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...
Unsex Mothering Responses: I. Glenn Cohen
The Science, Fiction, and Science Fiction of Unsex Mothering A Response to Darren Rosenblum’s Unsex Mothering: Toward a Culture of New Parenting I. Glenn Cohen[1] In her novel Woman on the Edge of Time, the Canadian Feminist writer Marge Piercy’s protagonist, Connie Ramos, incarcerated in a mental institution, time travels to a set of possible futures that reflect utopian and dystopian visions of social make-up.[2] Among other things, the more utopian possible future world ... continue reading...
Unsex Mothering Responses: Suzanne A. Kim
Heterosexed Parenting A Response to Darren Rosenblum’s Unsex Mothering: Toward a Culture of New Parenting By Suzanne A. Kim[1] I wholly agree with Darren Rosenblum that we must “unwind” the vexing knot of parenting and biological sex to achieve greater equality in the realms of work and family.[2] This approach comports with the laudable push toward functionalism that characterizes many areas of contemporary family law. I urge, however, that Unsex ... continue reading...