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Sex-Separation In Public Restrooms: Law, Architecture, And Gender, Terry S. Kogan
Sex-Separation In Public Restrooms: Law, Architecture, And Gender, Terry S. Kogan
Michigan Journal of Gender & Law
This Article challenges the common assumption that legally mandated sex-separation of public restrooms is a benign recognition of natural anatomical differences between men and women. Relying on legal history, gender history, and architectural theory, my central thesis is that, contrary to common intuitions, there was nothing benign or gender neutral about the social and historical origins of the first laws adopted at the end of the nineteenth century that mandated such separation.
A Book Of The Law Quadrangle At The University Of Michigan, Fred Nathan
A Book Of The Law Quadrangle At The University Of Michigan, Fred Nathan
About the Buildings
William Wilson Cook ardently believed that the future of democratic institutions must depend in large measure upon the ability and integrity of the members of the legal profession. He hoped to improve the quality of the leadership provided by that profession by improving the law schools. As the immediate object of his philanthropy he chose his Alma Mater, The University of Michigan Law School. The Law Quadrangle is the physical embodiment of one aspect of his idea and marks a milestone in legal education. In making possible a close fellowship between lawyers, teachers, and students in an inspiring environment he …