Title

The Family And Medical Leave Law: Feminist Social Policy?

Keywords

Family and Medical Leave Law; Feminist social policy; FMLA; Policy implementation

Abstract

This essay asks whether the Family and Medical Leave Law (1993) is feminist social policy, as it was touted to be by its political supporters. The study takes three approaches to feminism outlined by Lorber in her 2001 text, Gender Inequality: Feminist Theories and Politics, which considers women in their roles as mothers and workers. Data taken from a Department of Labor FMLA utilization study are then analyzed in the context of these three approaches to feminism. I conclude that the FMLA is not feminist in a substantive way despite its symbolic value. © 2006 by The Haworth Press, Inc. All rights reserved.

Publication Date

4-4-2006

Publication Title

Journal of Policy Practice

Volume

5

Issue

1

Number of Pages

49-66

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1300/J508v05n01_04

Socpus ID

51249128896 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/51249128896

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