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...
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Unsex Mothering Responses: Libby Adler
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...
Unsex Mothering Responses: Katherine Kraschel
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 Mothering responses: Ariela Gross
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...
Unsex Mothering Responses: I. Bennett Capers
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 stuck with me all these years. And it’s telling that this phrase came to mind as I read Rosenblum’s Unsex ... continue reading...