Post by Logan on Feb 7, 2016 22:49:03 GMT -6
Laws written by men to protect women deserve scrutiny, Supreme Court told
History holds a lesson for the Supreme Court, the brief warns: Be skeptical of laws protecting women that are written by men.
The nation's past is littered with such statutes, say the historians who filed the friend-of-the-court brief, and the motives were suspect.
Some protected women from "the embarrassment of hearing filthy evidence" as members of a jury, a sheltering instinct that resulted in female defendants being judged by panels composed only of men.
Some shielded women from having to work nights as pharmacists in hospitals - but not as low-wage custodians.
Read more: www.courant.com/nation-world/ct-supreme-court-abortion-20160207-story.html
History holds a lesson for the Supreme Court, the brief warns: Be skeptical of laws protecting women that are written by men.
The nation's past is littered with such statutes, say the historians who filed the friend-of-the-court brief, and the motives were suspect.
Some protected women from "the embarrassment of hearing filthy evidence" as members of a jury, a sheltering instinct that resulted in female defendants being judged by panels composed only of men.
Some shielded women from having to work nights as pharmacists in hospitals - but not as low-wage custodians.
Read more: www.courant.com/nation-world/ct-supreme-court-abortion-20160207-story.html