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How Sarah Palin Instantly Improves McCain's Chances

AK gov. steals Dems' after-glow; could attract indy, Hillary voters

(Newser) - John McCain turned heads by choosing Sarah Palin today as his running mate, and the Weekly Standard explains why she’s the right woman for the job.
  • Democrats just wrapped their glitzy convention, but the Sunday talk shows will be abuzz with Palin chatter.
  • The mother of five softens McCain’
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Welcome to the Annual Sexism Awards!
Welcome to
the Annual Sexism Awards!
OPINION
Aug 22, 2008 6:02 PM CDT

Welcome to the Annual Sexism Awards!

Limbaugh, Silda Spitzer, others take home booby prizes

(Newser) - Celebrating the Aug. 26 anniversary of the passage of women's suffrage, Ellen Goodman, in the Boston Globe, doles out the "Equal Rites Awards" to those fine individuals setting back the cause of the female sex. The envelopes, please:
  • The Blind Justice Award: To the Russian judge who threw out
...

Johansson Regrets Obama Email Flap

Actress was just admiring his commitment, denounces media 'nonstory'

(Newser) - Scarlett Johansson might laugh about it now, but she was embarrassed by the media coverage of her so-called "email relationship" with Barack Obama. "I was merely trying to express my delight at Obama's commitment to his campaign…and how wonderful and refreshing that is. And it was manipulated...

Inside Academia, Subtler Sexism

Women cite 'deeply entrenched inequities' on tough path at research universities

(Newser) - Gender discrimination at research universities is surely much better than it was in decades past, but a study based on interviews of female faculty finds that sexism remains on campus, Inside Higher Ed reports. While overt shows of bias are rare, a host of subtler, “deeply entrenched inequities” have...

Sexism? Media Disagree With Clinton Backers
Sexism? Media Disagree With Clinton Backers
ANALYSIS
Jun 13, 2008 7:16 AM CDT

Sexism? Media Disagree With Clinton Backers

Hillary's supporters cry foul, but news world pleads innocence

(Newser) - Now that Hillary Clinton has suspended her presidential campaign, her most ardent supporters are hitting out at television news, proposing boycotts and setting up websites in response to allegedly sexist coverage. But as the New York Times reports, many in the media see little evidence of sexism. Rather, they accuse...

How About a Sex Speech, Obama?
How About a Sex Speech, Obama?
Opinion
Jun 12, 2008 8:27 AM CDT

How About a Sex Speech, Obama?

Candidate should do for gender what he did for race

(Newser) -  It’s a shame that Hillary Clinton never gave a speech about gender to match Barack Obama’s speech about race, writes Nicholas Kristof of the New York Times. So why not make that speech yourself, Barack? Kristof even has the talking points for you:
  • Racism is deeper, but
...

Sex Backlash Is Mostly Sexist
 Sex Backlash Is Mostly Sexist 
Opinion
Jun 4, 2008 2:36 PM CDT

Sex Backlash Is Mostly Sexist

Men, male critics just resent girls mucking up summer action flicks

(Newser) - The masses have spoken: Sex and the City is a success, a tentpole, and with a $56 million opening weekend, a blockbuster even. But if you hear men talk about it, you’d think it was the most horrible thing to ever happen to cineplexes, writes Ramin Setoodeh. They grow...

Campaign Carnage Casualty: Democrats' Chances
Campaign Carnage Casualty: Democrats' Chances
OPINION
Jun 3, 2008 5:15 PM CDT

Campaign Carnage Casualty: Democrats' Chances

Writer did not like this assignment

(Newser) - Richard Cohen did not enjoy covering the 2008 Democratic primaries, and he writes in the Washington Post about everything he “loathed” about the race that “eroded the standing of both candidates”:
  • The racism: Cohen is “stunned” that so many people came out to vote against a black
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A Call for a Clinton Speech on Sexism
 A Call for a Clinton Speech on Sexism 
Opinion
Jun 1, 2008 7:56 AM CDT

A Call for a Clinton Speech on Sexism

Campaign's end invites candor and courage —not counting slights

(Newser) - The time is ripe for Hillary Clinton to speak out on gender discrimination openly and honestly, writes Anna Holmes in the New York Times. After she ends her bid for the White House, such a move wouldn’t be called a political stunt, and would afford her the opportunity “...

Construction Oglers Get an Eyeful

Workers' whistles drive woman to bare all

(Newser) - Some wolfish construction workers got an eyeful of a sheep without clothing, the New Zealand Herald reports, when a female Israeli tourist apparently fed up with their whistling got naked as she used an ATM in downtown Kerikeri. "She gave the explanation that she had been pestered by New...

Clinton's Sexism Charges 'Insulting'
 Clinton's
 Sexism
 Charges
 'Insulting' 
opinion
May 23, 2008 10:50 AM CDT

Clinton's Sexism Charges 'Insulting'

Past women icons wouldn't make such claims: Noonan

(Newser) - Hillary Clinton’s claims of misogyny this week were cheap shots that history’s greatest women never would have uttered, Peggy Noonan writes in the Wall Street Journal . Suggesting that sexism is costing her the nomination is “insulting” and “manipulative”—it paints other candidates’ supporters as biased—...

Hillary Endgame Isn't a Battle in Gender War
Hillary Endgame Isn't a Battle
in Gender War
OPINION
May 21, 2008 6:06 PM CDT

Hillary Endgame Isn't a Battle in Gender War

Clinton 'just a politician' to 30-something scribe, not feminist symbol

(Newser) - Women who treat Hillary Clinton's candidacy as a feminist symbol and see sexism in calls for her to quit don't quite make sense to Jonathan Chait, writing in the Los Angeles Times. "People of my generation tend to have a less personal view of Clinton," the 36-year-old writes....

Clinton Run at Glass Ceiling Leaves Mixed Legacy

Some see gender roles smashed, others see them enforced, by Hillary's run

(Newser) - While some observers look at the waning Hillary Clinton campaign and see a milestone in the march of gender equality—“a historic if incomplete triumph”—others, especially Clinton’s female supporters, see “a depressing reminder” of lingering sexism. The New York Times examines the mixed legacy of...

'Poor Hillary' Refrain Has Hillary-Like Staying Power

Voters, rivals and pundits have been tut-tutting for years, but Clinton marches on

(Newser) - There’s Hillary Clinton, writes Libby Copeland in the Washington Post, and then there’s “Poor Hillary.” Though Barack Obama destroyed her “inevitability,” she continues to quixotically pursue the Democratic nomination, touting the power of “grit” against arithmetic, and moving op-ed writers, news anchors and...

Farewell to Hillary, and to Sexism
Farewell to Hillary, and
to Sexism
OPINION
May 15, 2008 12:24 PM CDT

Farewell to Hillary, and to Sexism

Candidacy exposed America's hatred of women, says columnist

(Newser) - Hillary Clinton will almost certainly not be the Democratic nominee for president, and the end of her campaign is a relief for Marie Cocco in the Washington Post—but not for political reasons. The end of the Democratic primary, she writes, will also put to rest the sexist rhetoric of...

Guardian System Has Saudi Women 'Perpetual Minors'

Doing almost anything requires male consent in kingdom, report finds

(Newser) - Women in Saudi Arabia need to gain a male guardian’s consent to do almost anything, living as “perpetual minors,” the Telegraph reports. Research by Human Rights Watch found that male permission is needed to go to a doctor, travel, and even get dressed. In addition, strict segregation...

UK Balks at Hooters' Expansion
 UK Balks at Hooters' Expansion 
Apr 11, 2008 7:21 PM CDT

UK Balks at Hooters' Expansion

Opponents say chain will encourage broader sex industry

(Newser) - Some Britons are choking on Hooters' plan to serve up another 35 locations in the UK, the Guardian reports. Britain has one so far, but feminists are already accusing the chain of importing misogyny and sexist entertainment with its chicken wings. "Without the sexualised waiters and the soft porn...

Chelsea Surprised by Sexism
 Chelsea Surprised by Sexism 
Mar 30, 2008 11:44 AM CDT

Chelsea Surprised by Sexism

Former first daughter touches on hot issue while stumping

(Newser) - Once and possibly future first daughter Chelsea Clinton said Friday that she "really didn't get how much sexism there was in this country" until the New Hampshire primary campaign, when someone told her he didn't think a woman could be commander in chief, and some men disrupted a campaign...

Clinton Supporters See Sexist Backlash

Campaign unleashes anger, slurs from anti-Hillary men

(Newser) - Many women who support Hillary Clinton—and even some who don't—find that the New York senator's bid for president has unleashed unsettling sexist hostility in the workplace and elsewhere, the Wall Street Journal reports. A woman shouted at by a stranger for her Hillary bumper sticker says the "...

Harvard Begins Women-Only Gym Hours
Harvard Begins Women-Only Gym Hours
Mar 5, 2008 10:49 AM CST

Harvard Begins Women-Only Gym Hours

Controversial move to make Muslim females more comfortable

(Newser) - Harvard is trying out women-only gym hours at one of its facilities to make exercising easier for Muslim women. Six of the 70 hours a week that the Quadrangle Recreational Athletic Center is open will be barred to men so that Muslim women feel free to dress appropriately for working...

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