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Gender
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Gender and the Law Prof Blog
How Individual Balancing Choices at Work can Reproduce Gender Roles
By Tracy Thomas
LaTonya J. Trotter, Making a Career: Reproducing Gender Within a Predominantly Female Profession, Gender & SocietyIn my Gender & Society article, I explore the career biographies of NPs and NP students in…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Podcast on the Constitution and Gender
By Tracy Thomas
Episode 5 of the Constitutional Podcast: "Gender"The fifth episode of The Washington Post's "Constitutional" podcast explores the challenging path toward gender equality in America, highlighting figures from the Revolutionary period through today…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
CFP Feminist Legal Theory Network, Law & Society Annual Meeting
By Tracy Thomas
Call for Papers – Sunday September 17 DeadlineThe Feminist Legal Theory Collaborative Research NetworkSeeks submissions for the Law and Society Association Annual MeetingJune 7–10, 2018 in Toronto, CanadaSubmission link: https://form.jotformpro.com/pijip/2018fltcrnDear…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Enforcing Masculinities at the Borders
By Tracy Thomas
Many thanks to guest blogger Prof. Jamie Abrams for blogging with us this summer.As immigration reform debates heat up, I am reminded of a project I undertook several years ago…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Mainstream Hegemonic Masculinity
By Tracy Thomas
By Guest blogger Jamie AbramsThere is no shortage of blog posts about gender and the feminist implications of the U.S. presidential election. Blogs, articles, and books have deeply explored how…
The Right Coast
Differences between sexes slim to none, says Wharton psych professor
"Across 128 domains of the mind and behavior, '78 percent of gender differences are small or close to zero,'" explains Grant. "A recent addition to that list is leadership, where…
The Right Coast
Yet more about Google and sex (“gender”)
I have just read a bunch of comments beneath the Google post and all I can say is, I'm glad I'm not a man or woman working in tech these…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Book Review: Gendered Law in American History
By Tracy Thomas
Janet Halley, Book Review: Richard Chused & Wendy Williams, Gendered Law in American History (2016), JOTWELLEvery major dimension of contemporary American family law underwent transformation in the 19th Century. Indeed, I…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Gender Essentialism & American Law: Why and How to Sever the Connection
By Tracy Thomas
Melina Constantine Bell, Gender Essentialism and American Law: Why and How to Sever the ConnectionAmerican law presumes that all persons are born either female or male, and rests a surprising number…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Modern Pedagogical Challenges (and Opportunities) in Teaching Gender Courses
By Tracy Thomas
We welcome Professor Jamie Abrams to the Gender & Law Prof Blog for the month of July. She is Associate Professor of Law at the University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law…