Law and gender: an emerging fault line in social cohesion?
In an extraordinary twist to the gender equality rhetoric, a woman escapes a stiffer sentence for sexual assault because the law under which she was charged “does not cover women as offenders”. The case signals a need for Singaporeans to look more comprehensively at how to maintain social cohesion a...
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sg-ntu-dr.10356-803022020-11-01T06:38:54Z Law and gender: an emerging fault line in social cohesion? Nair, Tamara S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science In an extraordinary twist to the gender equality rhetoric, a woman escapes a stiffer sentence for sexual assault because the law under which she was charged “does not cover women as offenders”. The case signals a need for Singaporeans to look more comprehensively at how to maintain social cohesion and secure the homeland. 2016-05-04T02:40:53Z 2019-12-06T13:46:47Z 2016-05-04T02:40:53Z 2019-12-06T13:46:47Z 2016 Commentary Nair, T. (2016). Law and gender: an emerging fault line in social cohesion? (RSIS Commentaries, No. 089). RSIS Commentaries. Singapore: Nanyang Technological University. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/80302 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/40486 en RSIS Commentaries, 089-16 Nanyang Technological University 3 p. application/pdf |
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