Author Archives: Bridget Crawford

Andrews’ 2001 Article: “From Gender Apartheid to Non-Sexism: The Pursuit of Women’s Rights in South Africa”

Feminist Law Prof Penelope Andrews  (CUNY Law School) has posted to ssrn her 2001 article “From Gender Apartheid to Non-Sexism: The Pursuit of Women’s Rights in South Africa.”   Here is the abstract.   This article discusses the quest for … Continue reading

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How Big Is It?

Your blog readership, that is.   The measuring game goes on (again) here. -Bridget Crawford

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Don’t Congratulate Nike So Quickly

Today’s New York Times carries this story on Nike’s new ads featuring female athletes.    According to the Times, the Nike ads  proclaim the message that  “We’re athletes, so ditch the female modifier.”   The new ads sound great, and … Continue reading

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Conference Announcement: Promoting Diversity in Law Deanships

From the FLP Mailbox: Seattle University School of Law is partnering with Society of American Law Teachers (SALT) to sponsor a two-day workshop to encourage and assist members of underrepresented groups to pursue deanships. The workshop will be held at … Continue reading

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Sexual Orientation and the Law Blog

Check out the new Sexual Orientation and the Law Blog, co-edited by FeministLawProf Sara Benson (University of Illinois College of Law). -Bridget Crawford

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Commercial Success of Morning-After Pill

From the AP: In the year since it was approved for over-the-counter sales, the morning-after pill has become a huge commercial success for its manufacturer, but its popularity and solid safety record haven’t deterred critics from seeking to overturn the … Continue reading

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India at Menopause (60)

On Wednesday, India celebrated 60 years of independence from Britain.   Much has been said about how much India has developed, including in the area of women’s rights and women’s political power (consider former Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi, and … Continue reading

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No Fishing, Hiking or Golfing at the Glamorous Girls Camp

Lydia Houck, a nine-year-old girl in Windsor, Nova Scotia, was told (link is here) last week that she wouldn’t be allowed to attend a municipality-sponsored one-day fishing, hiking and golfing event for 5-to-12 year olds.   Why?   Because it … Continue reading

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“Explaining Women’s Success: Technological Change and the Skill Content of Women’s Work”

From ssrn.com, this interesting NBER study on labor demographics and the wage gap, using data from West Germany but extrapolating for other industrialized countries. Sandra E. Black and Alexandra Spitz-Oener,”Explaining Women’s Success: Technological Change and the Skill Content of Women’s … Continue reading

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Infanti on Deconstructing the Duty to the Tax System

Feminist Law Prof Anthony C. Infanti (Pittsburgh) has posted to ssrn his article “Deconstructing the Duty to the Tax System: Unfettering Zealous Advocacy on Behalf of Lesbian and Gay Taxpayers.”   Here is the abstract: In this article, I consider … Continue reading

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10th Circuit Victory for Same-Sex Parents of Adopted Children

Earlier this month, the 10th Circuit upheld a lower court’s ruling striking down an Oklahoma statute, the Adoption Invalidation Law, that effectively made children adopted by same-sex couples in other states legal orphans when the families were in Oklahoma. The … Continue reading

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Hofstra Law School Announces Dean’s Search

From the FLP mailbox: Hofstra University School of Law invites applications and nominations for DEAN OF THE LAW SCHOOL Founded in 1970, the School of Law has a history of innovation, scholarship, and excellence in legal education, as demonstrated by … Continue reading

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Symbolism

Writing, as I do, about how the tax laws adversely impact same-sex couples, I often come up against the entirely misguided argument that same-sex couples should be happy with their current treatment under the federal tax laws:that is, mandatory treatment … Continue reading

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Erasing History

The Philadelphia School District last year designated October as Gay and Lesbian History Month. After receiving a barrage of complaints, the school district decided at the end of last week to do away with Gay and Lesbian History Month. To … Continue reading

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Asterisk Those Sex Surveys

This article, run in the New York Times on Sunday, addresses the stereotype of heterosexual men being more sexually active than heterosexual women — basically, every self-reporting survey conducted on the topic indicates that men are significantly more sexually active. … Continue reading

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Lillian Robinson Scholars Program – Concordia University (Montreal)

From the FLP Mailbox: The Simone de Beauvoir Institute of Concordia University has created the Lillian Robinson Scholars program as a living memorial to Lillian S. Robinson, the late Principal of the Institute. The program provides two (2) different awards … Continue reading

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How People of Privilege View the Future

The newest issue of BusinessWeek reports the results of a survey of U.S. executives’ attitudes about the future.   Two factoids caught my eye: 83% of men and 77% of women agree that it will be “easier for women to … Continue reading

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Proprietary Digital Sex

From the AP: Kevin Alderman…[a] 46-year-old entrepreneur recognized four years ago that people would pay to equip their online selves — which start out with the smooth anatomy of a Barbie or Ken doll — with realistic genitalia and even … Continue reading

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Renewable Energy and the Feminist Legal Agenda

Earlier this week, the House of Representatives passed a tax bill that provides a variety of incentives for renewable energy: The Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Tax Act of 2007 includes tax credits and bonds to promote investment in renewable … Continue reading

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Cooper on “Bipolar Black Masculinity”

FeministLawProf Professor Frank Rudy Cooper of Suffolk University Law School has posted to ssrn his article, “Against Bipolar Black Masculinity: Intersectionality, Assimilation, Identity Performance, and Hierarchy.”   Here is the abstract: The reason for bipolar black masculinity is that it … Continue reading

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Is this Funny?

I don’t think so, but call me humorless. -Bridget Crawford (hat tip to Darren Rosenblum)

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Unprosecuted Abuse of Native American Women

This article in the LA Times  raises the question of what law governs the crime of sexual abuse of a Native American women by non-Native men.   there is a huge problem that is being regularly ignored in our country. … Continue reading

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Private Gets 110-Year Sentence for Rape and Killing

From the New York Times: A 23-year-old Army private was sentenced last night to 110 years in prison, a day after a military jury convicted him of rape and four counts of murder for his role in the attack last … Continue reading

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FeministLawProf Profile: Kimberly Yuracko

Professor Kimberly Yuracko joined the Northwestern Law faculty in 2002 after serving as a visiting assistant professor for the 2001-02 academic year. Her book Perfectionism and Contemporary Feminist Values was published in 2003.   FLP: What is your educational and … Continue reading

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Paulina Wright Davis: Women’s Rights Advocate and Publisher

Paulina Kellogg Wright Davis, born on August 7, 1813, was the editor and publisher of The Una: A Paper Devoted to the Elevation of Woman.   Women’s history researchers can consult copies of the paper preserved in the Rare Book … Continue reading

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Peddling Sexuality in the Presidential Race

We remember when the Al-Tipper smooch took everyone by surprise in the 2000 presidential race.   This season, Harper’s Bazaar  gives us a  photo spread that features a shot of Judith Nathan on Rudy Giuliani’s lap.    “Aww, how sweet” … Continue reading

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Feminist Law Prof Profile: Anthony E. Varona

Anthony E. Varona is an Associate Professor at American University Washington College of Law.   Professor Varona recently answered these questions for Feminist Law Professors. · What is your educational and professional background? A.B. in political science and romance languages … Continue reading

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Pace Law School Faculty Search: Senior Environmental and (Open-Slot) Entry-Level Position in NY

From the FLP mailbox: Pace University School of Law expects to fill one or more full time, tenure track faculty positions commencing in the 2008-2009 academic year.   Pace is particularly interested in mid-career environmental law candidates, as well as … Continue reading

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The KY Product Extension

Along with its full line of “intimacy products,” the makers of K-Y offer a “Relationship Registry” on its website. The Relationship Registry has you covered. From your shoe size to your favorite clothing store. From your fantasies to e-mail reminders … Continue reading

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Who’s Your Egg Donor? The British Government Wants the World to Know

From this article in the London Times: The birth certificates of children born from donated eggs and sperm would be marked with details of the way they were conceived, under proposals advanced yesterday [July 31, 2007]  by MPs and peers. … Continue reading

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No Glove, No Love: Where HPV Is Found

From the Seattle Post Intelligencer: Controversy continues to plague efforts to protect young women against cervical cancer by vaccinating them against HPV, the human papillomavirus, but one leading scientist’s discovery could throw a monkey wrench into the debate. “We found … Continue reading

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Mapping A Third-Wave Feminist Legal Agenda for Child-Care

Child-care is expensive; American families with mothers make average monthly child-care payments of an estimated 6.9% of their average monthly family income.[1]   But this percentage can vary considerably depending on the geographic location of the family and the type … Continue reading

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FeministLawProf Profile: Naomi Cahn

Naomi Cahn is the John Theodore Fey Research Professor of Law at George Washington University, where she is also the Associate Dean for Faculty Development. Professor Cahn has held a variety of positions in both the private and public interest … Continue reading

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FeministLawProf Profile: Jessica Silbey

Jessica Silbey is a professor at Suffolk University of Law.   Her scholarly interests focus on the cultural analysis of law, including the interdiscipline of law and literature and law and film.   Before joining the faculty of Suffolk Law … Continue reading

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Veritas Nec Concubitu

From the Chronicle of Higher Education (here, but registration and pay-subscription required), this story on a chastity-commitment club at Harvard: On a campus they describe as saturated with casual sex, Justin [Murray] and Sarah [Kinsella] have helped put abstinence on … Continue reading

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Update on Domestic Partner Benefits at UPS

UPS has now relented and decided to extend health insurance benefits to parties to a NJ civil union.   The NY Times story is here.  -Anthony C. Infanti

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Subway Groping Makes the News

From Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer’s website: “[I]t is hard to find a woman who rides the subway who hasn’t been harassed – or who doesn’t know someone who has been.   Our goal is to raise the profile of … Continue reading

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FeministLawProf Profile: Ellen Podgor

Ellen S. Podgor is the Associate Dean of Faculty Development and Distance Education at Stetson University College of Law.   She is a co-author of books on white collar crime, criminal law and international criminal law, and has authored articles … Continue reading

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Eight Random Facts Meme – Generation 4

Ann tagged me, so I’m it.   Here are eight random facts/habits about myself and tags to eight other bloggers.   1.   Books that have influenced my thinking include: The Diary of Anne Frank; The Campfire Girls’ Handbook; The … Continue reading

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Postcockism

What is the difference between being pro-male and pro-men’s rights?   Where is the line between “love of the cock” (in Janet Halley’s phrase) and making cocks the standard against which all are measured?   If we take a post-modern, … Continue reading

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Let’s See Whose is Bigger

The measuring (of blog readership, that is) continues over at Concurring Opinions. Sigh. -Bridget Crawford Update by Ann: Dave Hoffman updated his post here.

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WSJ on the Pathology of Equality Projects

The left is obsessed with inequality, according to Professor Arthur Brooks of Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Public Administration. Writing for the Wall Street Journal (link here requires registration) on July 19, 2007, Brooks says: The general view among liberals … Continue reading

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Remembering the Victims of the Holocaust

Today I visited the Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp, outside of Berlin.   The camp’s watchtower  appears in the photo at right.   I learned many things on this visit – among them, that the camp had a brothel for the male … Continue reading

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FeministLawProf Profile: Felice Batlan

Professor Felice Batlan explains how feminism has affected her career, her life, and how she continues to allow feminism to guide her teaching. Like so many women my path into my professional life had multiple turns and forks. When asked … Continue reading

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Feminism Once a Month

From the FLP mailbox, this request to support feminist radio in NYC (available streaming on the web, too): This Thursday, July 26, between 3 and 6 PM, Joy of Resistance: Multicultural Feminist Radio @ WBAI (99.5 FM) will offer a … Continue reading

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Update on UPS and Spousal Benefits

A  follow-up to my earlier post here on the UPS spousal benefits issue.   Governor Corzine has now entered the fray, sending a letter to UPS (here), urging it to extend benefits and pointing out that NJ law in fact … Continue reading

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Why Spell-Check Isn’t Enough, Part II

In 2006, at least 12 journals published articles containing citations in which Justice Ginsburg’s name is misspelled. The offenders include: Fordham L. Rev. U. St. Thomas L.J. U. Rich. L. Rev. B.U. Pub. Int. L.J. Fla. J. Int’l L. U. … Continue reading

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Cleavage, Cleavage Everywhere

-Bridget Crawford

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Update in Genarlow Wilson Case

Yesterday the Georgia Supreme Court heard an appeal in the case of Genarlow Wilson, previously blogged here, here and here. From the NYTimes: Originally, the Supreme Court declined to expedite the case and was set to hear the appeals in … Continue reading

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Raeder on Comments on Child Abuse Litigation in a ‘Testimonial’ World: The Intersection of Competency, Hearsay and Confrontation

FeministLawProf Myrna Raeder (Southwestern University School of Law) has  posted to ssrn her article, “Comments on Child Abuse Litigation in a ‘Testimonial’ World: The Intersection of Competency, Hearsay and Confrontation.”    Here is the abstract:   This article explores the … Continue reading

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