The New Republic: The Post-Gender Justice

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'After reaching milestones in academia and the Obama administration, Kagan has been invited to speak on issues related to women in the legal profession, but, on these occasions, she has concentrated on the data and avoided statements about sex discrimination. In discussing gender disparities in the law, she has focused on women's choices, such as how women opt to "move around in different areas" rather than aim for "the pinnacle," and how "many of the issues that women face in the workplace are issues for men as well." What's more, when Kagan has spoken on women's issues, in contrast to O'Connor, Ginsburg, and Sotomayor, she has steered clear of discussing the way gender affected her legal career. For example, in a panel moderated by O'Connor about women practicing before the Supreme Court, in which the challenges facing women lawyers were aired extensively and each of the other panelists addressed her personal struggles, Kagan was notably mum on how gender affected her professional experience — with the exception of whether to don the traditional "morning coat" of the solicitor general. In a speech to the New York City bar association on the status of women in the legal profession, Kagan likewise kept quiet on her own experience related to the topic. About her time as dean, Kagan told the university-run Harvard Gazette that she did not perceive differential treatment from colleagues on account of her gender. Her gender, she said, is "not something I think about on a daily basis, and it's something that in many ways has seemed remarkably not relevant in the job."'