Joan Williams (American University)
"Choice"
or "Gender Discrimination": Rethinking Work/Family
Dilemmas
Wednesday, April 24, 2002, 3:00 p.m.
Work/family dilemmas are commonly thought to reflect "hard
trade-offs" and "hard choices" faced by families,
particularly by women. Professor Williams will argue that work/family
conflict stems from discriminatory workplace structures that
police men into traditional breadwinner roles -- and women out
of them. She also will examine the interaction between workplace
structures and traditional understandings of femininity and
masculinity in creating both the conflicts, and the resolutions,
families reach in balancing work with family life.
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Joan Williams is Professor and Director of the
Program on Gender, Work and Family at American University Law
School. She is author of Unbending Gender: Why Family and
Work Conflict and What to Do About It (Oxford).
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The MARIAL Center
Emory West, 4th Floor, Room 415E
Open to the public
Refreshments will be served
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DIRECTIONS TO THE MARIAL CENTER
The MARIAL Center is located on the 4th floor of
the main building of Emory's Briarcliff Campus, 1256 Briarcliff
Rd. From the main campus, take North Decatur Road to Briarcliff
Road, turn left, and the Briarcliff Campus will be on your right.
There is ample parking close to the building. The Emory shuttle
(Route A) provides transportation from the main campus to the
MARIAL Center every 20 minutes (a 5-10 minute ride). For the shortest
travel time, board the shuttle in front of the B. Jones Center
or at the corner of Dowman and Fishburne (across from Glenn Memorial)
at approximately 4, 24, and 44 minutes after each hour. A complete
schedule and the route map are available on the web at http://www.epcs.emory.edu/AltTransp/route-a.htm
