附註:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : the politics of biology, the essence of control -- section 1: The 1600s-early 1900s. Women and the hierarchy of gender -- Biology, sex, and the obligation of motherhood -- Working women and the issue of "protection" -- section 2: Twentieth century developments. The nation goes to war and "Rosie" is born -- The birth control debate begins -- The 1960s and an era of change -- The law of pregnancy in the workplace -- Guerrilla tactics and reproductive rights today -- A woman's worth : less is still less -- The reproductive rights of "new medicine" -- Sex and "seduction" in the time of AIDS -- section 3: The politics of female adolescence. Pop life and the legal confusion of girls -- section 4: Violence and women. A woman's place is in the hospital -- Current issues in rape and sexual assault law -- The private story of private abuse -- Epilogue.
