In March, the Women’s Rights section of change.org had an article about the decades-old pattern of male swim coaches molesting female swimmers. The article said that: A suit filed in California alleges that the the governing body of U.S. competitive swimming has failed to address widespread sexual abuse of young girls at swim clubs across [...]
Filed under: Harassment, Law, Sports, Violence | Tagged: Deena Deardurff Schmidt, Everett Uchiyama, Swimming, USA Swimming | Leave a Comment »
The New York Times posted a new blog addressing gender segregation of work hours and unequal pay. Casey B. Mulligan argues that women tend to work more ‘desirable’ hours, and therefore get compensated less. Unfortunately, this argument falls into the all-too-common trap of trying to explain away gender discrimination while ignoring the larger forces of [...]
Filed under: Stereotyping, Workplace | Tagged: equal pay, Gender-Segregated, sexism, women, Workplace | 2 Comments »
The military has a reputation for being one of the sectors in which women don’t often excel. Women have been historically banned from many facets of combat participation, and today only 11% of military officers are female. Still, women are making headway, joining the ranks and challenging the notion that this is strictly a man’s [...]
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Most everyone knows who Danica Patrick is. She’s the most successful and well-known woman driver in the history of the Indy 500 (and is just as well known for her “racy” photos and commercials). But, of course, there haven’t been many women drivers. It looks like this year will have the most women drivers in [...]
Filed under: Pop Culture | Tagged: Ana Beatriz, Danica Patrick, Indy 500, Milka Duno, Sarah Fisher, Simona de Silvestro | Leave a Comment »
When will the news media get over its fixation on Sarah Palin? Who really wants to read about the tiniest details of her life? (Personally, I don’t want to hear about her at all.) Here’s a recent example. On Saturday, CNN.com had a link on its home page to “Ticker: Palin endures travel mishap.” And [...]
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Did Southwest Airlines ban this PETA ad because of its racy nature, or because of its pro-vegan message? Southwest reports that the ad was rejected from publication in their magazine, Spirit, because it is “too provocative to run.” PETA, however, claims that this advertisement is no sexier than other ads Southwest accepts– and that Southwest’s [...]
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One of my graduate professors recently relayed a personal anecdote to the class, about her experiences during her very first job interview. This was…let’s just say, a few decades ago, and she was asked the following question: “Are you in love?” The class chuckled because the question is, of course, ridiculous, and completely inappropriate in [...]
Filed under: Law, Workplace | Tagged: Employment Gender Discrimination, novartis, pregnancy, sex discrimination, sexism, wal-mart, Workplace | Leave a Comment »
I was astounded by this statistic. The Immigrant Rights section of change.org writes that “[a]n estimated 6 out of 10 migrant women are raped” while attempting to journey illegally from Central America to the United States in order to try to lift their families out of poverty. Amnesty International details the violence, rape and kidnappings [...]
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In 1920, after an effort of more than 70 years, the 19th Amendment was ratified, giving women the right to vote. Many people believe that the “turning point” in the struggle occurred in 1917, when more than 120 suffragists picketed the White House and were arrested and imprisoned at the Lorton Reformatory in Fairfax County, [...]
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Tara Siegel Bernard, a financial reporter for the New York Times, has an article about the inequities when women negotiate for salary increases. She says first that women are less likely to ask for raises and, then, when they do make it to the table, “their requests may be perceived as overly demanding or less [...]
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