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Stereotype Threat And Law Librarianship, Ronald E. Wheeler
Stereotype Threat And Law Librarianship, Ronald E. Wheeler
Faculty Scholarship
Mr. Wheeler looks at the concept of stereotype threat and discusses ways to confront and combat it in a diverse society. He proposes some simple solutions within the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) and the law librarianship profession to help diminish the effects of this psychological barrier.
Immutability And Innateness Arguments About Lesbian, Gay, And Bisexual Rights, Edward Stein
Immutability And Innateness Arguments About Lesbian, Gay, And Bisexual Rights, Edward Stein
Chicago-Kent Law Review
A popular and intuitively plausible type of argument for the rights of lesbians, gay men, and bisexuals is based on claims that sexual orientations are inborn and/or unchangeable. Many advocates of such rights view expressing doubts about the immutability and innateness of sexual orientation as tantamount to opposing gay rights. Legally, claims that sexual orientations are innate and/or immutable intersect with the so-called immutability factor in equal protection jurisprudence. This article considers the legal, ethical, and empirical support for arguments for LGB rights based on immutability and innateness. I raise a variety of problems for such arguments in various contexts, …
“Doomed Social Engineering?” Ethics And Professionalism Related To Sexual Orientation: The Florida Experience, Robert W. Lee
“Doomed Social Engineering?” Ethics And Professionalism Related To Sexual Orientation: The Florida Experience, Robert W. Lee
Barry Law Review
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