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Contraception: Securing Feminism’S Promise, Naomi R. Cahn, June Carbone
Contraception: Securing Feminism’S Promise, Naomi R. Cahn, June Carbone
GW Law Faculty Publications & Other Works
This paper traces the history of attempts to restrict contraception, the legal events securing widespread access to contraception and their importance to a generation of college-aged women, the short-lived nature of the consensus that produced them, and the potential of the issue to serve as a rallying point for a revitalized feminism. It explores the hypocrisy of a system that, whatever its values, makes reproductive autonomy readily available for the affluent and the sophisticated and increasingly beyond the reach of the most vulnerable. Finally, it considers the potential of contraception as a reframing device, capable of exposing the hypocrisy of …
Lifting The Floor: Sex, Class, And Education, Naomi R. Cahn, June Carbone
Lifting The Floor: Sex, Class, And Education, Naomi R. Cahn, June Carbone
GW Law Faculty Publications & Other Works
This paper was written for a conference on third wave feminism. Third wave feminism recognizes the importance of "raising the floor," and this paper - from two second wave feminists - helps in developing an agenda for achieving that goal. After a brief exploration of two different models that we label "red families" and "blue families," this paper makes two critical points: first, it correlates the different models to the varying approaches to parental leave laws; and second, it expands our discussion of women and care beyond the workplace and child care, exploring what contributes to women's ability to care …