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Still Unequal: The Shameful Truth About Women and Justice in America

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Dusky's book is simply the very best book of it's kind, bar none. She explains complex issues in amazingly clear language. The book is required reading for all those who are passionate about justice: civilians, lawyers, judges, law professors, ethicists, feminists of both genders, Women's Studies professors and students. I have used this book in a Forensic Psychology graduate class and it was the best textbook we could have had. Phyllis Chesler, Ph.D

I know that it is hard to believe that Still Unequal is applicable in 2003, but it is. Just as Prayers To Survive (Mt. Olive College Press) is still applicable in 2003. They should both be required reading in schools all over America.

I read the book Still Unequal years ago. In fact I went to a book signing in Hillsborough NC and met the author. A local female attorney told me some members of the Orange Co. Bar advised her not to go and of course she didn't- just had me purchase a copy of Still Unequl for her. This book is just as accurate today as it was when it was first published. In all these years nothing seems to have changed. Every woman should read this book.

Lorraine Dusky knows how to focus on the facts. The material on work and family, and child custody, should be required reading. The picture she paints may not be a pretty one, but facts are not always pretty. Truths can be harsh, but truth is what sets us free.

While this book is well researched, well written and interesting, I think that perhaps it was a little too much. I am a woman, an attorney, and a "raving" feminist, and even from this perspective, I think that Ms. Dusky is guilty of overkill. Yes, women are still unequal, in the eyes of law as well as in the law profession, but I do not believe that things are as bad as angry Ms. Dusky portrays them. Had I read this book before law school, I would have been afraid to tackle a career in law as a woman. That would have been unfortunate indeed. The book will make you both angry and sad, but remember: not all law firms are sexist, not all lawyers are sexist, and not all judges are sexist. Women need to stop whining and get on with working.