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Gender
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Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
William Safire: “Woman vs. Female”
William Safire's On Language column in this Sunday's New York Times Magazine ponders whether (and why) the term "female" is being abandoned in favor of "woman":“I do not understand why,”…
The Trademark Blog
Sex, Gender and Fair Use
Prof Tushnet: "My Fair Ladies: Sex, Gender and Fair Use in Copyright" Prof Patry comments. Prof Tushnet responds.
Sentencing Law and Policy
Coverage of new gendered sentencing realities
Main February 10, 2007Coverage of new gendered sentencing realitiesThe St. Petersburg Times has this interesting piece entitled, "Another case of shrinking the gender gap: prison; programs aren't always in place…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Susan Frelich Appleton on “Roe’s End”
Susan Frelich Appleton has posted Gender, Abortion, and Travel After Roe's End on SSRN. Here is the abstract:Abstract: This essay responds to Professor Richard Fallon's 2006 Childress Lecture…
Sentencing Law and Policy
A gendered perspective on the war on drugs
Main December 24, 2006A gendered perspective on the war on drugsThis article from the North County Times (CA), entited "Women are silent casualties of war on drugs," provides an interesting…
ImmigrationProf Blog
New Immigration Articles
Fletcher, Aubra. The REAL ID Act: furthering gender bias in U.S. asylum law. 21 Berkeley J. Gender L. & Just. 111-131 (2006).Harrold, Marc M. Asylum-seekers in outer space, a perspective…
Sentencing Law and Policy
How might a gendered clerk reality impact the SCOTUS cert pool?
Main August 30, 2006How might a gendered clerk reality impact the SCOTUS cert pool?As detailed in posts linked below, I have long speculated that the operation of the SCOTUS cert…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Sex and Precatory Language
Assistant Professor Alyssa A. DiRusso of the Cumberland School of Law has recently authored an article entitled He Says, She Requests: Gender Differences in the Use of Precatory Language in…