Rwu Law News: The E-Newsletter Of Roger Williams University School Of Law September 2018,
2018
Roger Williams University
Rwu Law News: The E-Newsletter Of Roger Williams University School Of Law September 2018, Roger Williams University School Of Law
Life of the Law School (1993- )
No abstract provided.
Bleeding Women Dry: Tampon Taxes And Menstrual Inequity,
2018
Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
Bleeding Women Dry: Tampon Taxes And Menstrual Inequity, Jorene Ooi
Northwestern University Law Review
In recent years, the problem of menstrual inequity has attracted increased attention. Most states impose a sales tax on menstrual hygiene products—a “tampon tax.” A burgeoning social movement has sought to end the tampon tax, and lawmakers have taken notice by introducing, and in some cases successfully passing, measures to repeal the tax by exempting menstrual hygiene products from the sales tax. This Note evaluates, from a tax policy standpoint, the pros and cons of repealing the tampon tax. It argues that although repeal is usually undesirable as a matter of tax design, the tax should nevertheless be repealed both …
Gender And Terrorism: A Homeland Security Perspective,
2018
CUNY Graduate Center
Gender And Terrorism: A Homeland Security Perspective, Diana Rosa Rodriguez-Spahia
Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects
While scholars have been studying the growing trend of female terrorists for several years, their research has not permeated politics or the media to help inform our Homeland Security policies. The findings from this body of research indicate that there is hesitance on behalf of the public (especially politicians and law enforcement) to acknowledge that women can be terrorists due to deeply engrained gender norms and expectations about gender roles. Terrorist groups are exploiting this unwillingness by recruiting more women to perpetrate terrorist acts (Lele, 2014; Bloom, 2011). Against the backdrop of the changes in gender norms and expectations that …
The Consideration Of Male Victims Of Sexual Violence As A Subset Of The Particular Social Group “Homosexual” In Adjudicating Asylum Claims,
2018
Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University
The Consideration Of Male Victims Of Sexual Violence As A Subset Of The Particular Social Group “Homosexual” In Adjudicating Asylum Claims, Christiana Desrosiers
Pace International Law Review
This Article analyzes the difficulties African male victims of sexual violence experience when seeking asylum in homophobic host countries and the lack of attention they receive from international and national governments and organizations. It concludes by recommending that male victims of sexual violence be able to seek asylum in host countries due to lack of medical care that they receive in their countries on account of imputed homosexual status.
Reorienting The Rules Of Evidence,
2018
Washburn University School of Law
Reorienting The Rules Of Evidence, Gillian R. Chadwick
Cardozo Law Review
Latent heterosexism is deeply engrained in the common sensibility of the American legal system. In sexual assault cases, that latent heterosexism reveals itself in disparate admissibility rulings and practices regarding evidence that purports to demonstrate a defendant's sexual orientation. When defendant and victim are of the same gender, evidence that a defendant is straight is used to prove innocence, while evidence that a defendant is gay or bisexual is used to prove guilt. This evidence is used to advance narratives invoking anti-gay and anti-bisexual stereotypes of deviance and criminality. Similar arguments are not made in cases involving opposite-gender defendant and …
Babies Having Babies: Advocating For A Different Standard For Minor Parents In Abuse And Neglect Cases,
2018
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Babies Having Babies: Advocating For A Different Standard For Minor Parents In Abuse And Neglect Cases, Emily Barry
Cardozo Law Review
No abstract provided.
High Crimes And Misdemeanors: A View From The #Metoo Era,
2018
University of New Mexico - School of Law
High Crimes And Misdemeanors: A View From The #Metoo Era, Elizabeth Rapaport
Faculty Scholarship
A look at President Bill Clinton, sexual misconduct, feminism and politics within the lens of the #MeToo movement. This article builds off the authors 2001 article, "Sex and Politics at the Close of the Twentieth Century: A Feminist Looks Back at the Clinton Impeachment and the Thomas Confirmation Hearings," in Aftermath: The Clinton Impeachment and the Presidency in the Age of Political Spectacle.
Legitimacy And Protection Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination Under Title Vii,
2018
Indiana University Maurer School of Law
Legitimacy And Protection Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination Under Title Vii, Matt Snodgrass
Indiana Law Journal
Until relatively recently federal courts have held that claims of discrimination based in sexual orientation fall beyond the purview of Title VII protection. Even after the landmark holding in Price Waterhouse that recognized discrimination based in sex stereotypes and subsequent amendment to Title VII, courts resisted “bootstrapping” sexual orientation claims with sex discrimination claims. The result has been a number of puzzling outcomes—for example, extending Title VII protection to gay men who received adverse employment treatment due to stereotypically “effeminate” mannerism but not to gay men who meet cultural standards of masculinity— rigidly applying the structure of protected categories in …
A Legal Fempire?: Women In Complex Civil Litigation,
2018
Seattle University School of Law
A Legal Fempire?: Women In Complex Civil Litigation, Brooke D. Coleman
Indiana Law Journal
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg made headlines when she said that she would be satisfied with the number of women on the Supreme Court “when there are nine.” But why should that answer have been so remarkable? After all, there were nine men on the Court for nearly all of its history. Yet, Justice Ginsburg’s statement was met with amusement—or from some quarters—disdain. What answer would have been considered more appropriate coming from a groundbreaking feminist litigator? Would four have been an acceptable answer? Would five have been presumptuous? This episode reflects our cramped view of how much representation women can …
Gender In The Context Of Same-Sex Divorce And Relationship Dissolution,
2018
Rutgers Law School
Gender In The Context Of Same-Sex Divorce And Relationship Dissolution, Suzanne A. Kim, Edward D. Stein
Articles
This article identifies ways that judges, lawyers, researchers, and policy makers may attend to the role of gender and gender dynamics facing same-sex couples upon divorce or other relationship dissolution. When same-sex couples marry, the legal system and society at large may project conceptions of gender onto same-sex couples, often in a manner that conflicts with couples’ intentions and practices. Gender and gender dynamics may affect the bases for dissolution, the financial aspects of dissolution, and the determination of child custody. The article also suggests directions for future research on the impact of gender on the dissolution of same-sex relationships.
The Way Pavers: Eleven Supreme Court-Worthy Women,
2018
Texas A&M University School of Law
The Way Pavers: Eleven Supreme Court-Worthy Women, Meg Penrose
Faculty Scholarship
Four women have served as Associate Justices on the United States Supreme Court. Since the Court’s inception in 1789, 162 individuals have been nominated to serve as Supreme Court Justices. Five nominees, or roughly 3 percent, have been women. To help put this gender dearth in perspective, more men named “Samuel” have served as Supreme Court Justices than women. Thirteen U.S. Presidents have nominated more people to the Supreme Court than the total number of women that have served on the Court. Finally, there are currently more Catholics serving on the Supreme Court than the number of women appointed in …
The Impact Of Domestic Violence On Immigrant Women,
2018
DePaul University
The Impact Of Domestic Violence On Immigrant Women, Shawna C. Quast
DePaul Journal of Women, Gender and the Law
No abstract provided.
De-Segregating Attire: How Appearance Has Guided History,
2018
DePaul University
De-Segregating Attire: How Appearance Has Guided History, Greeny V. Valbuena
DePaul Journal of Women, Gender and the Law
No abstract provided.
The Unequal Battlefield: How The Transgender Ban Would Affect One-Percent Of The Armed Forces,
2018
DePaul University
The Unequal Battlefield: How The Transgender Ban Would Affect One-Percent Of The Armed Forces, Jennifer M. Garcia
DePaul Journal of Women, Gender and the Law
No abstract provided.
One Text, Another Rendering Now: In The Wake Of Hively V. Ivy Tech Cmty. Coll. Of Ind., The Continuing Struggle To Define Sex Discrimination Under Title Vii,
2018
DePaul University
One Text, Another Rendering Now: In The Wake Of Hively V. Ivy Tech Cmty. Coll. Of Ind., The Continuing Struggle To Define Sex Discrimination Under Title Vii, Kaitlyn Krall
DePaul Journal of Women, Gender and the Law
No abstract provided.
The Story Of Parenthood,
2018
Florida State University College of Law
What About #Ustoo?: The Invisibility Of Race In The #Metoo Movement,
2018
Boston University School of Law
What About #Ustoo?: The Invisibility Of Race In The #Metoo Movement, Angela Onwuachi-Willig
Faculty Scholarship
Women involved in the most recent wave of the #MeToo movement have rightly received praise for breaking long-held silences about harassment in the workplace. The movement, however, has also rightly received criticism for both initially ignoring the role that a woman of color played in founding the movement ten years earlier and in failing to recognize the unique forms of harassment and the heightened vulnerability to harassment that women of color frequently face in the workplace. This Essay highlights and analyzes critical points at which the contributions and experiences of women of color, particularly black women, were ignored in the …
Rape By Fraud: Eluding Washington Rape Statutes,
2018
Seattle University School of Law
Rape By Fraud: Eluding Washington Rape Statutes, Michael Mullen
Seattle University Law Review
Existing Washington law does not sufficiently safeguard its citizens from “rape by fraud,” an action whereby a person obtains sexual consent and has sexual intercourse of any type by fraud, deception, misrepresentation, or impersonation. Rape by fraud is a form of sexual predation not always prosecutable under existing Washington law. In recent years, twelve states have adopted expanded rape by fraud statutory provisions. Presently, Washington’s rape statutes lack the expansive rape by fraud statutory language adopted by these twelve states. A recent sexual scam in Seattle has revealed holes in Washington’s rape statutes. This Note examines the history of rape …
List: Participants In The Campaign Techniques Workshop, National Women’S Education Fund.,
2018
University of North Florida
List: Participants In The Campaign Techniques Workshop, National Women’S Education Fund.
Saffy Collection - All Textual Materials
A participant list in the Campaign Techniques Workshop for the National Women's Education Fund held in Atlanta, Georgia. July 26-29, 1974.
Equal Protection And Scrutinizing Scrutiny: The Supreme Court’S Decision In Sessions V. Morales-Santana,
2018
SJ Quinney College of Law, University of Utah
Equal Protection And Scrutinizing Scrutiny: The Supreme Court’S Decision In Sessions V. Morales-Santana, Jonathan Burt
Utah Law Review
This Note attempts to synthesize the cases on 8 U.S.C. § 1409(c) and provide a workable framework for intermediate scrutiny in the equal protection realm. Intermediate scrutiny, like all levels of scrutiny, is an ends-means balancing test. Under intermediate scrutiny, the ends must be “important.” The interest cannot be “hypothetical” or “invented post hoc in response to litigation.”234 Instead, it must be the actual reason behind the statutory classification and this must be clearly demonstrated by the government. On the other side, the means must “substantially relate” to the asserted interest. The means chosen cannot result from overbroad assumptions about …
