| Equality with a Vengeance: Men's Rights Groups, Battered Women, and Antifeminist Backlash Contributor(s): Dragiewicz, Molly (Author) |
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ISBN: 1555537391 ISBN-13: 9781555537395 Publisher: Northeastern University Press OUR PRICE: $26.55 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Gender Studies - Law | Gender & The Law - Family & Relationships | Abuse - Domestic Partner Abuse |
| Dewey: 344.730 |
| LCCN: 2010047810 |
| Series: Northeastern Series on Gender, Crime, and Law |
| Physical Information: 0.43" H x 5.53" W x 8.47" (0.50 lbs) 184 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book investigates efforts by fathers' rights groups to undermine battered women's shelters and services, in the context of the backlash against feminism. Dragiewicz examines the lawsuit Booth v. Hvass, in which fathers' rights groups attempted to use an Equal Protection claim to argue that funding emergency services that target battered women is discriminatory against men. As Dragiewicz shows, this case (which was eventually dismissed) is relevant to widespread efforts to promote a degendered understanding of violence against women in order to eradicate policies and programs that were designed to ameliorate harm to battered women. |