Speaking of Sex: The Denial of Gender Inequality
Worth buying if: You value feminist legal analysis grounded in questions about sex, gender, and power.
Skip it if: You want a personal memoir, novel, or narrative centered on individual characters.
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Summary
In Speaking of Sex, legal scholar Deborah L. Rhode addresses the denial of gender inequality through a critical discussion of sex, gender, and social power.
Why this book now
Its focus on how debates about sex frame—or conceal—gender inequality remains relevant to public and private life.
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- You value feminist legal analysis grounded in questions about sex, gender, and power.
- You prefer serious nonfiction that challenges familiar assumptions rather than offering a light overview.
- You want a personal memoir, novel, or narrative centered on individual characters.
- You are looking for a quick read rather than a sustained 352-page argument.
- You are specifically hunting for the newest framing rather than a backlist perspective.
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Exact edition: Edition shown · ISBN-13 9780674831780
Worth buying if: You value feminist legal analysis grounded in questions about sex, gender, and power.
Skip it if: You want a personal memoir, novel, or narrative centered on individual characters.
Check Amazon for the current price and availability of this exact edition.
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Reading commitment
Balanced Moderate time
At 352 pages, this is a substantial work best suited to readers willing to follow an extended argument about gender inequality.
What stands out here
This catalog record describes the 1999 Harvard University Press publication in the General Interest lane.
Best way to approach it
Read it as a focused argument: track Rhode’s use of sex and gender as lenses for examining inequality.
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