We don’t need laws requiring gender balance on corporate boards, do we?
E.J. Graff
E.J. Graff writes on social-justice and human-rights issues, particularly discrimination and violence against women and children; marriage and family policy; and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender lives. She is a resident scholar at the Brandeis Women’s Studies Research Center and the author of What Is Marriage For? The Strange Social History of Our Most Intimate Institution (Beacon Press, 1999, 2004).
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Football is Hell
Some things to ponder as you watch Thanksgiving football (or don’t).
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
Sandusky’s Victim One Bullied out of School
Why don’t people report sexual abuse and assault? Because they get blamed.
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
Department of Follow-Up: How Do You Make Better Parents?
Schools, homes, and policies
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
The Internet Miniskirt
For women online, having an opinion comes at the cost of constant threats of sexual violence.
Posted inLaw and Justice
DNA, Massachusetts, and the Question: Why Exonerate the Innocent?
Why is Massachusetts one of only two states that doesn’t allow prisoners to test DNA that might prove their innocence?
Posted inEconomic Policy
Unemployment and Underemployment Over Time
You know you’re a nerd when … you get excited about data graphed over time.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Lies, Damn Lies, and Adoption
Will the Makeni families get justice—and if so, what would that look like?
