Gender and Public Policy: Cases and Comments Book

	Preface
	List of Sources and Credits
Pt. I	Family Matters
	Introduction	1
A	The Terms of Marriage	5
	Statement on Marriage	5
	Protest	5
	Graham v. Graham	6
	A Marriage Agreement	12
	Baker v. Nelson	17
B	The Division of Labor in Marriage	20
	The Family Myth of the Traditional: Frank and Carmen Delacorte	20
	A Scarce Economy of Gratitude: Seth and Jessica Stein	29
	Michael O'Brien v. Loretta O'Brien	39
	Comments and Recommended Readings	47
Pt. II	Reproductive Strategies
	Introduction	49
A	Contraception/Abortion
	Fertility and Control: The Case of RU 486	52
B	Amniocentesis	73
	XYLO: A True Story	73
	Life in the 30s	83
C	Surrogacy	86
	Surrogate Parenting in New York - I	86
	Surrogate Parenting in New York - II	102
	Comments and Recommended Readings	117
Pt. III	Culture
	Introduction	119
A	Learning Gender Roles	123
	Portrait of a Social Conservative: Mary Donnelly	123
B	Unlearning Gender Roles	137
	Meadows College Prepares for Men	137
C	The Question of Pornography
	An Ordinance of the City of Minneapolis	149
	Memo to the Minneapolis City Council on Proposed Ordinance on Pornography	154
D	Violence Against Women	160
	In Week of an Infamous Rape, 28 Other Victims Suffer	160
	Comments and Recommended Readings	165
Pt. IV	At Work
	Introduction	169
A	Discrimination	173
	Women's History Goes to Trial: EEOC v. Sears, Roebuck and Company
	Introduction to the Documents	173
	Offer of Proof Concerning the Testimony of Dr. Rosalind Rosenberg	176
	Written Testimony of Alice Kessler-Harris	186
B	Comparable Worth	199
	Feminists, Union Leaders, and Democrats: The Passage of Comparable Worth Laws	199
C	Fetal Protection	208
	International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, UAW, et al. and Local 322, Allied Industrial Workers of America, AFL-CIO v. Johnson Controls, Inc	208
D	Parental Leave	228
	The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1987: Pro and Con
	Statement by Hon. Patricia Schroeder	228
	Statement by Eleanor Holmes Norton	232
	Statement by John J. Sweeney	235
	Statement by Phyllis Schlafly	239
	Statement by Virginia B. Lamp	241
	Statement by Elizabeth Kepley	245
	Comments and Recommended Readings	247
Pt. V	Social Services
	Introduction	251
A	The Provision of Welfare	254
	Subordination, Rhetorical Survival Skills, and Sunday Shoes: Notes on the Hearing of Mrs. G.	254
	California Welfare Reform	265
B	Interventions Relating to Pregnancy	282
	Buying Time: The Dollar-a-Day Program	282
	Cocaine Mothers, Jose A. Gomez-Ibanez	294
C	Domestic Violence	304
	Battered Women's Refuges	304
D	Gay Foster Parenting	312
	In the Best Interest of the Children	312
	Comments and Recommended Readings	324
Pt. VI	Managerial Style and Governance
	Introduction	327
A	Leadership	331
	Taking Charge: Rose Washington and Spofford Juvenile Detention Center	331
B	The Use of Force	346
	A Policewoman's (Non)use of Deadly Force	346
C	War and Peace	360
	Army Women and the Saudis: The Encounter Shocks Both	360
	In Saudi and US Women, Common Feeling Is Pity	364
	Combat Barrier Combat Blurs for Women on the Front Line	365
D	Politics	367
	Among Friends: Lynn Martin, Jerry Lewis, and the Race for the Chair of the House Republican Conference	367
	Comments and Recommended Readings	384
	About the Book and Editors	387