Eve Was Framed: Women and British Justice

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She was pulled out of a queue for the ladies’ toilet and accused of pickpocketing, allegedly having been seen elsewhere putting her hands into other women’s handbags. As the serpent hissed into Eve’s ear: “You will not die; for God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil. A fascinating look at the way in which the legal system is institutionally sexist and the impact that has on the women who pass through it. However, I also recognise as a white middle-class woman myself, there may well have been gaps / problematic elements that I missed. This is far from the most upsetting of the things experienced by women at the hands of the legal system documented and explained by the formidable QC Helena Kennedy in this book.

Baroness Helena Kennedy’s Eve Was Framed: Women and British Justice is so much more than a book about law. If we are to strike a balance, if we are to readjust participation and enrich our society with dialogue, we have to revise this way of thinking. As the poet William Blake (1757-1827) said more than two centuries ago: “The Bible must be shaken upside down before it will yield all its secrets. At the Inns of Court, she describes an overwhelmingly male and overtly misogynistic environment steeped in bizarre ritual.It makes you ask “why” the law works the way it does and how it could treat a certain issue more effectively. Despite many different health classes throughout middle school, high school, and even college - I think I’ve learned more about my body, and other women’s bodies, through personal experiences, sharing stories, and candid conversations. In that time, 14 states implemented near-total bans on abortion, while some (Ohio, Kansas, and Indiana) rejected bans put forth by legislators. The courts are harsh on these women, Kennedy finds, while treating men who kill 'nagging' wives leniently.

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