Course Outline
Week 1 Introduction
William’s Doll
Heather Has Two Mommies
Week 2 Traditional Gender Roles/Stereotypes
Bradwell v. State of
Craig v. Boren, 429
Week 3 Feminist View of Marriage and Reproduction
Required reading:
Feminist Perspectives on Reproduction and the Family
The Feminine Mystique, Chapter 1
Optional Reading:
National Organization for Women Statement of Purpose
Reconsideration of The Feminine Mystique
A Marriage Agreement
When Mom and Dad Share It All
Week 4 Contraception and Abortion
Richard Posner, The Sexual Revolution in the Courts
Week 5 The Divorce Revolution
Week 6 Child custody
Martin Guggenheim, Divorce, Custody and Visitation, pp. 133 - 173
Week 7 Parental rights, children’s rights, Part 1
Martin Guggenheim, The Rights of Parents, pp.17-49
Week 8 Parental Rights, children’s rights, Part 2
Martin Guggenheim, The Baby Jessica Case, pp.50-96
Week 9 Gay marriage, gay parents
Loving v. Virginia, 388 U.S.1(1967)
Constitutional Dimensions of the Same-Sex Marriage Debate
Week 10 Surrogate parenting/Adoption
Lawrence
The Strange Case of Baby M, Katha Pollit
Week 11 Philosophies of Child Rearing, Education and Discipline
The Nation as Family
Progressive Education in the 1940’s
Fog of Math Wars
A Good Night’s Sleep
The Unnecessary Father pp.65-83
The Stepfather and the Nearby Guy pp.185-198
Week 13 The FLDS Case
