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Exploring A New Paradigm For Women's Rights, Rebecca Zietlow
Exploring A New Paradigm For Women's Rights, Rebecca Zietlow
Rebecca E Zietlow
Nearly forty years after the Supreme Court recognized gender as a suspect class under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, and almost half a century after the 1964 Civil Rights Act guaranteed women the right to work free of sex discrimination, women still find found gender equality to be an elusive goal. The persistent gender gap in wages and the continued prevalence of domestic violence are two indications that the predominant model of equality law, based in the Equal Protection Clause, is simply not adequate to address women’s inequality in our society.
The book GENDER EQUALITY: DIMENSIONS OF …