Smith, Karen Ingala
Defending Women's Spaces
- ISBN 13:
- 9781509554447
- author:
- Smith, Karen Ingala
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Polity Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2023
- Pages:
- 217
- Dimensions:
- 20.8 x 14.2 x 2.8 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- Nonfiction, Social Sciences, Gender Studies,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Defending Women's Spaces explores the complexities of sex and gender in public debates today. Karen Ingala Smith argues that certain spaces, including refuges, benefit from remaining single-sex environments.
The author draws on her 30 years of experience researching men's violence against women and girls to make a case for prioritizing the needs of people assigned female at birth. She examines the evidence suggesting that mixed-sex spaces often fail to meet these unique needs.
This book offers a nuanced critique of inclusivity politics and challenges the idea that we have reached a post-sex utopia. Written with sensitivity and respect, it is a thought-provoking analysis of the issues at stake in debates about women's spaces.
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