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Cleveland State Law Review

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Women And The Equal Protection Clause, Eric R. Gilbertson Jan 1971

Women And The Equal Protection Clause, Eric R. Gilbertson

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The stance of the law in this respect, as with other social trends, has generally reflected the current attitudes that dominate the society it governs. Yet, as late as 1969, we still had judges on the appellate level taking judicial notice of the female's lesser capacity for sexual arousal, the sexual behavior of "the vast majority of women in a civilized society," and the "normal" behavior of a married woman in the presence of her husband in their bedroom;' all in a puritanically paternalistic fashion. This, and other absurd judicial pronouncements may have been what prompted one controversial attorney to …


The Constitution And The One-Sex College, Lizabeth A. Moody Jan 1971

The Constitution And The One-Sex College, Lizabeth A. Moody

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These cases bring into sharp focus the question whether the Constitution permits government-sponsored institutions of higher learning on the basis of sex. Such institutions have a lengthy history in this country and, during the early years of the Republic, were the rule rather than the exception. Tradition, however, is not the test of constitutional permissibility.