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Female Judges and Living

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This chapter examines female judges in the private sphere. It begins with a section on women judges’ family roles and the juxtaposition of, and dynamics between, women’s public roles and the roles they play in the domestic setting. Next, it focuses on young mothers and the impact of motherhood on women judges. Then, it presents the female judges’ views on several private matters to explore their worldviews, values and perspectives, which they bring to judicial operations and which could influence their decision-making. Finally, it examines the gender identity of women judges to tease out how femininity fits in with the judiciary and how performing public roles might have an impact on women. To a lesser extent, it starts to question the traditional gender norms that are defined by patriarchy.

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Shen, A. (2017). Female Judges and Living. In: Women Judges in Contemporary China. Palgrave Advances in Criminology and Criminal Justice in Asia. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57840-8_6

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