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Gay Kiss Is Milestone, but Military Must Do More
Gay Kiss Is Milestone,
but Military Must Do More
OPINION
Dec 23, 2011 12:37 PM CST

Gay Kiss Is Milestone, but Military Must Do More

Racism, sexism, homophobia still exist: LA Times

(Newser) - When Marissa Gaeta stepped off the USS Oak Hill after a three-month deployment and gave her girlfriend the "first kiss" , it was just one example of the "exemplary progress" the US military has made in "modernizing its culture," declares the Los Angeles Times in an editorial....

Girls, Boys Equals at Math
 Girls, Boys Equals at Math 
study says
Dec 13, 2011 12:17 PM CST

Girls, Boys Equals at Math

Perceived differences a matter of culture, not biology: study

(Newser) - Cross another stereotype off the list: Any differences between men's and women's math abilities are cultural, not innate, a study finds. Studies that have suggested such differences covered too few countries to give an accurate picture, researchers say. The new study, however, reviewed math scores across 86 countries,...

Bachmann: Girls Don't Ask Boys to Prom

They sit at home and wait

(Newser) - Just the big issue you've been waiting to hear the candidates weigh in on: prom. What does Michele Bachmann think about the dance? Bachmann believes only boys can ask girls to the prom, which could raise questions in some voters' minds about various diplomatic dances every president is expected...

Chile Prez Slammed for Summit Sexist Joke

Pinera's CELAC remarks were 'prehistoric,' opposition says

(Newser) - Opposition lawmakers in Chile say President Sebastian Pinera embarrassed the country by telling a sexist joke to the other 32 heads of state at a regional summit over the weekend. "Do you know what the difference between a politician and a lady is?" he asked. "When a politician...

Imprisoned Teen Freed After Agreeing to Marry Rapist

Now Gulnaz faces chilling future with her attacker

(Newser) - A 19-year-old Afghan woman imprisoned for more than two years after she reported being raped by a relative is finally set to be freed—because she has agreed to marry her rapist, reports the Guardian . The woman, Gulnaz, who is the subject of a censored documentary, has resisted until now...

Women Bemoaned &#39;Hostile Workplace&#39; to Obama
Women Bemoaned 'Hostile Workplace' to Obama
'CONFIDENCE MEN'
Sep 20, 2011 7:35 AM CDT

Women Bemoaned 'Hostile Workplace' to Obama

The president then made a conscious effort to improve things

(Newser) - Women felt so frustrated in the early months of the Obama administration, that they eventually complained to the president himself, prompting a November 2009 dinner in which Obama listened to their grievances and vowed to improve things, the Washington Post reports. Female staffers’ discontent is a major point in Ron...

JC Penney Yanks 'Too Pretty to Do Homework' T-Shirt

Sexist shirt pulled after online outcry

(Newser) - Credit the power of the Internet. An online outcry convinced JC Penney to stop selling a T-shirt for girls ages 7-10 emblazoned with the slogan: "I'm too pretty to do homework so my brother has to do it for me." The chain pulled the sexist shirt and...

Milk Ads Target Men 'Living With PMS'

Sexist campaign won't boost milk sales, critics say

(Newser) - The ad agency behind the famous "Got Milk?" campaign has created a controversial follow-up focusing on premenstrual syndrome—and targeting men. The "Everything I Do Is Wrong" campaign trumpets research suggesting milk reduces PMS symptoms and asks: "Are you a man living with PMS?" Posters with slogans...

Bachmann Laughs Off 'Sex Appeal' Comment

'That sounds like good news to me'

(Newser) - Michele Bachmann isn't going to make a big deal about the comment from a Tim Pawlenty aide that her "sex appeal" is helping on the campaign trail. "Well, listen, I’m 55 years old. I’ve given birth to five kids and I’ve raised 23 foster...

Italian Firm Fires Only Women
 Italian Firm Fires Only Women 
Jul 1, 2011 1:51 AM CDT

Italian Firm Fires Only Women

Axed workers can stay home to look after kids, company says

(Newser) - Call it the Berlusconi-zation of Italy. Italian engineering firm Ma-Vib, faced with a downturn in sales, decided that its women workers didn't need their jobs as much as the men did. The company fired 13 out of 18 women employees while all 12 of its male employees kept their...

Pilot Suspended for Broadcasting Crude Rant

Southwest pilot's mic was stuck as he complained about 'gays, grannies'

(Newser) - A Southwest Airlines pilot was suspended without pay after he accidentally broadcast a rant about his failure to score with the airline's flight attendants to dozens of air traffic controllers and fellow pilots. The airline hires a "continuous stream of gays and grannies and grandes," the man...

Supreme Court Sides With Wal-Mart in Sex Bias Case

More than 1M women don't have enough in common: justices

(Newser) - The Supreme Court has ruled for Wal-Mart in the biggest sex discrimination lawsuit ever, holding that the case cannot proceed as a class action. The court rejected a US appeals court decision that as many as 1.6 million women could take part in the suit, which could have ultimately...

Offensive Ad's Creator to Critics: 'Suck it'

Turn Right USA not apologizing for ad many are calling racist, sexist

(Newser) - If you were offended by the Turn Right USA ad featuring machine-gun-toting gangsters ordering a Democratic candidate for Congress to "Give me your cash, bitch, so we can shoot up the streets,” well, tough. Ladd Ehlinger Jr, the conservative filmmaker who created the ad, tells Salon that critics...

Is This Most Racist, Sexist Political Ad Ever?

'Give us your cash, ho, so we can shoot up the streets,' chant gangsters

(Newser) - The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is blasting what could be the most stunningly racist, sexist campaign ad in history. The web ad, produced by the ultra conservative Turn Right USA PAC , features machine-gun toting black ganstas ordering "bitch" and "ho" Democratic candidate for Congress Janice Hahn to give...

Feminist Outrage? Try a Shrug of Resignation
Feminist Outrage?
Try a Shrug of Resignation
maureen dowd
Jun 8, 2011 12:36 PM CDT

Feminist Outrage? Try a Shrug of Resignation

Maureen Dowd: American women conditioned to 'assume the worst'

(Newser) - Bonjour, American women. You have "traded places with France" when it comes to attitudes about the not-so-noble pursuits of men, writes Maureen Dowd in the New York Times . Consider that after the DSK scandal broke , "a spirited feminism" emerged in France, with women angrily demanding that the sexism...

SlutWalks Are the &#39;Future of Feminism&#39;
 SlutWalks Are the 
 'Future of Feminism' 
OPINION
Jun 4, 2011 5:40 PM CDT

SlutWalks Are the 'Future of Feminism'

Young women are angry and organizing themselves: Jessica Valenti

(Newser) - There's no stopping SlutWalks now, and they're starting to look like the "future of feminism," writes Jessica Valenti in the Washington Post . What began as a single protest in Toronto over a police officer's safety tip—to avoid rape, don't dress like a "...

DSK Fallout: French Sexism Complaints Soar 600%

Women sick of catcalls, pressure for sex

(Newser) - French women are damn mad and they're not going to take it any more. So they're suddenly complaining, loudly and lots, about sexism. Complaints against the "casual" sexism many woman have come to accept have rocketed 600% since disgraced former IMF boss Dominique Strauss-Kahn was charged with...

VS Naipaul: No Woman Can Write Like I Can

Jane Austen's just too 'sentimental'

(Newser) - VS Naipaul might be one of the great writers of the 20th century, but he appears also to be a straight-up literary sexist, notes Gawker , which picks up on an interview he gave to the Guardian . In it, Naipaul says that no woman could write as well as he can;...

France Looks Hard at Pols Gone Wild

Female politicians get catcalls, abusive language

(Newser) - The Dominique Strauss-Kahn sexual assault case in New York has French society taking a hard look at sexist politicians like never before, reports the Telegraph . "[I]f all those who mix power and sex had to account for their actions, half of our [male] politicians would be in trouble,"...

Christine Lagarde, Dominique Strauss-Kahn's Likely Successor, Is Also His Antithesis: Maureen Dowd
 DSK's Likely 
 Successor Is 
 His Antithesis 
MAUREEN DOWD
May 29, 2011 11:30 AM CDT

DSK's Likely Successor Is His Antithesis

Christine Lagarde would signal a new era at the IMF

(Newser) - If Dominique Strauss-Kahn presided over a testosterone-fueled, gray-suit clad world of international finance, then it is perhaps no small irony that it's poised to get a zebra-print breath of fresh air in the form of his likely successor. New York Times scribe Maureen Dowd writes a glowing profile of...

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