CRM/LAW C113 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Wisconsin Supreme Court, Lucy Stone, Catharine Beecher
15 Oct 2018
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Values that came from abolition, civil rights, etc. Institutions (including law & workplaces) refusal to change. Rationalize their decisions as something made individuality. Fall back into positions that go against their true values. Even within egalitarian marriages, if equality not possible -> families revert to making choices in their fallback positions. Men expect their partner to fall back into traditional domestic role. Things appeared to get better until the 1990s & 2000s. Structural impediments prevent people from acting on egalitarian values. Even if partners feel like want to embrace change & equality -> end up watering down original values & expectations in order to accommodate own choices. Socio-legal explanation -> stretch out values as a couple or individual even if they want social change. Inequality persists for institutional & structural reasons, created & reinforced by law. Where does the issues with inequality begin. Need to lay foundation for the laws that we have today.
