Gender has become a culturally laden signifier sometimes used to differentiate the social from the biological gender itself has become gendered in common parlance gender issues often slide inexorably into womens issues and are in that way designated as marginal and outside the concerns and lives of ordinary men and women in this book signifiers such as gender worker and family are . Download citation on may 8 2018 sandra berns published women going backwards law and change in a family unfriendly society find read and cite all the research you need on researchgate. Women going backwards book read reviews from worlds largest community for readers in this book signifiers such as gender worker and family are unpac. Some of these changes are legal others are social and others are driven by political and policy agendas by looking at five areas equal opportunity law family law industrial relations law social welfare law and taxation law which are all profoundly gendered the author examines ways in which men and women see their roles and choices and . Women going backwards law and change in a family unfriendly society berns sandra by looking at five areas equal opportunity law family law industrial relations law social welfare law and taxation law which are all profoundly gendered the author examines ways in which men and women see their roles and choices and how these are