rights -- Parental rights and responsibilities : heterosexual couples -- Parental rights and responsibilities : same-sex couples -- Status of women and feminist response. 7. Work and pay -- Protective legislation -- Muller v. Oregon -- Women's Bureau -- Equality for working women -- Equal Pay Act of 1963 : equal pay for equal work -- Title VII of the civil Rights Act of 1964 : Equal Employment Opportunity -- Executive Orders 11246 and 11375 : Affirmative Action -- Implementation of EEO laws -- Sex as a BFOQ [Bona Fide Occupation Qualification] -- Proving sex discrimination : disparate treatment and disparate impact -- Affirmative Action and equality -- Equal pay and nondiscrimination in compensation -- Overcoming the wage gap -- Improve enforcement of existing laws -- Move women into better-paying jobs -- Raise the pay for "women's jobs" -- 8. Pregnancy and childbirth -- Maternity protection -- Pregnancy as disability : the early years -- Pregnancy as disability : the Pregnancy Discrimination Act -- Maternity/parental leave -- Relief for the Sandwich Generation? : elder care -- Child care -- Child Development Act of 1971 -- Child care debates continue -- 9. Sexuality : regulation -- Prostitution -- Criminalization of prostitution -- Reform efforts and effects -- Prostitution as sex trafficking -- Pornography -- Pornography as obscenity --The feminist debate -- Online pornography -- Lesbian issues -- The Gay and Lesbian Movement -- Contemporary issues -- Lesbians and gays in the military -- Protection against discrimination -- Same-sex marriage -- Parental rights -- 10. Sexuality : intimidation -- Rape -- Common Law of Rape -- Rape Law reform -- Campus sexual assault -- Sexual harassment -- Sexual harassment and assault in the military -- Battered women -- Violence Against Women Act -- New definitions and intersections -- 11. Economic status -- Feminization of poverty -- Causes of women's poverty -- Helping the poor : dependent mothers -- Aid to families with dependent children -- Welfare reform politics -- Family Support Act -- TANF [Temporary Assistance for Needy Families] -- Helping wage workers : women's share -- Earned Income Tax Credit -- Unemployment insurance and job training -- Retirement, Social Security, and insurance.
Summary:
"Women's Rights in the USA is a rigorous examination of the intersection of gender roles and public policy and a survey of the feminist debates that complicate and frame U.S. law, statutes, and court decision. The third edition includes updated and expanded information pertaining to recent debates, legislation, and court decisions on affirmative action, equal protection, welfare reform, and sexuality, especially lesbian politics and violence against women."--Jacket.
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