The history of the legal profession in Canada and elsewhere is one of the exclusion of women, Aboriginals, ethnic and racial minorities, and those from less privileged classes. Based on face-to-face interviews with 50 women and 50 men called to the Bar in British Columbia during the past 3-7 years, Joan Brockman has studied this phenomenon and tried to determine reasons why such exclusion has been practised and what its effects have been, particularly with respect to women.Although legal barriers that historically prevented women from entering the legal profession have been removed, informal and structural barriers that impede women's full participation within the profession remain. Much of the discrimination still experienced stems from expectations that women, in particular, will assume primary responsibilities for child care, elder care, emotional stability in the home, household management, and other domestic matters. In addition, some women still experience sexual harassment and discrimination even if they have managed to reduce or avoid additional domestic responsibilities.There have, to be sure, been changes and accommodations made for women in the legal workforce, and men as well as women have helped to make them. But, Brockman concludes, until there is significant change in how women are perceived in relation to domestic duties, it is unlikely that they will attain equality within the legal profession. The profession will only change when perceptions of the family change, at which point women will not only fit the mould at work, but men also will fit the mould at home.
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A thoughtful analysis of the causes and implications of the gendered structure of the legal profession in Canada and elsewhere.
PrefaceAcknowledgments1 Introduction2 Law’s Attractions and Detractions3 Fitting In4 Discrimination and Sexual Harassment5 Reluctant Adversaries6The Balancing Act: Careers, Co-Habitors, Children, and Chores7 Breaking the MouldAppendix: Income AnalysisNotesBibliographyIndex
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A fascinating, accessible read ... Brockman’s outstanding book provides much food for thought about systemic problems that persist within a profession that is supposed to stand for justice in our society, and both short-term and long-term strategies to deal with them.
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A thoughtful analysis of the causes and implications of the gendered structure of the legal profession in Canada and elsewhere.
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780774808354
Publisert
2002
Utgiver
Vendor
University of British Columbia Press
Vekt
400 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
165 mm
Aldersnivå
UU, UP, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
272
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