American women fare worse than men on virtually every major
dimension of social status, financial wellbeing, and physical
safety. Sexual violence remains common, and reproductive rights are
by no means secure. Women assume disproportionate burdens in the
home and pay a heavy price in the workplace. Yet these issues are
not political priorities, and worse, there is a lack of consensus
that there still is a serious problem, or at least one that women
have any reason or capacity to address. This 'no problem' problem
helps explain why women fail to mobilize around issues that
materially affect the quality of their lives. Why is this, why does
it matter, and how can we best respond? What Women Want focuses on
the policy agenda for women. Deborah L. Rhode, one of the nation's
leading scholars on women and law, brings to the discussion a broad
array of interdisciplinary research as well as interviews with
heads of leading women's organizations. Key questions addressed
include whether the women's movement is stalled. What are the major
obstacles it confronts? What are its key priorities and what
strategies might advance them? In addressing those questions, the
book explores virtually all of the major policy issues confronting
women. Topics include employment and appearance discrimination, the
gender gap in pay and leadership opportunities, work/family
policies, childcare, divorce, same- sex marriage, sexual
harassment, domestic violence, rape, trafficking, abortion,
poverty, and politics. Discussion focuses on the capacities and
limits of law as a strategy for social change. Why, despite four
decades of enforcement of equal employment legislation, is women's
workplace status so far from equal? Why, despite a quarter
century's effort at reforming rape law, is America's rate of
reported rape the second highest in the developed world? Part of
the problem lies in the absence of political mobilization around
such issues and the underrepresentation of women in public office.
This path-breaking book explores how women can and should act on
what they want.
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