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Beyond colonialism

Osmotic reconstruction of gender/sexual justice in Hong Kong

Bibliographic Data

ID12671852
AuthorsMan-Chung Chiu (0000-0003-0770-7706, corresponding author), Man‐chung Chiu
Year2009
Volume10
Issue3
Pages399-421
Publication date2009-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueInter-Asia Cultural Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1464-9373 • E-ISSN: 1469-8447
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14649370902949390
OpenAlexW2089713216
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited23

In Hong Kong, even though the Bill of Rights Ordinance (the localized version of ICCPR), Sex Discrimination Ordinance and a series of legal reforms (such as the cancellation of marital exemption of rape and the recognition of sexual discrimination in criminal law) were enacted and introduced respectively since the 1990s, gender/sexual discrimination in the legal discourse still persists; for example: Chinese customary law which only recognizes the male’s right to build small houses in the New Territories remains an exception under the Sex Discrimination Ordinance; the government insists on not tabling an anti‐sexual‐orientation discrimination bill; the right to same sex marriage/partnership is still absent from any legal‐political agenda; and so on. Some politicians and academics argue that any attempt to transplant a Euro‐American individual‐centric perspective of gender/sexual equality/justice will violate the Han‐Chinese culture of harmony. In the paper, I will adopt a critical perspective in

China · Criminology · Economic Justice · Government (linguistics · Harmony (color · Political science · Politics · Sexual orientation · Sociology · Gender Studies · Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics · Law · Sex work and related issues

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Unique citing works1
Citations per year0.2
Citation span2021 - 2021 (1)
Citation velocityhistorical
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 1

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