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Remarks On Manifesting Justice: Wrongly Convicted Women Reclaim Their Rights, Amber Baylor, Valena Beety, Susan Sturm
Remarks On Manifesting Justice: Wrongly Convicted Women Reclaim Their Rights, Amber Baylor, Valena Beety, Susan Sturm
Articles by Maurer Faculty
The following are remarks from a panel discussion co-hosted by the Columbia Journal of Gender and Law and the Center for Gender and Sexuality Law on the book Manifesting Justice: Wrongly Convicted Women Reclaim Their Rights.
Time Off Work For Menstruation: A Good Idea?, Deborah Widiss
Time Off Work For Menstruation: A Good Idea?, Deborah Widiss
Articles by Maurer Faculty
In February 2023, Spain became the first European country to guarantee “menstrual leave” for workers, joining several countries, mostly in East Asia, that have long done so. It has also become increasingly common for companies to offer paid time off to menstruators as a discretionary benefit. Reports on these developments are almost always accompanied by criticism from self-identified feminists voicing concern that the policies will spur discrimination against women or reinforce stereotypes about menstruators as incapable workers. This echoes earlier arguments over maternity leave. In their groundbreaking book, Menstruation Matters, Bridget Crawford and Emily Waldman expose myriad ways in which …
Ne Nya Sexpuritanerna, I. India Thusi
Ne Nya Sexpuritanerna, I. India Thusi
Articles by Maurer Faculty
This story is based on Sweden, where I conducted a legal ethnography that included interviews with several people selling sexual services there. Many of my observations are included in this story, and where indicated, I have included data shared with me during semi-structured interviews with my research participants. Where statements about Oceania are not directly cited, the intention is to provide a generalized account inspired by Swedish politics and culture. The only observation from this story that is fictionalized is Jasmine and Rebecca’s relationship to each other and their encounter on the subway station. They represent two of my informants, …