Women and Inequality in the 21st Century

ISBN-13: 9781138239777 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 370 str.

Brittany C. Slatton; Carla D. Brailey

Opis

Women and Inequality in the 21^st Century examines the continued inequities navigated by women occupying marginalized social positions within a "nexus of power relations." Contributors apply empirical research methods, hermeneutic analysis, and narrative to capture the unique gender experiences and negotiations of diverse, contemporary women

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Introduction: Inequality and the Complex Positionalities of 21^st Century Women Part I. An Unrealized Democracy 1. Beauty and the Beast of Inequality: A Historical Synopsis of Women’s Images as Barriers in American Labor, Politics and Entertainment 2. Proper Defectum Sexus: Male Privilege over a Woman’s Body 3. Democracy, Power, and Work Part 2: Negotiating Inequitable Terrain 4. Unfiltered: Male Strangers’ Sexist Behavior Towards Women 5. I am American! Taiwanese Immigrant Women Battling Everyday Racism 6. Queer Faces, Unsafe Spaces: Everyday Discrimination Experiences of Lesbian and Gender Non-Conforming Women 7. But I'm the Lucky One: A Narrative 8. Actors of Discourse: Gender Performativity in Women’s Leadership 9. The Cultural Negotiations of Gender through Religion among Algerian Kabyle Part 3. Psychosocial Effects of Inequality 10. Hair Stress: Physical and Mental Health Correlates of African American Women’s Hair Care Practices 11. Gender, Arthritis and Feelings of Sexual Obligation in Older Women 12. I’m a Survivor’: Reconsidering Identity, Stigma, and Institutions for Domestic Violence Part 4. Key Debates in Women’s Inequality 13. Is there Liberation for the Single, Saved, and Sexually Repressed 14. Sex Work: Free and Equal? 15. Reclaiming Women’s Rights to Freedom of Religion: An Assessment of the Political and Legal Complexities Affecting the Domestication of CEDAW and the AU Women’s Protocol in Nigeria Part 5. Pushing Back: Resistance and Activism 16. I’m Going to Get What I Want: Black Women’s Sexual Agency as a Form of Resistance 17. Raise Your Banner High! Mounting a Take Back the Night Event: Civic Engagement and Feminist Practice on a University Campus 18. Insisting on Intersectionality in the Vagina Monologues