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Why Rape Should Not (Always) Be A Crime, Katharine K. Baker
Why Rape Should Not (Always) Be A Crime, Katharine K. Baker
Katharine K. Baker
Sex And Equality (Symposium), Katharine Baker
Sex And Equality (Symposium), Katharine Baker
Katharine K. Baker
This essay, to be published in Boston University Law Review’s symposium on Hanna Rosin’s book, The End of Men, challenges Rosin’s suggestion that contemporary sexual norms on college campuses serve women’s interests well. Unpacking the same data that Rosin uses to defend hook-up culture on women’s behalf, the essay argues that hook-up norms facilitate rape and may help explain the high rate of sexual assault on college campuses. Hook-up norms also perpetuate the sexual double standard, disproportionately hurt lower income women who cannot compete in hook-up status games, and valorize boorish, selfish male sexual behavior. In doing so, hook-up norms …
Gender And Emotion In Criminal Law, Katharine K. Baker
Gender And Emotion In Criminal Law, Katharine K. Baker
Katharine K. Baker
No abstract provided.
Gender, Genes, And Choice: A Comparative Look At Feminism, Evolution, And Economics, Katharine K. Baker
Gender, Genes, And Choice: A Comparative Look At Feminism, Evolution, And Economics, Katharine K. Baker
Katharine K. Baker
Biology For Feminists, Katharine K. Baker
Text, Context And The Problem With Rape, Katharine K. Baker
Text, Context And The Problem With Rape, Katharine K. Baker
Katharine K. Baker
No abstract provided.
Sex, Rape And Shame, Katharine K. Baker
Sex, Rape And Shame, Katharine K. Baker
Katharine K. Baker
Property Rules Meet Feminist Needs: Respecting Autonomy By Valuing Connection, Katharine K. Baker
Property Rules Meet Feminist Needs: Respecting Autonomy By Valuing Connection, Katharine K. Baker
Katharine K. Baker
In this Article, Professor Baker analyzes how and why the law protects both horizontal (marital) and vertical (parent/child) relationships. In doing so, she suggests that, although the reasons to protect relationships are comparable in both the horizontal and vertical contexts, the law is much more willing to interfere with vertical relationships, at least when the parents are not married to each other. From the standpoint of women's needs, this inconsistent treatment of relationships is precisely backwards. Women benefit little from the law's deference to horizontal relationships, but they could benefit substantially if the law was more deferential to a single …
Taking Care Of Our Daughters, A Book Review Of Martha Fineman, The Neutered Mother, The Sexual Family And Other Twentieth Century Tragedies, Katharine K. Baker
Taking Care Of Our Daughters, A Book Review Of Martha Fineman, The Neutered Mother, The Sexual Family And Other Twentieth Century Tragedies, Katharine K. Baker
Katharine K. Baker
No abstract provided.
Comment, Contracting For Security: Paying Married Women What They've Earned, Katharine K. Baker
Comment, Contracting For Security: Paying Married Women What They've Earned, Katharine K. Baker
Katharine K. Baker
No abstract provided.