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Hair Me Out: Why Discrimination Against Black Hair Is Race Discrimination Under Title Vii, Alexis Boyd
Hair Me Out: Why Discrimination Against Black Hair Is Race Discrimination Under Title Vii, Alexis Boyd
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law
In May 2010, Chastity Jones sought employment as a customer service representative at Catastrophe Management Solutions (“CMS”), a claims processing company located in Mobile, Alabama. When asked for an inperson interview, Jones, a Black woman, arrived in a suit and her hair in “short dreadlocks,” or locs, a type of natural hairstyle common in the Black community. Despite being qualified for the position, Jones would later have her offer rescinded because of her hair. CMS claimed that locs “tend to get messy” and violated the “neutral” dress code and hair policy requiring employees to be “professional and business-like.” Therefore, CMS …
Griswold, Geduldig, And Hobby Lobby: The Sex Gap Continues, Maya Manian
Griswold, Geduldig, And Hobby Lobby: The Sex Gap Continues, Maya Manian
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In her article, The (Non)-Right to Sex, Professor Mary Ziegler excavates the fascinating legal history of the “sex gap” — the historical failure to address sexual liberty — in the constitutional canon and offers an important cautionary tale for contemporary advocacy of marriage equality. By surfacing lost efforts to expand sexual liberty, and by linking that liberty to intersectional concerns about class, gender, and racial equality, Professor Ziegler both explains why sexual freedom has received such limited constitutional protection and shows how incrementalist litigation strategies aimed at progressive legal change have inadvertently strengthened the state’s power to delimit sexual expression. …
Rhetorical Holy War: Polygamy, Homosexuality, And The Paradox Of Community And Autonomy, Gregory C. Pinfree
Rhetorical Holy War: Polygamy, Homosexuality, And The Paradox Of Community And Autonomy, Gregory C. Pinfree
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law
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The Man, The State And You: The Role Of The State In Regulating Gender Hierarchies, Meredith Render
The Man, The State And You: The Role Of The State In Regulating Gender Hierarchies, Meredith Render
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law
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Silence Compounded- The Conjuction Of Race And Gender Violence, Zanita E. Fenton
Silence Compounded- The Conjuction Of Race And Gender Violence, Zanita E. Fenton
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law
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Transcript For Centennial Panel Two Decades Of Intermediate Scrutiny: Evaluating Equal Protection For Women, Journal Of Gender, Social Policy & The Law
Transcript For Centennial Panel Two Decades Of Intermediate Scrutiny: Evaluating Equal Protection For Women, Journal Of Gender, Social Policy & The Law
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law
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Revisiting Equality: Feminist Thought About Intermediate Scrutiny, Ann Shalleck
Revisiting Equality: Feminist Thought About Intermediate Scrutiny, Ann Shalleck
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law
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