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The Illusion of Equality: The Rhetoric and Reality of Divorce Reform
University of Chicago Press, 1991 Paper: 978-0-226-24957-5 | Cloth: 978-0-226-24956-8 Library of Congress Classification KF535.Z9F56 1991 Dewey Decimal Classification 346.730166
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
How do "no-fault," "gender-neutral" divorce reforms actually harm the lives of women and children they are designed to protect? Focusing on the language and symbols of reform, Martha Fineman argues that by advocating measures based on equality of treatment rather than of outcome, liberal feminists disregarded the socioeconomic factors that simultaneously place women at a disadvantage in the market and favor their taking on primary domestic responsibilities. She traces in persuasive detail the detrimental effects of equality rhetoric in shaping divorce law — such as the legal separation of parents' and children's interests; equality replacing need as the prime criterion for settlements; and the increase of state intervention into family life. More than a critique, this book is an incisive argument for adopting outcome-oriented measures and a valuable overview of the pitfalls of uncritically implementing any rhetoric as social policy. See other books on: Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice | Civil Procedure | Divorce | Equality | Family Law See other titles from University of Chicago Press |
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The Illusion of Equality: The Rhetoric and Reality of Divorce Reform
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University of Chicago Press, 1991
Paper: 978-0-226-24957-5
Cloth: 978-0-226-24956-8
Paper: 978-0-226-24957-5
Cloth: 978-0-226-24956-8
How do "no-fault," "gender-neutral" divorce reforms actually harm the lives of women and children they are designed to protect? Focusing on the language and symbols of reform, Martha Fineman argues that by advocating measures based on equality of treatment rather than of outcome, liberal feminists disregarded the socioeconomic factors that simultaneously place women at a disadvantage in the market and favor their taking on primary domestic responsibilities. She traces in persuasive detail the detrimental effects of equality rhetoric in shaping divorce law — such as the legal separation of parents' and children's interests; equality replacing need as the prime criterion for settlements; and the increase of state intervention into family life. More than a critique, this book is an incisive argument for adopting outcome-oriented measures and a valuable overview of the pitfalls of uncritically implementing any rhetoric as social policy.
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