Taking sides: Clashing views in women's studies

UNIT 1. WOMEN'S RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS: HEALTH AND HUMAN SAFETY

Issue 1.1. Is access to birth control a basic human right?

Yes: from "Law Review Symposium 2010: reproductive rights, human rights, and the human right to health" / B. Jessie Hill

No: from "Reproductive choices and informed consent: fetal interests, women's identity, and relational autonomy" / Pamela Laufer-Ukeles

Issue 1.2. Should the federal government adopt a new legal definition of rape?

Yes: from "Culture, cognition, and consent: who perceives what, and why, in acquaintance-rape cases?" / Dan M. Kahan

No: from "Beyond our traditional definitions of assault: expanding our focus to include sexually coercive experiences" / Jennifer L. Broach and Patricia A. Petretic

Issue 1.3. Are women more at risk for crimes using digital technology?

Yes: from "Law's expressive value in combating cyber gender harassment" / Danielle Keats Citron

No: from "Finding out what men are up to: some women pride themselves on their cyber-sleuth skills" / Rebecca Eckler

UNIT 2. WOMEN'S HEALTH, WOMEN'S BODIES: CONTESTED TERRAIN

Issue 2.1. Is access to abortion a class issue?

Yes: from "The inadvertent alliance of Anthony Comstock and Margaret Sanger: abortion, freedom, and class in modern America" / Karen Weingarten

No: from "Welfare generosity, abortion access, and abortion rates: a comparison of state policy tools" / Laura S. Hussey

UNIT 3. WOMEN IN THE WORKPLACE: SHE WORKS HARD FOR THE MONEY

Issue 3.1. Should women serve in military combat positions?

Yes: from "Marching toward war: reconnoitering the use of all female platoons" / Krystyna M. Cloutier

No: from "Your mother's army" / George Neumayr

Issue 3.2. Can sex work be empowering?

Yes: from "Reflections on Sonagachi: an empowerment-based HIV-preventive intervention for female sex workers in West Bengal, India" / Peter A. Newman

No: from "Women are victims, men make choices: the invisibility of men and boys in the global sex trade" / Jeffery P. Dennis

Issue 3.3. Have working women destroyed the American family?

Yes: from "Are difficulties balancing work and family associated with subsequent fertility?" / Siwei Liu and Kathryn Hynes

No: from "At-home fathers and breadwinning mothers: variations in constructing work and family lives" / Caryn E. Medved and William K. Rawlins

Issue 3.4. Are lower fertility rates responsible for economic downturn?

Yes, from Population, economy, and God" / Tom Bethell

No: from "Trading population for productivity: theory and evidence" / Oded Galor and Andrew Mountford

UNIT 4. GENDER EQUITY: STILL UNEQUAL AFTER ALL THESE YEARS

Issue 4.1. Should "trans" women benefit from gender equity policies?

Yes: from "Punishing the innocent: how the classification of male-to-female transgender individuals in immigration detention constitutes illegal punishment under the Fifth Amendment" / Laurel Anderson

No: from "'Bathroom bill' sparks accessibility debate" / Stephanie Bloyd

Issue 4.2. Should Title IX be repealed?

Yes: from "Stop the bleeding: Title IX and the disappearance of men's collegiate athletic teams" / Victoria Langton

No: from "A new frontier for women's sports" / Charles L. Kennedy

Issue 4.3. Do we need the Equal Rights Amendment?

Yes: from "ERA: once more unto the breach?" / Katha Pollitt

No: from "The Equal Rights Amendment reconsidered: politics, policy, and social mobilization in a democracy" / Donald T. Critchlow and Cynthia L. Stachecki

UNIT 5. FEMINISM IN THE 21st CENTURY: YOU'VE COME A LONG WAY, BABY

Issue 5.1. Can a woman with conservative political views be a feminist?

Yes: from "Feminism and freedom" / Christina Hoff Sommers

No: from "Who stole feminism?" / Jessica Valenti

Issue 5.2. Can women be misogynistic?

Yes: from "All fired up: women, feminism, and misogyny in the democratic primaries" / Christine Stansell

No: from "Internalized misogyny as a moderator of the link between sexist events and women's psychological distress" / Dawn M. Szymanski [and others]

Issue 5.3. Do women support the advancement of other women?

Yes: from "Nurturer or queen bee?" / Julianne Malveaux

No: from "Women and the ethos of philosophy: shedding light on mentoring and competition" / Jacqui Poltera

UNIT 6. DOUBLE STANDARDS: THE INTERSECTION OF SEX, GENDER, AND CULTURE

Issue 6.1. Is there still a double standard of sexuality for women and girls?

Yes: from "The sexual double standard: fact or fiction?" / Micheal J. Marks and R. Chris Fraley

No: from "The decline of the double standard" / Gail Collins

Issue 6.2. Should the word slut be redefined?

Yes: from "Let's get those sluts walking" / Laurie Penny

No: from "Sluts and riot grrrls: female identity and sexual agency" / Feona Attwood

Issue 6.3. Are women "hard-wired" to be society's nurturers?

Yes: from "Contrast effects of stereotypes: 'nurturing' male professors are evaluated more positively than 'nurturing' female professors" / Andrea L. Meltzer and James K. McNulty

No: from "Nurturer-in-chief: advice for Hillary Clinton from the former prime minister of Pakistan" / Jennifer Senior

UNIT 7. WOMEN AS OBJECTS: SUBJECT TO THE MALE GAZE

Issue 7.1. Is pornography for men different from pornography for women?

Yes: from "A comparison of male and female directors in popular pornography: what happens when women are at the helm?" / Chyng Sun [and others]

No: from "Gender differences in sexual attitudes and behaviors: a review of meta-analytic results and large datasets" / Jennifer L. Petersen and Janet Shibley Hyde.