word
feminist jurisprudence
FEM-ih-nist joor-is-PROO-dens
ˈfɛmɪnɪst dʒʊərɪsˈpruːdənsListen
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feministjurisprudence
Dictionary meaning
a branch of legal philosophy and scholarship that examines how law reflects and reinforces gender inequality, challenges the claim that law is neutral or objective, and advocates for legal reforms that dismantle patriarchal structures; encompasses liberal feminist approaches seeking equal treatment under existing law, radical feminist critiques of law as an instrument of male power, and postmodern feminist analyses of how gendered identities are constructed through legal discourse
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