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What Are the Roots of Gender Inequality? Women’s Rights, Race and Reproduction
Released: 6/1/2012 Newswise — Throughout history, women have faced intense discrimination—from a lack of legal rights and very little independence from their husbands, to being thought to have inferior brains. In many societies, women have long been viewed as less than fully human. American society has come a long way in recognizing and protecting women’s […]
The third gender’s right to dignity
June 1, 2012
May 31, 2012 By recognising the rights of the transgender community, the state is not doling out largesse; it is only performing its duty under the Constitution They came beautifully dressed, some a tad brightly, but all beautifully and proudly, there was much chatter, and a lot of sisterhood. It was the public hearing of […]
What PRENDA Would Mean to Women
May 29, 2012
Miriam Yeung, Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas and Eleanor Hinton HoyttPosted: 05/29/2012 On Wednesday, May 30, the United States House of Representatives will consider the “Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act.” Known as “PRENDA,” the latest version of the bill (there have been at least three) would ban abortions performed on the basis of sex. If this bill becomes law, a […]
A Penis and a Dress: Why the Gender Binary Needs to Go Away
May 23, 2012
Allison HopePR specialist and journalist Posted: 05/22/2012 If your genitalia don’t match the gender you most identify with, the American Psychiatric Association slaps you with the weighted label “gender identity disorder.” There’s current dialogue around changing the label to “gender incongruence,” but it still boils down to the same ignorance: Society is placing judgment on […]
The Second Sexism is just victim-envy
May 17, 2012
It is perfectly possible to understand that many men are suffering at the moment without blaming it on feminism Suzanne Moore guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 16 May 2012 Simone de Beauvoir, author of The Second Sex, would be twisting in her chignon. Photograph: Hulton Archive/Getty Images Are men the new women? Are they having a harder time […]
The oldest discrimination in the world
May 9, 2012
Analysis by Ann Cahill, Europe Correspondent Tuesday, May 08, 2012 THERE is little new about gendercide, other than the 21st century ability to provide a scientific-sounding label, and modern technology’s ability to replace routine killings of baby girls with gender-specific abortions. Generally, this crime is held at a safe distance from our consciousness, pigeon-holed in […]
Here is the news – read by a young, attractive female (again)
May 7, 2012
Full study at Newsreaders as eye candy: the hidden agenda of public service broadcasting Posted on 07 May 2012 Jackie GregoryWVoN co-editor Turn on the TV news in Britain or the USA and it is likely to be the same story; a distinguished, grey-haired experienced male broadcaster sitting beside a younger and pulchritudinous female presenter. […]
Sweden’s New Gender-Neutral Pronoun: Hen
April 12, 2012
A country tries to banish gender. By Nathalie RothschildPosted Wednesday, April 11, 2012 By most people’s standards, Sweden is a paradise for liberated women. It has the highest proportion of working women in the world, and women earn about two-thirds of all degrees. Standard parental leave runs at 480 days, and 60 of those days […]
Women and the Leadership Gap
March 5, 2012
Mar 5, 2012 It’s been almost a half-century since the modern women’s movement began. So why aren’t more women in positions of power? Leslie Bennetts reports. When a Congressional committee hearing presented an all-male panel of witnesses to discuss female contraception last month, Rep Carolyn Maloney made news by demanding, “Where are the women?” Her […]
The female of the species is more digital than the male
March 2, 2012
Males and females respond differently online – here’s how you can cater to and understand both sexes Posted by Lloyd Salmons and Ronnie Crosbie Friday 2 March 2012 “The social world is lead by women” according to Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg. Photograph: Alex Segre/Alamy Many still labour under the misconception that online is a male-dominated space. But […]
American Muslims Women behaving badly in mosques
March 2, 2012
By Uzma Mariam Ahmed, March 2, 2012 << From the AltMuslimah Archives >> Women in American mosques are loud and messy. They allow their children to run free. They socialize and chatter during khutbas. They rush out after the prayers and don’t participate in cleaning or re-organizing the space. They wear inappropriate clothes, allowing their […]
Where Abusing Women Is "An Accepted Norm"
February 29, 2012
Mathilde Bagneres interviews LILLY BE’SOER, founder of Voice for Change, Papua New Guinea Lilly Be’Soer, founder of Voice for Change, a non-governmental organisation for women’s rights in Papua New Guinea. Credit:Mathilde Bagneres/ IPS UNITED NATIONS, Feb 29, 2012 (IPS) – Violence, torture and other forms of cruel treatment are on the rise for women in […]
Kids show cultural gender bias
February 10, 2012
February 9th, 2012 in Other Sciences / Social Sciences (PhysOrg.com) — Talk about gender confusion! A recent study by University of Alberta researchers Elena Nicoladis and Cassandra Foursha-Stevenson in the Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology into whether speaking French influenced how children assigned gender to objects yielded some interesting observations. Nicoladis and Foursha-Stevenson found some differences […]
Enduring myths about rape victims lead to acquittals, says chief prosecutor
January 30, 2012
Alison Saunders says jurors arrive at court with preconceptions about women which affects how they consider evidence Nick HopkinsThe Guardian, Monday 30 January 2012 Alison Saunders of the Crown Prosecution Service says women can become amost demonised by the media and that this affects preconceptions of female rape victims. Photograph: Felix Clay The demonisation of […]
Enduring myths about rape victims lead to acquittals, says chief prosecutor
January 30, 2012
Alison Saunders says jurors arrive at court with preconceptions about women which affects how they consider evidence Nick HopkinsThe Guardian, Monday 30 January 2012 Alison Saunders of the Crown Prosecution Service says women can become amost demonised by the media and that this affects preconceptions of female rape victims. Photograph: Felix Clay The demonisation of […]
Why I decided to raise my son ‘gender neutral’
January 20, 2012
Beck Laxton gave her baby son a neutral name and for months refused to tell anyone if he was a boy or a girl. Now she regularly dresses Sasha, 5, in girls’ clothes. She tells EMMA HIGGINBOTHAM why. Sasha and Beck choose some beads for him to wear SITTING in a circle at a mother […]
New Legos aimed at girls raise questions about gender and play
January 19, 2012
Thu, Jan. 19, 2012By CHRIS O’BRIENSan Jose Mercury News SAN JOSE, Calif. — The week before Christmas I found myself staring at the half-empty shelves in the Lego section of the toy store trying to select an appropriate kit for my 6-year-old daughter. If you know Legos, then you know the difficulty of that quest. […]
The Harlot Shall Be Burned with Fire: Biblical Literalism in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
January 13, 2012
By Sarah SentillesJanuary 11, 2012 Rooney Mara as Lisbeth Salander Against my better judgment, this past weekend I went to see The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, directed by David Fincher, who’s best known for Fight Club and The Social Network. I didn’t like the book; it unsettled me that a novel filled with sexual […]
It’s time to remove the gender bias
January 9, 2012
Jan. 8, 2012 Since 1927, federal law has treated forcible rape as a gender-specific crime, with women as the primary victims. But on Friday, the U.S. Department of Justice stepped into the 21st century, announcing the rape of males will be treated with equal severity as those of females. Once based on ” … the […]
Women complain of male dominance in job market
January 9, 2012
By DIANA AL-JASSEM | ARAB NEWS Published: Jan 9, 2012 00:55 Updated: Jan 9, 2012 00:55 A female journalist at a press conference. (AN photo) JEDDAH: Many Saudi women claim getting and maintaining a high quality profession has proven difficult despite the government’s efforts to improve employment opportunities for them because men are refusing to […]
Hiding emotion in plain sight
January 2, 2012
Clark University psychology professor Michael E. Addis, author of “Invisible Men: Men’s Inner Lives and the Consequences of Silence.” (T&G Staff/DAN GOULD) Prof’s book eyes men’s stoicismBy Susan Spencer TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF WORCESTER — Real men don’t cry. Or talk about their feelings. Or, as Clark University psychology Professor Michael E. Addis discovered 16 […]
Hiding emotion in plain sight
January 2, 2012
Clark University psychology professor Michael E. Addis, author of “Invisible Men: Men’s Inner Lives and the Consequences of Silence.” (T&G Staff/DAN GOULD) Prof’s book eyes men’s stoicismBy Susan Spencer TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF WORCESTER — Real men don’t cry. Or talk about their feelings. Or, as Clark University psychology Professor Michael E. Addis discovered 16 […]
You can’t deny it. Gender studies is full of male-blaming bias
September 14, 2011
I studied the subject, and it avoids male issues and justifies attacks against men Tom MartinThe Guardian, Wednesday 14 September 2011 Jonathan Dean reacts dismissively to the news that I am suing the Gender Institute of the London School of Economics, where I was a student (Fear not, male readers, 8 September). “Martin claims he […]
You can’t deny it. Gender studies is full of male-blaming bias
September 14, 2011
I studied the subject, and it avoids male issues and justifies attacks against men Tom MartinThe Guardian, Wednesday 14 September 2011 Jonathan Dean reacts dismissively to the news that I am suing the Gender Institute of the London School of Economics, where I was a student (Fear not, male readers, 8 September). “Martin claims he […]
Men who understand sexism and rape culture
September 10, 2011
Posted on 09 September 2011Jane OsmondWVoN Co-Editor Recently at WVoN we have been thinking about the comments on some of our stories, following a few heated debates with men who have a habit of derailing the discussion with their chorus of ‘what about the men’? Bearing in mind the vicious nature of the Guardian’s Comment […]
Men who understand sexism and rape culture
September 10, 2011
Posted on 09 September 2011Jane OsmondWVoN Co-Editor Recently at WVoN we have been thinking about the comments on some of our stories, following a few heated debates with men who have a habit of derailing the discussion with their chorus of ‘what about the men’? Bearing in mind the vicious nature of the Guardian’s Comment […]
The Gender Gap in Travel: Myths and Revelations
September 7, 2011
September 6, 2011By SETH KUGEL Courtesy of Daisann McLaneDaisann McLane at the palace of the Maharaja of Dungarpur in India. Readers often write in to remark that I am a man, a fact of which I am generally aware. But then they point out something that often slips my mind: my travel experiences are those […]
The Gender Gap in Travel: Myths and Revelations
September 7, 2011
September 6, 2011By SETH KUGEL Courtesy of Daisann McLaneDaisann McLane at the palace of the Maharaja of Dungarpur in India. Readers often write in to remark that I am a man, a fact of which I am generally aware. But then they point out something that often slips my mind: my travel experiences are those […]
Beauty and the Geek: Gender politics in tech
September 7, 2011
Monday September 5, 2011, Deborah Mackay The Next Web recently posted this article about young entrepreneur and founder of WIWT Poppy Dinsey. Now as a young woman interested in setting up her own business I found Poppy’s story inspiring. She’s young, she seems to know her stuff, and so far looks pretty successful. Sadly, it […]
Beauty and the Geek: Gender politics in tech
September 7, 2011
Monday September 5, 2011, Deborah Mackay The Next Web recently posted this article about young entrepreneur and founder of WIWT Poppy Dinsey. Now as a young woman interested in setting up her own business I found Poppy’s story inspiring. She’s young, she seems to know her stuff, and so far looks pretty successful. Sadly, it […]
Gender roles at workplace
September 3, 2011
Praseeda Nair 3 September 2011 Certain jobs are earmarked for men and others for women. But a male nurse, a female guard and a male KG teacher prove they need not be so if one has passion for the job. – KT illustration by Rajendran DUBAI – “There’s a simple riddle we hear a lot […]
Gender roles at workplace
September 3, 2011
Praseeda Nair 3 September 2011 Certain jobs are earmarked for men and others for women. But a male nurse, a female guard and a male KG teacher prove they need not be so if one has passion for the job. – KT illustration by Rajendran DUBAI – “There’s a simple riddle we hear a lot […]
Executed for Being Gay
September 2, 2011
By Matthew Cardinale ATLANTA, Georgia, U.S., Aug 31, 2011 (IPS) – Five nations still outlaw homosexuality and carry out executions of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people, according to a recent report by the U.S. group Human Rights First. Currently, the nations that prescribe capital punishment for homosexuals are Iran, Mauritania, the Republic of Sudan, […]
Executed for Being Gay
September 2, 2011
By Matthew Cardinale ATLANTA, Georgia, U.S., Aug 31, 2011 (IPS) – Five nations still outlaw homosexuality and carry out executions of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people, according to a recent report by the U.S. group Human Rights First. Currently, the nations that prescribe capital punishment for homosexuals are Iran, Mauritania, the Republic of Sudan, […]
After the Taliban: Swat women on changing life
August 30, 2011
28 August 2011 Swat in north-west Pakistan is still recovering from a period of militancy several years ago. Men and women deemed un-Islamic were killed by the Taliban and their bodies dumped on the street. Hundreds of girls’ schools were destroyed before the army ousted the militants in 2009. A local school girl and Swat’s […]
After the Taliban: Swat women on changing life
August 30, 2011
28 August 2011 Swat in north-west Pakistan is still recovering from a period of militancy several years ago. Men and women deemed un-Islamic were killed by the Taliban and their bodies dumped on the street. Hundreds of girls’ schools were destroyed before the army ousted the militants in 2009. A local school girl and Swat’s […]
Female ‘farmer’ sows seeds of gender bias
July 29, 2011
Jul 28, 2011, 11.24PM ISTSAMBALPUR: In a classic example of how male members of society fix gender role for women in patriarchy, a tribal woman was allegedly outcast from her community for performing a “male act” : sowing paddy seeds in the field. She was driven out by the villagers’ body after she refused to […]
Female ‘farmer’ sows seeds of gender bias
July 29, 2011
Jul 28, 2011, 11.24PM ISTSAMBALPUR: In a classic example of how male members of society fix gender role for women in patriarchy, a tribal woman was allegedly outcast from her community for performing a “male act” : sowing paddy seeds in the field. She was driven out by the villagers’ body after she refused to […]
Gender issues - Human rights 
June 2, 2012
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