Sexuality and the La Feminist Engagements [Hardcover]

Rediscovering the peculiarity of feminist perspectives, rather than examining the broader range of gender-oriented analyses, in the area of legal regulation and sexuality, this edited collection avoids the reductionist' and 'essentialist' shortcomings of feminism unmodified.

With a substantial introductory chapter, written by the editors, summarizing the state of the law on core aspects of sexuality and providing a critical appraisal of the key themes and concerns, it analyzes and transcends the traditional dichotomised thinking (e.g coercion/choice, victim/agent) about the regulation of gender issues. It addresses a broad range of key themes including:

• crime
• the family and child
• contract law
• jurisprudence
• public and international law.

Offering a space in which to re-vitalize a feminist conception of sexuality, this book is an essential read for law students interested in the legal implications of gender and sexuality.

Introduction  1. Dev'l-in Disguise?: Harm, Privacy and the Sexual Offences Act 2003  2. On being Responsible  3. 'Freedom and the Capacity to Make a Choice': A Feminist Analysis of Consent in the Criminal Law of Rape  4. De-meaning of Contract  5. Out of the Shadows: Feminist Silence and Liberal Law  6. Transgender: Destabilising Feminism?  7. Beyond Unity  8. Speaking beyond Thinking: Citizenship, Governance and Lesbian and Gay Politics  9. Teenage Pregnancies and Sex Education: Constructing the Girl/Woman Concept  10. 'Faith' and the 'Good' Liberal: The Construction of Female Sexual Subjectivity in Anti-trafficking Legal Discourse  11. Making Sense of Zero Tolerance Policies in Peacekeeping Sexual Economies  12. Wives and Whores: Prospects for a Feminist Theory of RedistributionVanessa l³4