Topic
Gender Roles
56 published works
Althouse
"Women remain, as linguists say, the 'marked' sex, the nonstandard, defined as the opposite of the male norm."
By Ann Althouse
"There is no one effortless way to look as a congresswoman, no uniform of business suit and tie that allows her to blend in. Most female politicians handle this by…
Pennsylvania Divorce and Domestic Relations Blog
TradWife Life: A Modern Perspective
By Mark Ashton
These are strange times. Last week I was listening to radio discussions about the decline of the American male and the emergence of camps and programs to make modern men…
Family Law Prof Blog
Dividing Marital Assets in Same-Sex and Opposite-Sex Divorces
By Family Law
From Vanderbilt Law School:Over the last decade, a national reckoning has unfolded regarding the historically unequal treatment of women in the workplace and beyond, as well as the broader implications…
The Right Coast
Behind Many Powerful Women on Wall Street: A Doting Househusband – WSJ
Suzanne Donohoe, a top executive at the private-equity firm EQT, started the month of September with a 10-day business trip through Asia and Europe. Back in New York, her husband,…
Pennsylvania Family Law
A Book & A Movie Every Young Engaged Couple Should Have. Perhaps Barbie Affected Your Life Too.
I last did a movie review in May 2020 and at that time confessed that I rarely watched movies and usually missed all the deeper meanings trapped in the plots.…
Family Law Prof Blog
Married Names
By Family Law
From Pew:Marriage in the United States has been changing in many ways over the past several decades – but the tradition of women taking their husband’s last name is still going strong.…
Family Law Prof Blog
Good for Marriage Fashion in China
By Family Law
From Reuters:A fashion trend in China dubbed "good for marriage" has generated a social media storm, with scores of women saying the demure, feminine style plays to gender stereotypes and…
Appellate Advocacy Blog
Lawyer Barbie and the Role of Emotion in the Law
Yes, the Barbie movie is everywhere but with good reason. It touches on numerous aspects of gender roles in society, including our legal system. Warning: spoiler alert if you haven’t yet…
The Right Coast
Anatomy of a Cancellation by Scott Yenor | Articles | First Things
My speech proposed a more thoroughgoing conservatism. America stigmatizes toxic masculinity and endlessly celebrates careerist women. Universities, the citadels of gynocracy as I called them, are especially implicated in this…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Women, Law, and Thanksgiving
By Tracy Thomas
Sisters in Spirit: Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Influence on Early American FeministsWomen of the MayflowerPlymouth Colony Women's RightsAbraham Lincoln & the Mother of Thanksgiving, Sarah HaleGender Roles and ThanksgivingFeminist Legal Theory Blog,…