Sex Rights The Oxford Amnesty Lectures 2002

Name: Sex Rights The Oxford Amnesty Lectures 2002
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ISBN: 9780192805614

ISBN-10: 0192805614

ISBN-13: 9780192805614

Edition: 2005

Authors: Nicholas Bamforth

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Discrimination due to gender and sexual orientation tends nowadays to be prohibited under international human rights instruments, as well as under the national laws of many countries that express their commitment to defending human rights. Nonetheless, as the work of Amnesty International has shown, violence against women (whatever their sexual orientation), gay men, trans-gendered and transsexual persons remains an appallingly constant phenomenon, both in countries that have an official commitment to fighting these forms of discrimination and in those that do not. Violence is inflicted by private actors as well as - in many countries - by state officials, and is often justified by…

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List price: $48.99
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/23/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 318
Size: 5.08" wide x 7.72" long x 0.76" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English



Contributors


Acknowledgements


Introduction




Introduction to Judith Butler



On Being Beside Oneself: On the Limits of Sexual Autonomy




Introduction Susan Moller Okin



Women's Human Rights in the Late Twentieth Century: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back




Women's Human Rights in the Third World




Introduction to Alan Sinfield



Rape and Rights: Measure for Measure and the Limits of Cultural Imperialism




Crimes Unpunished: Crimes as Punishment' - Introduction to Rose George



Share a Spliff, Share a Girl-Same Difference: The Unpleasant Reality of Gang Rape




Introduction to Robert Wintemute



From 'Sex Rights' to 'Love Rights': Partnership Rights as Human Rights




Introduction to Marina Warner



Who's Sorry Now? Personal Stories, Public Apologies



Endnotes


Index