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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 sex roles, taking over the kitchen and much of the child care so his wife, Judge ... continue reading...

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 that I will ever do.  I would not trade this life for anything. The night ... continue reading...

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 am “Mama” and she is not happy with me at the moment.  She has another parent, known as “Mommy.”  To the untrained ear, these ... continue reading...

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 the journal to read his piece, I am excited to see it published. I have championed its inclusion in the journal, and I’m ... continue reading...

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 both feminist theory and practice.  In theory, I remain extremely fond of 1970s-style sex neutrality, and I am not entirely convinced ... continue reading...