Revisiting Mothering? – A Mother’s Thoughts A Response to Darren Rosenblum’s Unsex Mothering: Toward a Culture of New Parenting Berta Esperanza Hernández-Truyol[1] I came to motherhood (“am2”?)[2] late in life. Mothering is the most complex, difficult, challenging work in which I have ever engaged. It also is the most rewarding, exciting, frightening, all consuming work […]
Of Cheerios and Sequined Heels A Response to Darren Rosenblum’s Unsex Mothering: Toward a Culture of New Parenting Libby Adler[1] As I sit down to write, I do so amid the ruckus of my four-year-old daughter crying. I took away her chocolate Hanukkah gelt because she ate beyond the allotted amount. In her world, I
Addressing the Surrogacy and Egg Donation Elephant in the Room A Response to Darren Rosenblum’s Unsex Mothering: Toward a Culture of New Parenting Katherine Kraschel[1] I preface my response to Professor Rosenblum’s piece by sharing that as the co-chair of the Harvard Journal of Law and Gender’s article selection committee and the first member of
Unsex Parenting, or, What’s So Bad About the 1970s? A Response to Darren Rosenblum’s Unsex Mothering: Toward a Culture of New Parenting Ariela Gross John B. and Alice R. Sharp Professor of Law and History, University of Southern California Law School I am extremely sympathetic to the idea of “unsexing” parenting, as a matter of
Shall I Play Mother? A Response to Darren Rosenblum’s Unsex Mothering: Toward a Culture of New Parenting I. Bennett Capers[1] “Shall I play mother?” asks a campy old man in Peter Ackroyd’s Chatterton, a novel I read some years ago, using the phrase to determine who should serve tea.[2] It’s telling that the phrase has
The Science, Fiction, and Science Fiction of Unsex Mothering A Response to Darren Rosenblum’s Unsex Mothering: Toward a Culture of New Parenting I. Glenn Cohen[1] In her novel Woman on the Edge of Time, the Canadian Feminist writer Marge Piercy’s protagonist, Connie Ramos, incarcerated in a mental institution, time travels to a set of possible
Heterosexed Parenting A Response to Darren Rosenblum’s Unsex Mothering: Toward a Culture of New Parenting By Suzanne A. Kim[1] I wholly agree with Darren Rosenblum that we must “unwind” the vexing knot of parenting and biological sex to achieve greater equality in the realms of work and family.[2] This approach comports with the laudable
What’s a Mother Once Unsexed? A Response to Darren Rosenblum’s Unsex Mothering: Toward a Culture of New Parenting Naomi Mezey[1] One can readily agree with Darren Rosenblum’s understanding of the problems of contemporary parenting—the (still!) dichotomous ideas about gender and the persistent assignment of domestic and market power according to sex that reinforces those ideas
“Unclass Mothering” A Response to Darren Rosenblum’s Unsex Mothering: Toward a Culture of New Parenting Fernanda G. Nicola[1] Darren Rosenblum’s Unsex Mothering: Toward a New Culture of Parenting[2] makes an important point, that the fluidity of parenting roles ought to be incorporated by international equality instruments like CEDAW, because this is no longer a problem
Race-ing Motherhood A Response to Darren Rosenblum’s Unsex Mothering: Toward a Culture of New Parenting Camille Gear Rich[1] Unsex Mothering[2] does exactly what one expects of fantastic legal scholarship: it provokes deep thought and leaves the reader wanting to hear more from the author. Professor Rosenblum provides a rich, nuanced exploration of the ways
