Gender Issues

Why The Avengers May Be This Summer's Most Pro-Woman Blockbuster

Scott Mendelson | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Social Change, The Avengers, Gender Roles, Joss Whedon, Cobie Smulders, Scarlett Johansson, Black Widow, Gender Issues, Feminism, Movies, Women News
Scott Mendelson

The way Joss Whedon and company present their female superheros merits acknowledgment primarily because of what they don't do. In short, they don't draw one damn bit of attention to it.

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Man In Morning, Woman At Night? Rare Syndrome Described By Scientist

| Gary Stix | Posted 04.20.2012

Read More: Alternating Gender Incongruity, Psychiatry, Video, Neuroscience, Transgender People, Transgender, Biology, Body Image, Sex, Psychology, Gender Issues, Transgender Issues, Gender Identity, Gender, Science News

A graduate student of famed neuroscientist Vilayanur S. Ramachandran has found a group of men and women who report that their sexual identity can swit...

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We All Failed Whitney Houston!

Michealene Cristini Risley | Posted 04.29.2012

Read More: Whitney Houston, Kevin Powell, Gender Issues, Inner Scorecard, Celebrities, Celebrity News
Michealene Cristini Risley

I went to hear a dear friend, writer, and activist Kevin Powell speak to a sexual assault group at Stanford University this week. We have known each ...

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Debunking Myths about Female Students on Campus

Krystie Yandoli | Posted 12.05.2011

Read More: Women's Issues, Syracuse University, Gender Equality, Female College Students, Gender Issues, Female Empowerment, Male Chauvinism, College News
Krystie Yandoli

A college campus has served as a place where women thrive and gender roles are constantly evolving and redefined. They can also feel unjust and unequal at times as a result of stereotyping and misogynistic behavior.

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The Gender Pendulum: How the Free Market Economy Creates Gender Polarization

Lori Day | Posted 12.04.2011

Read More: Pink, Erotic Capital, Princess Culture, Relationships, Children, Princess Free Zone, Jean Kilbourne, Gender and Sexuality, Halloween, Gender, Sexualization, Gender Equality, Education, Gender Roles, Stereotypes, Respect, The End of Gender, Gender Issues, International Boys' School Coalition, Women News
Lori Day

What we are witnessing is the triumph of the free market economy over any iota of concern for the emotional and physical wellbeing of the most vulnerable members of society.

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After Transgender Remembrance Day, Giving Thanks For The Living

Rev. Meg Riley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gender Equality, LGBT Issues, Transgender Remembrance Day, Gender and Identity, Gender Blindness, Gender Issues, Transgender Issues, Gender Identity Issues, Gender Neutrality, Religion News
Rev. Meg Riley

May these thanks be a step on my path to creating a world where the list of the murders shortens and the list of joys, equalities and sources of ease for transgender people grows ever longer.

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Shocking Study: 15 Percent Of Women Have Slept With Their Bosses

Harvard Business Review | Sylvia Ann Hewlett | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Marriage, Mark Hurd, Worklace Sex, Gender Issues, Center for Work-Life Policy, Affairs, Women Executives, Hewlett-Packard, Female Executives, Executives, Business News

Research out this fall from the Center for Work-Life Policy shows sponsorship to be the critical promotional lever for women in the marzipan layer, th...

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Retirement Income Gap Poses Another Challenge for Women

Mark Miller | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women and Money, Retirement Security, Gender Issues, Business News
Mark Miller

It's no secret that women have more trouble than men building for a secure retirement, mainly due to lower lifetime earnings and resulting contributions to Social Security and retirement accounts.

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The Unheard Truth -- Poverty and Human Rights

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Book News, Women's Rights, Women of Juarez, Poverty, Books, United Nations, Kofi Annan, Sierra Leone, Muhammad Yunus, Amnesty International, Mary Robinson, World Economy, Human Rights, Economists, Irene Khan, Gender Issues, Indigenous Rights, Global Poverty, Kenya, Books News
Marcia G. Yerman

October 17th was the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. However, a one-day a year acknowledgement doesn't suffice. The Unheard Truth ...

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A Follow Up: "Hank Moody: For Women Only" (Question)

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Poll, Gender, Cable Television, Media News, Gender Issues, Mad Men, Women, Dating, Relationships, Survey, Don Draper, Cable, Women's Issues, Cable Tv, Hank Moody, Californication, Entertainment News
Reese Schonfeld

Despite at times being self-centered, lewd and at times irresponsible, would you date and/or marry Hank Moody?

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Don Draper: For Women Only, Please Respond

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mad Men, Women, Cable, Women's Issues, Sexism, Cable Television, Gender Issues, Survey, Cable Tv, Tufts, Poll, Don Draper, Culture Change, Gender, Media News
Reese Schonfeld

I am associated with the Culture Change Institute, a Tufts based group founded by Sam Huntington and Larry Harrison, which examines various cultures r...

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Go Ahead, Let Outrage Start the Much Needed Gender Conversation

Andrea Learned | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Speaker Gender, Leadership, Leader Gender, Gender Issues, Feminism, Sexism, Gender Conversation, Feminist, Gender, Business News
Andrea Learned

We don't need a fight to the death between men and women to see who is "better." Rather we need to be identifying those qualities women tend to have that make them transformational leaders.

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A Pro Bono Transgender Primer

Dr. Jon LaPook | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Coming Out as Transgender, Chastity Bono Sex Change, Sex Change, Chastity-Bono-Transitioning, Gender Issues, Transgender Issues, Chaz Bono, Healthy Living News
Dr. Jon LaPook

What exactly does transitioning mean? It's the period during which somebody starts to live as his/her new gender. One misconception is that transitioning requires surgery.

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How the Capital Market Failures and the Inability to Achieve Gender Equity are the Same

Laura Liswood | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Laura Liswood, Saadia Zahidi, Women's Leadership, Iris Bohnet, Gender Inequity, Risk Management, Risk Modeling, Global Gender Gap Report, World Economic Forum, Women, Women's Issues, Economy, Gender Issues, Gender, Business News
Laura Liswood

My experience in both the financial world and the field of women's leadership allows me to recognize that both market failures and gender inequality stem from the same combination of elements.

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Guys and Dolls

Stephanie Fairyington | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Women, Growing Up, Webkinz, Children, Boys, Parenting, Feminism, Femininity, Social Activism, Gender, Girls, Marlo Thomas, Free to Be You and Me, Kids, Masculinity, Gender Issues, 1970s, Good Morning America, Family, Gender Stereotypes, Gender Roles, Healthy Living News
Stephanie Fairyington

The success of web-based interactive dolls like Webkinz indicates that boys respond to toys that tap into their fatherly instincts; for the month of October alone, boys made up 36% of the site's visitors.

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Join Me on Ada Lovelace Day

Suw Charman-Anderson | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Women's Empowerment, Linkedin, Twitter, Empowerment, Ada Lovelace, Gender Issues, Technology, Female Friendships, Gender, Healthy Living News
Suw Charman-Anderson

Why do women feel less secure in their abilities than most men? Recent research may shed some light: women need to see female role models more than men need to see male ones.

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Reading Between the Lines in The Reader: When is Abuse Not Abuse?

Thelma Adams | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Miley Cyrus, Germany, Kate Winslet, Holocaust, Academy Award Nominees, Stephen Daldry, The Reader, Hugh Jackman, Film, Auschwitz, Sexual Abuse, Ralph Fiennes, Movies, David Hare, Oscar Nominees, Child Abuse, Statutory Rape, Harvey Weinstein, Nazis, Sexual Double Standard, Gender Issues, Literary Adaptation, Annie Liebowitz, Cougar Women, Bernard Schlink, Entertainment News
Thelma Adams

The Reader? It's goodish. And Kate Winslet is, as ever, brilliant. And it has Nazis, which elevates it on the Oscar nom scale. But it doesn't fully address the fact that Michael is a victim of abuse.

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Changing the Landscape for Women

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lily Ledbetter Act, Paley Center for Media, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Ann Coulter, Pray the Devil Back to Hell, Dr. Jennifer H. Mieres, Faye Wattleton, Barack Obama, Pat Mitchell, Center for the Advancement of Women, Women's Health, Obama Presidency, Abagail E. Disney, Gender Issues, Dr. Nancy Snyderman, Women and Power, Politics News
Marcia G. Yerman

With the election of Barack Obama, women voters who put him in the Oval Office will be waiting to see if gender issues are a priority.

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