When Difference Declared Injustice by Sardon Matthew (5 results)

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. For much of the twentieth century, feminism claimed to pursue justice by dismantling inequality. Yet in the latter half of that movement-particularly in its second and third waves-the pursuit of equality quietly transformed into the rejection of difference itself. What followed was not liberation, but disorder.When Difference Was Declared Injustice offers a rigorous, evidence-driven examination of how modern feminism reshaped Western social, economic, and familial structures-and why those changes have produced unintended and destabilizing consequences. Drawing on sociology, economics, psychology, and demographic data, Matthew Sardon traces how the redefinition of sex, roles, and responsibility altered labor markets, family formation, fertility patterns, and social trust.Rather than arguing from ideology, this book proceeds from outcomes. It examines the rise of dual-income dependency, housing inaccessibility, declining birth rates, role confusion within families, psychological strain among men and women alike, and the growing inability of institutions to maintain coherence. These patterns, Sardon argues, are not accidental. They follow from a sustained denial of embodied difference and the social functions once organized around it.This is not a rejection of equal dignity, nor a defense of historical injustice. It is a critique of an intellectual shift that confused sameness with justice and autonomy with flourishing. By restoring a clear anthropological lens-one attentive to embodiment, dependency, and responsibility-this book challenges readers to reconsider what social order requires and what happens when foundational distinctions are erased.Written with clarity and restraint, When Difference Was Declared Injustice is a serious contribution to contemporary debates about feminism, economics, and the future of the family. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. For much of the twentieth century, feminism claimed to pursue justice by dismantling inequality. Yet in the latter half of that movement-particularly in its second and third waves-the pursuit of equality quietly transformed into the rejection of difference itself. What followed was not liberation, but disorder.When Difference Was Declared Injustice offers a rigorous, evidence-driven examination of how modern feminism reshaped Western social, economic, and familial structures-and why those changes have produced unintended and destabilizing consequences. Drawing on sociology, economics, psychology, and demographic data, Matthew Sardon traces how the redefinition of sex, roles, and responsibility altered labor markets, family formation, fertility patterns, and social trust.Rather than arguing from ideology, this book proceeds from outcomes. It examines the rise of dual-income dependency, housing inaccessibility, declining birth rates, role confusion within families, psychological strain among men and women alike, and the growing inability of institutions to maintain coherence. These patterns, Sardon argues, are not accidental. They follow from a sustained denial of embodied difference and the social functions once organized around it.This is not a rejection of equal dignity, nor a defense of historical injustice. It is a critique of an intellectual shift that confused sameness with justice and autonomy with flourishing. By restoring a clear anthropological lens-one attentive to embodiment, dependency, and responsibility-this book challenges readers to reconsider what social order requires and what happens when foundational distinctions are erased.Written with clarity and restraint, When Difference Was Declared Injustice is a serious contribution to contemporary debates about feminism, economics, and the future of the family. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…