Topic
Gender Gap
98 published works
Workforce Bulletin
Uber Presents a Cautionary Tale for Human Resources Departments
A recent blog post by Susan Fowler, a former software engineer at Uber, and the author of two books regarding software engineering, has once again drawn national attention to the…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
The Durability of Gender Inequality in Private Law Practice
By Tracy Thomas
Joyce Sterling & Nancy Reichman, Overlooked and Undervalued: Women in Private Law Practice, 12 Annual Rev. Law & Soc. Science 373 (2016)AbstractThis article examines the durability of gender inequality in private…
Elder Law Prof Blog
The Gray Gender Gap
By rmorgan
The New York Times ran an article on October 7, 2016 exploring the "gray gender gap." The Gray Gender Gap: Older Women Are Likelier to Go It Alone is based on…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Female Attorneys Punished More Severely for Ethical Violations Than Male Attorneys
By Tracy Thomas
Jessica Kennedy, Mary-Hunter McDonnell, Nicole Stephens, Does Gender Raise the Ethical Bar? Exploring the Punishment of Ethical Violations at Work, Abstract: We investigate whether women are targets of more severe punishment…
From Briefs to Books
The Man Without A Shadow – by Joyce Carol Oates
Joyce Carol Oates, a prolific writer, has a very distinctive style and her books address societal issues in a consistent and often disturbing manner. Her story lines usually address issues…
Pam Woldow's At the Intersection
Feminenglish Part IV: Pointing the Finger
By Pam Woldow & Doug Richardson
We’re no sociologists, but it’s not hard to divine the root cause of asymmetrical communication between male and female lawyers: the perks, pleasures and pursuit of power. Power both creates…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Notable data on racial and gender dynamics of recent changes in incarceration rates
Main February 11, 2016Notable data on racial and gender dynamics of recent changes in incarceration ratesThis new Wonkblog post via the Washington Post reports on provides an interesting analysis of…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Parental Leave Could Solve the Culinary Gender Gap
Eater (Jan. 27, 2016): Escaping the Restaurant Industry's Motherhood Trap, by Amanda Kludt: [T]he United States is one of only two countries in the world that doesn't grant paid leave for…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
a gender gap for parents
By John Kang
From the NYT: When they become parents, many couples want to share child-care responsibilities equally, says Sarah Schoppe-Sullivan, a professor of human development and family science at Ohio State University. But…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
A polemic from across the pond
By John Kang
Peter Lloyd writes in the Daily Mail (UK):Consider the statistics. If you become a father to twins — one girl, one boy — current data proves that your son will…