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Law and Gender

University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law

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Gender bias

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Lawrence Summers At The Nber Conference: The Real Deal, Taunya Lovell Banks Jan 2005

Lawrence Summers At The Nber Conference: The Real Deal, Taunya Lovell Banks

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This mini commentary is written in response to a public speech made by Lawrence Summers, then President of Harvard University in 2005 in which he asserted that the under-representation of women in science and engineering may be due in part to biological differences in abilities between women and men. This commentary argues that Summers' remarks constitute a brief against affirmative action for women stated so broadly that it easily encompasses objections to affirmative action for blacks and other non-white Americans. It concludes that our inability or unwillingness to make connections between gender bias and racial privilege helps to maintain a …


Gender Bias In The Classrom, Taunya Lovell Banks Jan 1990

Gender Bias In The Classrom, Taunya Lovell Banks

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Gender Bias In The Classroom, Taunya Lovell Banks Jan 1988

Gender Bias In The Classroom, Taunya Lovell Banks

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