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Columbia Journal of Gender and Law articles from September 2007
A law journal devoted to original scholarship on the interaction between gender and law. Contributors are noted scholars in feminist jurisprudence, including judges, law professors, and law students. The editorial stance embraces an expansive view of femi
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Columbia Journal of Gender and Law archives from September 2007
The subtle side of sexism.
September 22, 2007... Sexism is not a term often encountered in polite company. In conventional usage, it conveys discrimination based on sex and seems to require some conscious action. Yet there is also a subtle side of sexism: a cluster of social expectations and...
Subtly sexist language.
September 22, 2007... "Why do I use 'chairman' instead of 'chairperson'? I hadn't really thought about it. Does it matter?"
--General Counsel of a major U.S. corporation (1)
"Where, after all, do human rights begin? In small places, close to home... the...
Perceiving subtle sexism: mapping the social-psychological forces and legal narratives that obscure gender bias.
September 22, 2007... In early January of 2007, the AALS Section on Women in Legal Education held a panel discussion on "Subtle Sexism in Our Everyday Lives" at the AALS Annual meeting in Washington, D.C. Such discussions about the barriers facing women in the legal...