Beyond Comparison Sex and Discrimination [Hardcover]

This work focuses on discrimination in terms of what it is to be a woman.In Beyond Comparison: Sex and Discrimination Timothy Macklem takes the highly original and controversial view that the heart of discrimination lies not in the unfavorable comparisons with the treatment and opportunities that men enjoy but rather in a denial of resources and opportunities that women need to lead successful and meaningful lives as women. This work promises to be a milestone in the debate about gender equality and will interest students and professionals in the areas of legal theory and gender studies.In Beyond Comparison: Sex and Discrimination Timothy Macklem takes the highly original and controversial view that the heart of discrimination lies not in the unfavorable comparisons with the treatment and opportunities that men enjoy but rather in a denial of resources and opportunities that women need to lead successful and meaningful lives as women. This work promises to be a milestone in the debate about gender equality and will interest students and professionals in the areas of legal theory and gender studies.Timothy Macklem argues that the heart of discrimination lies not in unfavorable comparisons with the treatment and opportunities that men enjoy, but rather, in a denial of resources and opportunities that women need to lead successful and meaningful lives. This work promises to be a milestone in the debate about gender equality and will interest students and professionals concerned with legal theory and gender studies.1. The issues; 2. Equality; 3. Difference; 4. Reasons for feminism; 5. The value of diversity; 6. The character of disadvantage; 7. The role of sexual identity in a successful life; 8. Equality, difference and the law. In developing his thought-provoking conception of sex discrimination in non-comparative terms, Timothy Macklem has made an important contribution both to feminist legal theory and to liberal political theory, while offering us an astute analylÃ>