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Women's Rights

Women's Rights

Shouse, Aimee

Hardcover

Series: Documents Decoded

General Gender StudiesSocial MovementsWomen's Studies

ISBN10: 1610691997
ISBN13: 9781610691994
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
Published: Dec 12 2013
Pages: 216
Weight: 1.80
Height: 0.80 Width: 8.60 Depth: 11.00
Language: English

Taking a broad view of the ongoing efforts to attain rights for women, this work provides unique insight into the context of the issues and reveals the range of factors that can influence a particular policy decision.

What constitutes women's rights depends on whom you ask--or who is in political office at the time. Understandably, women's rights have changed across time as perceptions of women and their roles have changed. What remains consistent regardless of the historic era is that rights assumed by men often must be specifically granted to women. This book presents an overview of women's rights that also addresses specific policy decisions. Within each policy entry, the author explains the factors that can influence a particular policy decision, such as the current American political culture, prevailing views of women as mothers and caretakers, perceptions of female/male relationships, systemic governmental influences, and conflicting opinions over the role of government in decisions related specifically to women's lives. The book's conclusion examines current issues, encouraging students to consider whether or not these rights will continue to evolve along with U.S. society and women's roles in it.

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