Identifying Dominant Narratives in 1L Class Discussions Tara Norris, HLS ’15 I am halfway through my 1L year at Harvard Law School, and I can say without hesitation that this has been the most intellectually stimulating and academically rewarding experience that I have ever had. I am surrounded by brilliant, accomplished people every single day, […]
For those who missed our conference on February 13th, please see the live blog and a video of the conference. On Monday, February 13, 2012, the Harvard Journal of Law & Gender hosted a conference at Harvard Law School featuring Darren Rosenblum’s article Unsex Mothering: Toward a New Culture of Parenting, published in the journal’s Winter 2012 edition. The author
Unsexing Care: Beyond Gendered Parenting Terms A Response to Darren Rosenblum’s Unsex Mothering: Toward a Culture of New Parenting Kimberly Mutcherson[1] One thing that can be expected from a formerly pregnant man is interesting commentary about the parenting experience that follows that pregnancy. Professor Rosenblum’s piece, Unsex Mothering: Toward a New Culture of Parenting,[2]
She’s Not My Mother, She’s My Parent A Response to Darren Rosenblum’s Unsex Mothering: Toward a Culture of New Parenting Kellye Testy[1] Professor Rosenblum is right, but my son got there first. Michael had the idea of “unsexing motherhood” back in 1995. I thought it was brilliant then and still do. I have come to
The Conundrums of Unsexing Parenting A Response to Darren Rosenblum’s Unsex Mothering: Toward a Culture of New Parenting Elizabeth M. Schneider[1] Darren Rosenblum’s interesting and provocative article, Unsexing Mothering: Toward A New Culture of Parenting,[2] raised many issues for me, personally and intellectually. As a long-time feminist legal activist and biological mother who has
Un-Sexing Single Mother Parenting of Boys A Response to Darren Rosenblum’s Unsex Mothering: Toward a Culture of New Parenting Beth Jones Rosenblum’s article, Unsex Mothering,[1] applies in some ways to every different type of parenting. As a single mother of twin eleven-year-old boys, I personally relate most to the portions regarding single parents and non-traditional parenting. When
Unsexing the End of Men A Response to Darren Rosenblum’s Unsex Mothering: Toward a Culture of New Parenting Katharine Silbaugh[1] Darren Rosenblum’s wonderfully engaging case in Unsex Mothering: Toward a New Culture of Parenting,[2] pulls the reader into what has to be an unobjectionable argument that biosex and motherhood need to be delinked. If the
Meaning Matters: Hypersex Parenting A Response to Darren Rosenblum’s Unsex Mothering: Toward a Culture of New Parenting Theodore Andrew Myhre[1] Darren Rosenblum wants to change the world of parenting, and he wants to use law to do it.[2] His comparative project explores how legal regimes governing mothering should attempt to “unsex” their statutory language
Unsex Mothering? Or Change Parenting? A Response to Darren Rosenblum’s Unsex Mothering: Toward a Culture of New Parenting Mary Whisner[1] This weekend I attended a memorial on Saturday and read Darren Rosenblum’s Unsex Mothering[2] on Sunday. The juxtaposition was interesting because the 93-year-old emeritus law professor memorialized, Professor Emeritus Robert L. Fletcher,[3] had defied 1950s
Assisted Reproductive Technology and Sexed Parentage A Response to Darren Rosenblum’s Unsex Mothering: Toward a Culture of New Parenting Julie Shapiro[1] Unsex Mothering is both provocative and persuasive.[2] As Professor Darren Rosenblum contends, mothering should be unsexed. That said, I think that Rosenblum’s initial discussion about the role of biology in defining motherhood[3] (and by
