a new era or a new era? amendment advocacy and the
... resources toward electing candidates who supported the ERA and other feminist positions, and to defeating those who did not. Reintroducing the ERA provided an opportunity to further this goal, highlighting not only how the preceding decade had transformed the amendment’s ideological and partisan val ...
... resources toward electing candidates who supported the ERA and other feminist positions, and to defeating those who did not. Reintroducing the ERA provided an opportunity to further this goal, highlighting not only how the preceding decade had transformed the amendment’s ideological and partisan val ...
Hysteria, Feminism, and Gender Revisited
... between 1895 and 1900 on the basis of his clinical experience with hysterical patients, nearly all of them women” (1). To think about this experience another way, while hysteria was reframed with reference to new laws and was new in principle, its recommended treatment in psychoanalysis would remain ...
... between 1895 and 1900 on the basis of his clinical experience with hysterical patients, nearly all of them women” (1). To think about this experience another way, while hysteria was reframed with reference to new laws and was new in principle, its recommended treatment in psychoanalysis would remain ...
Towards Different Law and Public Policy
... or damaging stereotypes of women and men. In the Netherlands there is general acceptance of the view that Article 5a of CEDAW offers an additional legal tool to combat discrimination against women, when compared with national Dutch and European Community law that prohibits discrimination on the grou ...
... or damaging stereotypes of women and men. In the Netherlands there is general acceptance of the view that Article 5a of CEDAW offers an additional legal tool to combat discrimination against women, when compared with national Dutch and European Community law that prohibits discrimination on the grou ...
Margaret Sanger:Eugenics vs Feminism
... unemployed, sick, diseased, mentally handicap, physically handicap, and feebleminded. Franks also finds in important to define the term “unfit” as evils of the world, that Sanger’s planned to eliminate through the distribution of birth control. While Franks interprets Sanger’s view on “fit” individu ...
... unemployed, sick, diseased, mentally handicap, physically handicap, and feebleminded. Franks also finds in important to define the term “unfit” as evils of the world, that Sanger’s planned to eliminate through the distribution of birth control. While Franks interprets Sanger’s view on “fit” individu ...
2. Access to justice for women in gender-based violence
... The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay agrees that eradicating stereotyping from our judicial systems must be a priority. States should … take measures to eliminate wrongful gender stereotyping in all aspects of the criminal justice system…. Explicit action is required to ensure that ...
... The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay agrees that eradicating stereotyping from our judicial systems must be a priority. States should … take measures to eliminate wrongful gender stereotyping in all aspects of the criminal justice system…. Explicit action is required to ensure that ...
Broadening the Scope and the Norms of EU Gender Equality Law
... treatment of persons’ – irrespective of race or ethnic origin, religion and belief, age, disability, sexual orientation and sex. While their demands on the national legislators go beyond a mere formal concept of equal treatment, encompassing more substantive aims such as ‘putting into effect the pri ...
... treatment of persons’ – irrespective of race or ethnic origin, religion and belief, age, disability, sexual orientation and sex. While their demands on the national legislators go beyond a mere formal concept of equal treatment, encompassing more substantive aims such as ‘putting into effect the pri ...
The Legal Treatment of Marital Rape in Canada, Ghana, Kenya and
... The criminalization of marital rape2 constitutes an historic opportunity to enact laws which effectively combat violence against women.3 Legal impunity for marital rape constitutes state endorsed violence against women. The legal treatment of marital rape is an issue of priority concern for the Afri ...
... The criminalization of marital rape2 constitutes an historic opportunity to enact laws which effectively combat violence against women.3 Legal impunity for marital rape constitutes state endorsed violence against women. The legal treatment of marital rape is an issue of priority concern for the Afri ...
Does it Cost Too Much? A `Difference` Look at J.E.B. v. Alabama
... fortunately, in following Batson without question, the J.E.B. Court failed to recognize the distinction between race and gender z5 The Court in J.E.B. was faced with facts clearly indicating that the individual juror's gender was the only factor the prosecution considered. 26 Many experienced attorn ...
... fortunately, in following Batson without question, the J.E.B. Court failed to recognize the distinction between race and gender z5 The Court in J.E.B. was faced with facts clearly indicating that the individual juror's gender was the only factor the prosecution considered. 26 Many experienced attorn ...
Public Restrooms - Moritz College of Law
... federal Equal Rights Amendment (“ERA”) in the 1970s and 1980s.21 ERA opponents invoked the symbol of “unisex bathrooms” to attack sex-integrated bathrooms on the basis that such bathrooms would make society unisex by leading to the end of gender differentiation.22 By contrast, feminists have recentl ...
... federal Equal Rights Amendment (“ERA”) in the 1970s and 1980s.21 ERA opponents invoked the symbol of “unisex bathrooms” to attack sex-integrated bathrooms on the basis that such bathrooms would make society unisex by leading to the end of gender differentiation.22 By contrast, feminists have recentl ...
Lying in a Room of One`s Own
... may settle for part-time shifts (such as ‘Mommy Tracks’), poor hours, or local jobs, all of which can be terribly exploitative.” Yet, as years of opinion research reveal, women do not find flexible work arrangements exploitative; on the contrary, many women (and an increasing number of men) rate job ...
... may settle for part-time shifts (such as ‘Mommy Tracks’), poor hours, or local jobs, all of which can be terribly exploitative.” Yet, as years of opinion research reveal, women do not find flexible work arrangements exploitative; on the contrary, many women (and an increasing number of men) rate job ...
The Evolution of “FReD”: Family
... litigated as gender discrimination. In the eight years since Williams first articulated the idea, the number of FRD lawsuits filed has grown exponentially—in turn, increasing media coverage and employers’ knowledge about FRD and how to prevent it. In fact, FRD is now being hailed as the hot topic in ...
... litigated as gender discrimination. In the eight years since Williams first articulated the idea, the number of FRD lawsuits filed has grown exponentially—in turn, increasing media coverage and employers’ knowledge about FRD and how to prevent it. In fact, FRD is now being hailed as the hot topic in ...
asian women and employment discrimination: using intersectionality
... protected black women only to the extent that their discrimination experiences coincided with either white women's or black men's experiences. 69 The court in DeGraffenreid thus refused to acknowledge that black women suffered a unique form of discrimination. 7" In 1980, in jrfferies v. Harris Count ...
... protected black women only to the extent that their discrimination experiences coincided with either white women's or black men's experiences. 69 The court in DeGraffenreid thus refused to acknowledge that black women suffered a unique form of discrimination. 7" In 1980, in jrfferies v. Harris Count ...
Are There Feminist Research Methods
... research techniques in their quest for evidence (=no feminist methods), but nonetheless share a common core approach in their research (=a shared feminist methodology). This feminist methodology, they propose, “is distinctive [from mainstream research] to the extent that it is shaped by feminist the ...
... research techniques in their quest for evidence (=no feminist methods), but nonetheless share a common core approach in their research (=a shared feminist methodology). This feminist methodology, they propose, “is distinctive [from mainstream research] to the extent that it is shaped by feminist the ...
NP Report: Robert's Record on Issues Important to Women & Families
... women and people of color.1 From voting rights to employment discrimination, affirmative action, equal protection for women, school desegregation, fair housing, immigrant rights, school prayer, abortion – no issue seemed immune from attack or debate. Amid this contentious climate, John Roberts’ wri ...
... women and people of color.1 From voting rights to employment discrimination, affirmative action, equal protection for women, school desegregation, fair housing, immigrant rights, school prayer, abortion – no issue seemed immune from attack or debate. Amid this contentious climate, John Roberts’ wri ...
Pay Equity Info Sheet - National Association of Women and the
... establishment and perform work of “equal value”. The law applies to employees in the federal public sector and businesses under the federal jurisdiction, such as banks, CN Rail, Bell and Canada Post. Skill, effort, responsibility and working conditions are the factors which are examined to determine ...
... establishment and perform work of “equal value”. The law applies to employees in the federal public sector and businesses under the federal jurisdiction, such as banks, CN Rail, Bell and Canada Post. Skill, effort, responsibility and working conditions are the factors which are examined to determine ...
Similarly Situated?: The Evolution of Gender
... Many southern states had adopted qualifications such as grandfather clauses or property requirements, which created insurmountable barriers for former-slaves who desired to be legal voters. Although facially neutral, these provisions continued to allow racial discrimination, prompting the Fifteenth ...
... Many southern states had adopted qualifications such as grandfather clauses or property requirements, which created insurmountable barriers for former-slaves who desired to be legal voters. Although facially neutral, these provisions continued to allow racial discrimination, prompting the Fifteenth ...
In India, patriarchal perceptions of women are often the
... promised to women in terms of discrimination perpetrated by the State but within the domestic and community setting also, which was a particularly substantial progression in terms of women’s rights. Yet, despite these developments, the discrimination continues. At the root of this discrimination the ...
... promised to women in terms of discrimination perpetrated by the State but within the domestic and community setting also, which was a particularly substantial progression in terms of women’s rights. Yet, despite these developments, the discrimination continues. At the root of this discrimination the ...
Assessing the feminist revolution: The presence and absence of
... anchored primarily in the internal affairs of the family, as wife, mother, and manager of the household” (Parsons and Bales 1955, p. 355). In this approach, the equation of women with the family was nearly absolute, since women’s “domestic role” meant that both women’s exclusion from public life and ...
... anchored primarily in the internal affairs of the family, as wife, mother, and manager of the household” (Parsons and Bales 1955, p. 355). In this approach, the equation of women with the family was nearly absolute, since women’s “domestic role” meant that both women’s exclusion from public life and ...
Reading Chatelaine: Dr. Marion Hilliard and 1950s Women`s Healt
... ing and continually debated the joys and challenges of marriage and motherhood (Korinek, 2000; Spencer, 2007). This, however, does not mean that Chatelaine was paradox-free, as it frequently contained articles, editorials, fiction, and advertisements that both reinforced and challenged women’s domes ...
... ing and continually debated the joys and challenges of marriage and motherhood (Korinek, 2000; Spencer, 2007). This, however, does not mean that Chatelaine was paradox-free, as it frequently contained articles, editorials, fiction, and advertisements that both reinforced and challenged women’s domes ...
View/Open - AUC DAR Home - The American University in Cairo
... opportunity to become a representative in that lawmaking body. Nevertheless, these actions consist of measures intended to guarantee an increased representation of women. With regards to equality, the idea of guaranteeing the selection of women’s representatives in elections has engendered controver ...
... opportunity to become a representative in that lawmaking body. Nevertheless, these actions consist of measures intended to guarantee an increased representation of women. With regards to equality, the idea of guaranteeing the selection of women’s representatives in elections has engendered controver ...
Bringing Equality Home: Implementing the
... In promoting the realisation of women’s human rights, UNIFEM has developed an array of initiatives around the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). The CEDAW framework can be tremendously useful in working for legal and policy changes at local, national, ...
... In promoting the realisation of women’s human rights, UNIFEM has developed an array of initiatives around the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). The CEDAW framework can be tremendously useful in working for legal and policy changes at local, national, ...
The Contradiction of Masculinity in the Middle Ages
... Such ideas called for men to exclude or forcefully control females and trained women to be afraid of provoking men and their sex drive. Another means of reasserting gender definitions was to promote marriage, giving the institution a sacramental status. Thus, social changes produced a binary society ...
... Such ideas called for men to exclude or forcefully control females and trained women to be afraid of provoking men and their sex drive. Another means of reasserting gender definitions was to promote marriage, giving the institution a sacramental status. Thus, social changes produced a binary society ...
Representation of Women in News of the Turkish - EMU I-REP
... supporting this view, Smart (1989) criticizes grand theorizing of feminism. “Feminist analysis increasing falls into the category of ‘deconstruction’, which challenges naturalistic, overgeneralized and abstract assumptions about the social world. Feminist work has a growing affinity with the idea of ...
... supporting this view, Smart (1989) criticizes grand theorizing of feminism. “Feminist analysis increasing falls into the category of ‘deconstruction’, which challenges naturalistic, overgeneralized and abstract assumptions about the social world. Feminist work has a growing affinity with the idea of ...
Since the 1960s the issue of sexist language has been keenly
... Many feminists are no longer interested in sexism and sexist language. It is assumed that identifying examples of sexism is, in a sense, too easy. Toolan (1996) states that it is now no longer enough to accuse texts of being coercive and describing ways in which they manipulate the reader; it is nec ...
... Many feminists are no longer interested in sexism and sexist language. It is assumed that identifying examples of sexism is, in a sense, too easy. Toolan (1996) states that it is now no longer enough to accuse texts of being coercive and describing ways in which they manipulate the reader; it is nec ...