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Unsex Mothering Responses: Mary Whisner

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...


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Unsex Mothering Responses: Berta Esperanza Hernández-Truyol

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...


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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...


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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...


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