CYNTHIA FUCHS EPSTEIN is Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. She is also the author of 'Access to Power: Cross-National Studies of Women and Elites, ' 'The Other Half: Roads to Women's Equality, ' 'Woman's Place: Options and Limits in Professional Careers, ' and 'Deceptive Distinctions: Sex, Gender, and the Social Order.' She recently served as President of the American Sociological Association and is currently a Trustee of the Law & Society Association.