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Jack & Jill Take Lots Of Pills, But Jill Comes Tumbling After: Gender Inequality In Privately Funded Early Phase Clinical Trials, Shana F. Oppenheim
Jack & Jill Take Lots Of Pills, But Jill Comes Tumbling After: Gender Inequality In Privately Funded Early Phase Clinical Trials, Shana F. Oppenheim
William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice
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True Feminism: Identifying The Real Threats To Women, Cynthia Noland Dunbar
True Feminism: Identifying The Real Threats To Women, Cynthia Noland Dunbar
William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice
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The Facade Of Neutrality: Uncovering Gender Silences In International Trade, Barnali Choudhury
The Facade Of Neutrality: Uncovering Gender Silences In International Trade, Barnali Choudhury
William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice
International trade policies have traditionally been measured in terms of net economic benefit and market-based criteria. For the most part, these policies have largely ignored any of the societal effects that a liberalized trade regime may cause. Recently, however, the environmental, health, and labor impacts of trade agreements have slowly gained recognition as areas of concern. This recognition has led to an overall growing trend towards acknowledging the linkages between trade and non-trade issues.
One area that has been relatively untouched by any new developments is the issue of gender. Trade theories proceed from the premise that trade agreements are …
Legal Work And The Glass Cliff: Evidence That Women Are Preferentially Selected To Lead Problematic Cases, Julie S. Ashby, Michelle K. Ryan, S. Alexander Haslam
Legal Work And The Glass Cliff: Evidence That Women Are Preferentially Selected To Lead Problematic Cases, Julie S. Ashby, Michelle K. Ryan, S. Alexander Haslam
William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice
Recent archival and experimental research by Ryan and Haslam has revealed the phenomenon of the glass cliff whereby women are more likely than men to be appointed to risky or precarious leadership positions in problematic organizational circumstances. This paper extends research on the glass cliff by examining the precariousness of the cases women are assigned in a legal context. An experimental study conducted with law students (N = 114) investigated the appointment of a candidate to lead a legal case that was defined as either low-risk or high-risk. Commensurate with patterns observed in other domains, results indicated that a male …
The Rise And Fall Of Women's Rights: Have Sexuality And Reproductive Freedom Forfeited Victory?, Lynne Marie Kohm, Colleen Holmes
The Rise And Fall Of Women's Rights: Have Sexuality And Reproductive Freedom Forfeited Victory?, Lynne Marie Kohm, Colleen Holmes
William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice
No abstract provided.