LS325 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Intersectionality, Gender Binary, Reproductive Rights
15 Sep 2017
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Contraception, marriage, abortion- changes in the law, critiquing the law. Heavily feminist view- taught through that lens. Power relations- to understand how and why. Womens subordrinate have created blasting complications in criminal law. Ex: women used to be considered property. Can vote but things don"t change just cause you can vote. Recognition of the fact that equality isn"t necessarily gonna solve our problems. Look at how the law defines sex. Law does this in a way that masks universality of male point of view, mens historical monopoly over the law. Imaginary fictional legal person historically have been a man: Uncover how insidious mens centrality to law and equality. This was brought to light by privacy. All kinds of things that the law considers. Ex: in past you can use mouthforce to correct ur wife if she were acting up. Not the laws right to intrude into their private space. Things private needed to become public publicized matters.
