Author ORCID Identifier
0000-0002-8319-9080
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2000
Keywords
Feminist legal theory, Family, Poverty, Societal resources, State, Caretaking
Abstract
In this Article, I will bring into view the family, or more explicitly, the dependency hidden within the assumed family. Policy development and social theory considerations should center on assessing the appropriateness of the aspirations and expectations we have for the family. This assessment is crucial to one of the most compelling problems facing society at the end of the Twentieth Century-the increasing inequitable and unequal distribution of societal resources and the corresponding poverty of women and children.
First Page
13
Publication Title
Journal of Gender, Social Policy & The Law
Recommended Citation
Martha Albertson Fineman, Cracking the Foundational Myths: Independence, Autonomy, and Self-Sufficiency, 8 Am. U. J. Gender Soc. Pol'y & L. 13 (2000).
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