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Civil Rights and Discrimination

Berta E. Hernández-Truyol

United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women

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Unsex Cedaw? No! Super-Sex It!, Berta E. Hernández-Truyol Nov 2014

Unsex Cedaw? No! Super-Sex It!, Berta E. Hernández-Truyol

Berta E. Hernández-Truyol

This Article reflects upon Darren Rosenblum's provocative piece Unsex CEDAW, or What's Wrong with Women's Rights. At the outset I should note that this critical analysis should not be misinterpreted. I do not quarrel with Professor Rosenblum's observations that inequality in law and life is much broader than sex inequalities. To the contrary, I am in full accord with him that discrimination along other categorical axes is also undesirable and sometimes as prevalent as sex inequality. Indeed, oftentimes such other discriminatory tendencies dovetail with those rooted in sex discrimination. Where we diverge, however, is in his proposal that the category …