The essays examine the interaction of the rights of equality and the rights of difference, and the meaning and use of the two concepts in the context of gender relations, both past and present.

Contributors include: Carole Pateman, Adriana Cavarero, Karen Offen, Jean Bethke Elshtain, Deborah L. Rhode, Patrizia Violi, Rosi Braidotti, Jane Flax, Silvia Vegetti Finzi