Category Archives: Feminism and the Workplace

Stimulating Gender Equality

Posted on January 5, 2009 by Katherine Franke

As politicians and pundits debate the need for and contents of an economic stimulus program early in the Obama Administration, one issue has gained less attention than it should, and the attention it has gotten is – to my mind … Continue reading →

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From the Department of One Step Forward, Two Steps Back: In the 1970s, over 90 percent of the collegiate women’s teams were coached by women, but now just over 40 percent of women’s teams are headed by female coaches (and only 17.7 percent of women’s and men’s teams combined).

Posted on December 23, 2008 by Ann Bartow

A post at the AAUW Dialog blog noted: …Title IX has made an enormous positive difference in women’s sports: two years before the enactment of Title IX in 1970, there were only 2.5 women’s teams per school, but as of … Continue reading →

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Four Oklahoma City University law professors allege discrimination and harassment.

Posted on December 23, 2008 by Ann Bartow

Details here and here. Paul Secunda has some observations here.

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Globalization of Surrogacy Markets – US and India

Posted on December 22, 2008 by Katherine Franke

Nazneen Mehta is a second-year law student at Columbia Law School and is writing a Note on the international market in surrogacy services – particularly between relatively affluent “intended parents” in the US and poor female surrogates in India. Her … Continue reading →

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Tomorrow the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in the case, AT & T v. Hulteen — the case revolving around the interpretation of the scope of gender discrimination and pregnancy discrimination in employment under Title VII and the Pregnancy Discrimination Act.

Posted on December 9, 2008 by Ann Bartow

From Dionne Scott at the Center for Reproductive Rights: Four women who entered the workforce prior to the enactment of the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA) are disputing AT & T’s calculation of their pensions. That calculation was based on a … Continue reading →

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Patients v. Medical Students: A Provocative Discussion.

Posted on December 5, 2008 by Ann Bartow

One of my favorite law profs sent me a link to a medical student discussion board, where a very long thread started off with this post: From some personal experience and hearing stories from others, there seems to be a … Continue reading →

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Women, Men, Familes, Careers

Posted on November 27, 2008 by Ann Bartow

Echidne has a really good, thoughtful post here.

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Abortion and Medical School

Posted on November 25, 2008 by Ann Bartow

The Wapo has a lengthy article entitled A Hard Choice on this topic, an excerpt is below: You think you are pro-choice, Carole Meyers was saying. But, really, “how pro-choice are you? What does it mean for you? What’s your … Continue reading →

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Robert L. Nelson, ­Ellen C. Berrey and ­Laura Beth Nielsen, “Divergent Paths: Conflicting Conceptions of Employment Discrimination in Law and the Social Sciences”

Posted on November 13, 2008 by Ann Bartow

The abstract: Legal conceptions of employment discrimination have become increasingly narrow over the past two decades as the law has adopted a”perpetrator”model of discrimination that emphasizes purposeful intent. This tendency runs counter to social scientific research that documents the pervasiveness … Continue reading →

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Report by “Women’s Voices, Women Vote” – “The Disparate Impact of the Economic Crisis on Unmarried Women”

Posted on October 22, 2008 by Ann Bartow

Income: Unmarried women earn only 56 cents for every dollar that married men make. [Center for American Progress, 4/25/08] According to analysis of data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics for individuals 25 to 61 years old, female-headed households … Continue reading →

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Why Women Should Control Wall Street

Posted on October 15, 2008 by Ann Bartow

So last week when I received my TIAA-CREF statement (like many professors, I assume) you might have heard me scream from Milwaukee.   But now I have a better idea–I should be running the market!   Tim Harford, a columnist … Continue reading →

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Lilly Ledbetter at Pitt Law Tonight

Posted on October 9, 2008 by Tony Infanti

For readers in the Western Pennsylvania area who might be interested in attending, Lilly Ledbetter will be speaking at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law tonight about her Supreme Court case and the fight for equal pay for women. … Continue reading →

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Jennifer S. Hendricks, “Instead of ENDA, A Course Correction for Title VII”

Posted on October 8, 2008 by Ann Bartow

Here is the abstract: In September 2008, the D.C. federal court issued a landmark decision holding that discrimination against a transgender person was sex discrimination under Title VII. This decision throws into sharp relief the ongoing debates among supporters of … Continue reading →

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