The notorious RBG compiles some of her most notable and influential decisions and writings organized from the start of her career to the very end. RIP.
“Women who seek to break out of the traditional pattern face all of the prejudice and hostility encountered by members of a minority group. Worse than being ‘discrete and insular’ which for other minority groups at least has the advantage of fostering political organizing, women are separated from each other and therefore remain far distant from the political potential appellees ascribed to them. For women who want to exercise options that do not fit within stereotypical notions of what is proper for a female, women who do not want to be ‘protected’ but do want to develop their individual potential without artificial constraints, classifications reinforcing traditional male-female roles are hardly ‘benign.’ … ‘benign’ legislative judgements serve as constant reminders that, in the view of predominantly or all-male decision-making bodies, life should not be arranged this way.”
Carissa W Tomas, PhD 