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China: The first woman to bring a gender discrimination lawsuit in China, a 23-year-old who went by the pseudonym of Cao Ju, won a small settlement of 30,000 yuan and an official apology from the Juren Academy. [298] Switzerland: equality between husband and wife with regard to the choice of family name and citizenship law. [299]
Michael M. v. Superior Court of Sonoma County is a Supreme Court case over the issue of gender bias in statutory rape laws. The petitioner argued that the statutory rape law discriminated based on gender and was unconstitutional. The court ruled otherwise, claiming that sexual intercourse entails a higher risk for women than men, and it found ...
Timeline of women's legal rights (other than voting) represents formal changes and reforms regarding women's rights. That includes actual law reforms as well as other formal changes, such as reforms through new interpretations of laws by precedents. The right to vote is exempted from the timeline: for that right, see Timeline of women's suffrage.
The term materialist feminism emerged in the late 1970s; materialist feminism highlights capitalism and patriarchy as central in understanding women's oppression. Under materialist feminism, gender is seen as a social construct, and society forces gender roles, such as bearing children, onto women.
Timeline of women's legal rights (other than voting) represents formal changes and reforms regarding women's rights. That includes actual law reforms as well as other formal changes, such as reforms through new interpretations of laws by precedents .
Serena Williams, the highest paid female athlete in 2017. Tennis has offered equal prize money at the four Grand Slams since 2007. [1]This is a timeline of the gender pay gap in sports, spanning from the 20th century to the 21st century.
Here is a timeline of the controversial comments the author has made about trans rights. 19 December 2019, Rowling tweets support for woman whose opinions on sex were ruled ‘absolutist’
Body Positivity feminism is a social movement that incorporates feminist themes of equality, social justice, and cultural analysis based on the weight, curves, and general appearance of a woman or a non-binary feminine person. [4] Radical feminism emerged in the United States. [5]