Description
Book SynopsisPresents legal and psychological perspectives on how society has responded to the most vital (and often controversial) contemporary women's issues. This handbook covers such important topics as abortion, rape, domestic violence, sexual harassment, employment discrimination, divorce, poverty, welfare, and mental health.
Trade Review"...the international chapters are a unique contribution of this handbook, differentiating it from similar texts on women and justice." (
Sex Roles, 57:467-469)
Table of ContentsIntroduction.
1. Psychological Gender Differences: Contemporary Theories and Controversies (Natalie Porter).
2. Women and the Law: A Brief History (Andrea Barnes).
3. Women,Work, and Discrimination (Nancy Lynn Baker).
4. Sexual Harassment: The Organizational Perspective (Jay M. Finkelman).
5. Relational Practice: A Feminist Reconstruction of Work (Joyce K. Fletcher).
6. Pregnancy Discrimination in the Workplace (Lisa Wilson).
7. Update on Abortion Law (Andrea Barnes).
8. Insurance Coverage of Contraceptives: Narrowing the Gender Gap in Health Care Coverage (Judith C. Appelbaum, Virginia S. Davis).
9. Women and Depression (Jennifer R. R. Hightower).
10. Intimacy and Injury: Legal Interventions for Battered Women (Phyllis Goldfarb).
11. Rape Resistance: Successes and Challenges (Patricia D. Rozee).
12. Women’s Human Rights Abuses in the Name of Religion (Shannon M. Roesler).
13. Sexual Violence Against Women in War and Armed Conflict (Gretchen Borchelt).
14. Women and the Military (Catherine Toth).
15. Discrimination Against Women in the World of Human Rights: The Case of Women in Southern Africa (Teresa Mugadza).
16. Ugandan Women: Resiliency and Protective Factors in Confronting HIV/AIDS (Valata Jenkins-Monroe).
17. Population Control in China (Renee Huebner).
The Editor.
The Contributors.
Name Index.
Subject Index.
