Our Bodies, Our Crimes: The Policing of Women’s Reproduction in AmericaNYU Press, 2008 M11 1 - 288 páginas Winner of the 2010 Distinguished Book Award from the American Sociological Association; Sex and Gender Section |
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... risk for having their parental rights permanently severed. In chapter 8, I show how battering affects a woman's ability to bear and raise her children in a safe environment. Since the 1970s, men's violence against women has come to be ...
... aptitude.35 Most of the girls committed to institutions for delinquency were sexually active rather than guilty of serious sexual or criminal misconduct.36 People held in institutions were at the greatest risk for 34 “Breeders”
... risk for compulsory sterilization; they also tended to be disproportionately black. The fact that certain racial and ethnic groups were overrepresented in prisons and institutions for delinquents was touted as evidence of these groups ...
... risks associated with maternal drug use.90 Along similar lines, there is a tendency to forget that most child maltreatment takes the form of neglect, not abuse. Evidence suggests racial prejudice may motivate the actions of some judges ...
... risks to a fetus.101 Theoretically, the regulation of virtually any action (e.g., walking on an icy sidewalk, getting into a car with a reckless driver, getting cash from an ATM after dark) could be justified by citing the state ...
Contenido
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Bearing | 93 |
Mothering | 137 |
Being | 182 |
Notes | 191 |
Bibliography | 263 |
Acknowledgments | 297 |
Index | 299 |
About the Author | 307 |
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Our Bodies, Our Crimes: The Policing of Women's Reproduction in America Jeanne Flavin Vista previa limitada - 2009 |
Our Bodies, Our Crimes: The Policing of Women's Reproduction in America Jeanne Flavin Vista previa limitada - 2010 |
Our Bodies, Our Crimes: The Policing of Women’s Reproduction in America Jeanne Flavin Sin vista previa disponible - 2009 |