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Gender and the Law Prof Blog
A History of the Word “Ladies”
By Tracy Thomas
Jessica Halem and Jen Manion, Why Do You Call Us Ladies? History, Gender and Manners in Public LifeIt seems as if the term ‘ladies’ has made a comeback in public life.…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
New Book: The Theory of Misogyny
By Tracy Thomas
Kate Manne, Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny (Oxford Press. Nov. 2017)From the publisher:Misogyny is a hot topic, yet it's often misunderstood. What is misogyny, exactly? Who deserves to be called a…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Best Law Firms for Women? Really?
By Tracy Thomas
Best Law Firms for Women? Really?How marvelous. A fresh batch of “best” law firms for women lists. They are proliferating like bunnies across the American legal landscape. Law360, Working Mother and our own National…
The Right Coast
Michelle Obama: “Any woman who voted against Hillary Clinton voted against their own voice” – Hot Air Hot Air
This makes twice in as many weeks that a mega-star of the Democratic Party has implied that women who opposed Clinton not only committed gender treason, they did so because…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Law & Gender Programs at AALS 2018
By Tracy Thomas
Mark your calendars for panels on law and gender at the annual Association of American Law Schools (AALS) meeting, January 2018.Thursday, Jan. 4 10:30am AALS Open Source Program – Mainstreaming Feminism Saturday, Jan.…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
New Book Podcast on Gender, Criminal Justice, and Jim Crow
By Tracy Thomas
Sarah Haley, "No Mercy Here: Gender, Punishment, and the Making of Jim Crow Modernity"Recent popular and scholarly interest has highlighted the complex and brutal system of mass incarceration in the…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
New Study Shows the Damaging Effects of Gender Norms Start Early
By Tracy Thomas
Gender Stereotypes are Destroying Girls, and They're Killing BoysIt doesn't matter where in the world you live. Lessons about gender start early, and they have lifelong consequences. A new study in the Journal of…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
New Book: Women and the Law – Collecting the Leading Scholarship from the Past Year
By Tracy Thomas
I have just published the edited collection, Women and the Law (Thomson Reuters 2017 ed.). This annual reference book collects the leading scholarship in the field of women and law…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Gender and Law Talks at Legal History Conference
By Tracy Thomas
Here are the presentations on gender and law and the upcoming annual conference of the American Society of Legal History. The full preliminary program is here.Lauren Thompson, Kennesaw State University, “Not for…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
The Autonomy Hierarchy
By Tracy Thomas
Meghan Boone, The Autonomy Hierarchy, 22 Tex. J. Civ. Liberties & Civ. Rgts 1 (2016)The Supreme Court decided two cases in Spring 2015 – Young v. United Parcel Service, Inc. and…