Title

After Dothard: Female Correctional Workers and the Challenge to Employment Law

Authors

Brenda V. Smith
Melisa C. Loomis

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2013

Abstract

This article examines a profession where women have made great strides—corrections. Using an equality framework, corrections and other non-traditional professions were the first targets of the feminist movement in the 1970s. By and large, feminists were successful in creating greater porosity for women in law enforcement, emergency services, corrections, and the military. While women have entered these traditionally masculine spaces, they still suffer from an achievement gap. They are still underrepresented in leadership positions and marginalized in these settings; are still the targets of discrimination based on race, gender, and perceived sexual orientation; and are less likely than men to hold these positions and be married.

Comments

FIU (Florida International University) Law Review

Volume 8, pg 469-500

Recommended Citation

Brenda V. Smith & Melissa C. Loomis, After Dothard: Female Correctional Workers and the Challenge to Employment Law, 8 FIU L. Rev. 469 (2013).