Word: decrow
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...DeCrow acknowledges the fact that men are in control of the entire country--legally, economically, and socially. She also realizes that nearly all potential forces of change in the judicial or legislative system are male. But after establishing those facts she launches into hateful attacks, not against a few men, but against all of them. This kind of blanket condemnation constitutes reverse prejudice. Why should a group of people sensitive to injustice participate in additional injustice...
...PORTRAYING MAN as villain, DeCrow cites several estate law cases in which women have signed business documents and tax forms without knowing what the forms meant. After the deaths of their husbands, several widows find that their funds have been squandered or used illegally. The women are then forced to make restitution. The men in these cases certainly don't seem to be exemplary husbands, but shouldn't the point be that the women themselves should take some sort of financial initiative? It is their consciousness which should be raised in these cases. The women were not coerced into signing...
...DeCrow's view of females as passive objects of injustice is particularly demeaning to women. At one point DeCrow says...
...DeCrow's view of the integrity of women seems appallingly...
Sexist Justice does give a fairly accurate picture of the problem women encounter in obtaining good jobs, maternity leaves, abortions, and their own names--in short, equal rights. One of the most outrageous tyrannies waged against women in DeCrow's book is the difficulty of obtaining credit. In many instances where a husband and wife both work, the couple applying for a mortgage is not allowed to include the wife's income in the application, particularly in cases where the woman is of childbearing age. In order to count the income, many women have been told by banks...