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Interview With Professor Martha Albertson Fineman, Linnéa Wegerstad, Niklas Selberg
Interview With Professor Martha Albertson Fineman, Linnéa Wegerstad, Niklas Selberg
Linnéa Wegerstad
No abstract provided.
Interview With Professor Martha Albertson Fineman, Linnéa Wegerstad, Niklas Selberg
Interview With Professor Martha Albertson Fineman, Linnéa Wegerstad, Niklas Selberg
Niklas Selberg
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Keeping Feminism In Its Place: Sex Segregation And The Domestication Of Female Academics, Nancy Levit
Keeping Feminism In Its Place: Sex Segregation And The Domestication Of Female Academics, Nancy Levit
Nancy Levit
The thesis of Keeping Feminism in Its Place is that women are being "domesticated" in the legal academy. This occurs in two ways, one theoretical and one very practical: denigration of feminism on the theoretical level and sex segregation of men and women on the experiential level intertwine to disadvantage women in academia in complex and subtle ways.
The article examines occupational sex segregation and role differentiation between male and female law professors, demonstrating statistically that in legal academia, women are congregated in lower-ranking, lower-paying, lower-prestige positions. It also traces how segregation by sex persists in substantive course teaching assignments. …