THE BACKGROUND TO SEX DISCRIMINATION LEGISLATION IN THE UK : The history of women’s inequality is well-documented. Politically, legally, socially and economically, even partial freedom for women arrived only relatively recently. Social disadvantages remain, if judged by the proportion of women in high political or

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THE BACKGROUND TO SEX DISCRIMINATION LEGISLATION IN THE UK

ABSTRACT

There has been a massive growth in the number of women who are in formal waged employment since the Second World War ...

It suggests the possibility of rapid and substantial changes in the typical life experiences of women in this period. However, there is a series of caveats which place some qualifications on this picture ...