Gender in the legal profession : fitting or breaking the mould
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Gender in the legal profession : fitting or breaking the mould
（Law and society series）
UBC Press, c2001
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- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-257) and index
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Description
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. 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. 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.
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
1 Introduction
2 Law's Attractions and Detractions
3 Fitting In
4 Discrimination and Sexual Harassment
5 Reluctant Adversaries
6The Balancing Act: Careers, Co-Habitors, Children, and Chores
7 Breaking the Mould
Appendix: Income Analysis
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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