What kind of a contract is marriage? - married women's property, the sexual double standard, and the Divorce Act of 1857; equal rights and spousal friendship - the Married Women's Property Act of 1870; the unity of moral law - prostitution, infanticide, and employment; an ambiguous victory: the Married Women's Property Act of 1882; Parliament's rejection of parental equality - the Infant Custody Act of 1886; a husband's right to his wife's body - wife abuse, the restitution of conjugal rights, and marital rape. Epilogue: the search for spousal equality - a legacy for feminists.
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ISBN
9781850431534
Publisert
1990-12-31
Utgiver
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC; I.B. Tauris
Høyde
216 mm
Bredde
138 mm
Aldersnivå
UU, UP, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
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Antall sider
220
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