After misogyny : how the law fails women and what to do about it / Julie C. Suk.

Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2023]

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"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.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-311) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 21, 2023).

Print version: Suk, Julie Chi-hye, 1975- After misogyny. Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2023]

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