Essentially a Mother by Jennifer Hendricks

Essentially a Mother by Jennifer Hendricks

Essentially a Mother argues that the law of pregnancy and motherhood has been overrun by sexist ideology. Courts have held that a pregnant woman’s nine months of gestation hardly count in her claim to parent the child she bears and that a man’s brief moment of ejaculation matters more than a woman’s labor. Armed with such dubious arguments, courts have stripped women of the right to abortion, treated surrogate mothers as mere vessels, and handed biological fathers—even those who became fathers through rape—automatic rights over women and their children. In this incisive and groundbreaking book, Jennifer Hendricks argues that feminists must overthrow the skewed value system that subordinates women, devalues caregiving, and denies too many the right to parent.

"Comprehensive yet concise. . . Essentially a Mother arrives just when we need a reminder that it is time to update the values at the basis of American law and that relational feminism shows us how to do it." * Jotwell *
"Jennifer Hendricks has done us all a service by problematizing a legal framework that does not respect sexual difference between men and women. In doing so, she gives us the chance to restore both humanity and justice to our law." * Deseret News *

Jennifer Hendricks is Professor of Law at the University of Colorado Law School.

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ISBN 13	9780520388260
ISBN 10	0520388267
Title	Essentially a Mother
Author	Jennifer Hendricks
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	University of California Press
Year published	2023-05-02
Number of pages	260
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