The readings for this week focused on the institutionalization of the American gender order. It’s against Wade and Ferree’s discussions that I would like for you to evaluate the proposed family leave program introduced last week as a part of the Trump Administration’s budget. For information about the program, you can read Maggie Haberman’s article,

web:https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/21/us/politics/iva… in the New York Times.

Assignment. In this essay, I would like for you to present the two sides of the debate over whether the proposed program is pro-feminist or anti-feminist. That is debate the statement:

The proposed family leave program is feminist.

I would like to see a well-supported argument for the statement and a well-supported argument against the statement – that is, you should make the arguments in your essay that the family leave program is pro-feminist and also make the argument that it is anti-feminist (in whichever order you like).

Please incorporate materials from the textbook in your argument, especially chapters 07 and 08.