A steroid known as dexamethasone has been making headlines in its connection with prenatal usage and health risks. Yet one team of doctors remains committed to the drug, and is currently conducting studies to prove the effects of its use on reduction of homosexuality and ‘masculine life choices’ in girls. Yes, you read that right. [...]
Filed under: GLBT, Health, Reproductive Rights, Stereotyping | Tagged: Feminism, LGBTQ, pregnancy, Reproductive Rights | 4 Comments »
What I’m about to say will fall into the “typical feminist buzzkill” stereotype– but, hey, it wouldn’t be the first time: While most of you are undoubtedly watching the World Cup US v. Ghana game, think about the following: During one typical 90 minute game, 317 women in South Africa will be raped. It isn’t [...]
Filed under: International, Sports, Violence | Tagged: Rape, sexual assault, south africa, world cup | 4 Comments »
Via Jezebel: Today Spirit Airlines came out with this advertisement for coastal flights, featuring a greased-up woman in a bikini, with the header: “Check Out The Oil On Our Beaches.” This ad is particularly tacky for multiple reasons– exploiting women as well as the oil crisis. This time, it’s not just the feminists who are [...]
Filed under: Advertising, Pop Culture, Sex | Tagged: Advertising, bp, oil spill, sexism | 2 Comments »
At a panel on Women In The Media that I attended a year ago, sports columnist Christine Brennan was asked who her favorite feminist hero was. “My father,” she responded. Brennan went on to explain that her father, a Republican who voted for Goldwater and Nixon, had been her greatest inspiration and largest factor in [...]
Filed under: Feminism, Male Perspectives, Stereotyping | Tagged: equality, father's day, feminist, parenting | 1 Comment »
An FDA advisory panel has officially approved Ella, the newest version of emergency contraception. Dubbed the “week after pill,” the drug works similarly to Plan B, but extends the window of effectiveness to up to 5 days after unprotected sex (Plan B currently protects only up to 72 hours). Furthermore, Plan B decreases in effectiveness [...]
Filed under: Abortion, Reproductive Rights, Sex | Tagged: Abortion, contraception, ella, morning after pill, pro-choice, pro-life, Sex | 1 Comment »
“Flight Attendant Helps Land Plane” was a headline on web news sites during the past 24 hours. Now, be truthful to yourself, before you saw a photo or name, did you think that the person was male or female? This is a case of mixed stereotypes. On the one hand, the stereotype of “flight attendant” [...]
Filed under: Stereotyping | Tagged: Flight Attendant, Patti DeLuna, Stereotype | 2 Comments »
In an effort to improve Islam’s image in Great Britain, an Islamic organization began placing ads in the London Underground and on taxicabs. Remona Aly, the campaign director of the Exploring Islam Foundation (the group responsible for the ads) says that she hopes the campaign will help counteract “the often inaccurate and negative stereotypes of [...]
Filed under: International, Race/Ethnicity, Religion | Tagged: Islam, Muhammad, women's rights | 29 Comments »
This blog has had a number of articles about burqas. In particular, we have debated whether the ongoing wave in Europe to ban the burqa is justified. But here’s an interesting twist for those women who choose (or are coerced by their family or culture) to wear a burqa. Since 2007, an online store in [...]
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Following in the very noble footsteps of Pat Roberston, Jerry Falwell, and their ilk, a Houston minister has declared the latest oil spill crisis was the fault of…abortions! Preacher Joseph Herrin has announced that the Spirit of Christ revealed to him a parable in the BP Oil Spill: that Planned Parenthood, and abortion-rights advocates were [...]
Filed under: Abortion, Pop Culture, Religion | Tagged: Abortion, oil spill, pro-choice | 1 Comment »
The group was small, but it made its point. Eight Roman Catholic women, as representatives of a half-dozen Catholic reform groups, staged a one-minute demonstration for women’s ordination Tuesday in St Peter’s Square. The purpose was to bring attention to the goal of having women be ordained as priests and they unfurled banners reading “Born [...]
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