Socio-Legal Studies - Gender & Sexuality

This collection of original papers shows how women in Britain are still being discriminated against during schooling, despite the existence of legislation prohibiting such discrimination and despite apparent concern with promoting equality between the sexes in education. Focusing on the current situ..

This volume explores how sexual meanings are produced beyond the traditional emphasis on curriculum, pedagogy and policy, taking account its material, spatial and embodied elements. Introducing innovative theoretical ideas on queer theory and ‘new’ feminist materialisms, it captures the sexual cultu..

Up to now, discussion has centred on girls’ academic achievements in single or mixed-sex groups, but Pat Mahony’s research clearly demonstrates that this is not the only issue, and that co-education is damaging for girls socially as well as academically. She challenges the argument that co-education..

Schools reflect the society which surrounds them but they must also be agents of change. The last few decades have seen an explosion of research on gender and education and, in this volume the author examines in a rigorous but highly accessible way, new research findings and new strategies for chang..

Schools reflect the society which surrounds them but they must also be agents of change. The last few decades have seen an explosion of research on gender and education and, in this volume the author examines in a rigorous but highly accessible way, new research findings and new strategies for chang..

Sex Trafficking: A Private Law Approach examines existing and potential causes of action against sex traffickers, in order to outine the argument for fair and effective private law remedies...

This book contests the appropriateness of sexual offence prosecutions brought against young gender non-conforming people for so-called ‘gender identity fraud’. It delivers a series of objections, based both on liberal principles, as well as on arguments derived from queer and feminist theories...

Shades of Grey - Domestic and Sexual Violence Against Women investigates the ‘hidden gender’ of so-called neutral or objective legal principles that structure the law addressing violence against women. Drawing upon a range of material - from Australia and England/Wales but also from the US, Canada a..

This book draws on the stories of female educators and Muslim girls to explore issues of identity, justice, and schooling and the complex and varied challenges confronting Muslim girls. Exploring questions of agency, belonging, and empowerment, Keddie offers stories from schooling contexts in the UK..

Originally published in 1988. This book provides a unique perspective on the creation of gender and the way in which sex education programs in schools contribute to this...

This book is a history of the genesis and development of vocational education for young women in the United States. Home economics, trade training and commercial education – the three key areas of vocational training available to young women during the progressive era – are the focus of this work. B..

This book is a history of the genesis and development of vocational education for young women in the United States. Home economics, trade training and commercial education – the three key areas of vocational training available to young women during the progressive era – are the focus of this work. B..