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Join Me on Ada Lovelace Day

Suw Charman-Anderson | Posted 02.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Women's Empowerment, Linkedin, Twitter, Empowerment, Ada Lovelace, Gender Issues, Technology, Female Friendships, Gender, 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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The "Ticking Clock" and the Mommy/Daddy Double Standard

Lisa Wade | Posted 01.26.2009 | Living

Read More: Women, Having Kids, Biological Clock, Ticking Time Bomb, Children, Health, Raising Children, Pregnancy, Gender, Living News
Lisa Wade

Part of what bugs me about the ticking clock narrative is that it suggests that only women need to be concerned about the age at which they reproduce.

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Obama's Inbox on Women and Work: Welfare, Job Equity, and Education

Philip N. Cohen | Posted 01.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Women, Welfare, Education, Unemployment, Economy, Working Families, Barack Obama, Recession, Gender, Job Losses, Labor Reform, TANF Program, Labor Department, Peter Edelman, Paid Family Leave, Infrastructure, Green Infrastructure, Unemployment Benefits, Bill Clinton Welfare Reform, Politics News
Philip N. Cohen

Although the recession is hitting men's employment more directly, overall women's employment rates in the 2000s have fallen more, and progress toward gender equality has stalled.

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Family, Meet the New Recession (Same As the Old Recession?)

Philip N. Cohen | Posted 01.10.2009 | Living

Read More: Women, Unemployment, Divorce, Childcare, Recession, Family, Gender, Living News
Philip N. Cohen

Despite the considerable ink spilled over cultural shifts, nothing changes gendered behavior like economic necessity. During the '91 recession, more husbands were primary childcare providers.

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Women of Color in an Obama Era

Tara L. Conley | Posted 01.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Poverty, Susan Rice, Women of Color, Economy, Janet Napolitano, Brave New Films, Tara L Conley, Hillary Clinton, Race, Barack Obama, Working Class, Women of Color Policy Network, Gender, Politics News
Tara L. Conley

I can't help but wonder how Obama's power as President will address the myriad of low wage-(or no wage)-earning, care-taking, health-insurance-lacking, poverty-stricken women of color in the US.

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Looking to Rwanda for Lessons on Gender Equality

Andrea Friedman | Posted 01.03.2009 | World

Read More: Rwanda, Rwanda Women, Quotas, Women, Democracy, Conflict, Gender, Gender Equality, Rape, Genocide, Paul Kagame, Cabinet Posts, Rwanda Patriotic Front, Women in Government, 100 Days, World News
Andrea Friedman

Rwanda is primarily known as the site of a horrific genocide. It is now the first country to have a majority of women in the legislature at 56%, up from a high of 18% before the conflict.

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What Will Obama's "Good Jobs in America" Mean for Women?

Philip N. Cohen | Posted 12.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Women, Education, Preschool, Employment, Economic Crisis, Jobs, Obama Transition, Obama's Economic Team, Barack Obama, Gender, Politics News
Philip N. Cohen

Obama says he wants to address the immediate economic crisis in a way that supports long term goals. If one of those goals is reducing gender inequality, then universal pre-k education might be a good place to start.

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Men and Women Take on the Economy Together

Indra Adnan | Posted 12.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama's Economic Team, Women, Education, Women Men Softpower Obama Gender Feminism Mothers Children, Emotion, Work, Emotionalintelligence, Worklifebalance, Men, Obama, Society, Softpower, Feminism, Fathers, Gender, Politics News
Indra Adnan

Tim, Larry, Christina and Melody: half men, half women in a balanced partnership to face a global crisis and reshape the economic culture of the early 21st Century.

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Family Diversity in the Later Stone Age

Philip N. Cohen | Posted 12.22.2008 | Living

Read More: Dna, Women, Marriage, Ancient Nuclear Family, Diversity, Gender, Family, Nuclear Family, Fossils, Living News
Philip N. Cohen

The DNA revolution has extended proof of the "traditional" family back to about 4,600 years ago.

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Gender, Politics and Media Redux

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 12.21.2008 | Media

Read More: McCain Advisors, Gender Bias, Gender, Media, Larry Summers, Election 2008, Lesley Jane Seymour, More Magazine, Feminism, Sarah Palin, Campbell Brown, Geraldine Ferraro, Shorenstein Center, Politics, Women and Media, Sexism, Women and Politics, Marie Wilson, Hillary Clinton, Arianna Huffington, Carol Jenkins, Class, Obama's Economic Team, Media News
Marcia G. Yerman

Last week, New York Women In Communications presented The Spin Room: Gender, Politics & Media in the 2008 Election.

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Who Pays When Families Move?

Philip N. Cohen | Posted 12.18.2008 | Living

Read More: Working Women, Careers, Michelle Obama, Working Families, Barack Obama, Gender, Family, Obama Family Move, Gender Logic, Career Displacement, Obama Family, Career Relocation, Gender Roles in Families, Gender Roles, Family Relocation, Living News
Philip N. Cohen

Even if it's not "rational" economically, couples are much more likely to move for the husband's career. The gender logic within families is often more powerful than the economic logic.

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The Government in Exile: What Obama Can Do for Women

Marie Wilson | Posted 12.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Government, Hillary, Women, Obama, Race, Gender, Obama Victory, Obama Wins, Women for Obama, Obama Women, Barack Obama Women's Vote, Politics News
Marie Wilson

In a campaign whose rallying cry was "change", shifting the status of women in this country by bringing them fully to the tables of power would be a great place to start.

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Barack Obama and My Kids

Julie Menin | Posted 12.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Change, Republicans, Race, Obama Bill Clinton, Democrats, Barack Obama, Gender, Obama Victory, Obama Wins, President Obama, Obama Policy, Obama Administration, Parenting, Kids and Politics, 2008 Presidential Election, Obama Challenges, Obama Presidency, Politics and Parenting, Democratic Policy, Politics News
Julie Menin

Without first acquiring a track record of reaching across the aisle, one of the greatest opportunities to create a modern "New Deal" to help Americans across the country will be lost.

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Maybe You Shouldn't Vote

Bill Folman | Posted 11.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: 2004 Election, Elitist, John McCain, Terrorists, Obama Muslim, Unbiased, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Gender, Patriotism, Voters, 2008 Presidential Race, Elitism, Iraq, Media Bias, Voting, Politics News
Bill Folman

I ask that you take a moment to answer the following questions and determine whether you have the skill and the know-how to vote responsibly for our next president.

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Palin's Appearance Makes Headlines Because of Our Hypocrisy, Not Hers

Judy Muller | Posted 11.24.2008 | Home

Read More: Palin Sexism, Gender Politics, Hillary Clinton Sexism, Sexism, Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin Clothes, Hillary Clinton, Sarah Palin Sexism, Election 2008, Campaign 2008, Sarah Palin Reaction, Gender, Piper's Handbag, Spending on Palin's Appearance, Palin 150 Clothes, Palins Appearances, Palin Reaction Clothing Expenses, Palin Clothes Hypocrisy, Home News
Judy Muller

Beneath this "controversy" over Palin's expensive wardrobe is a troubling fact: when it comes to judging female politicians, we are still a deeply sexist culture.

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Donna Brazile Reflects on Race, Gender, and the Media in the 2008 Elections

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 11.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Race, Media Coverage of 2008 Election, Gender, 2008 Election and Race, 2008 Election and Sexism, Hillary Clinton, Media, Sarah Palin, 2008 Election and Gender, Donna Brazile, Politics News
Marcia G. Yerman

Brazile wowed the assembled crowd at St. Johns with a combination of thoughtful insights, dry humor, insider anecdotes, and culinary metaphors.

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Nursing Homes Are a Good Case of Economics Gone Bad

Philip N. Cohen | Posted 11.03.2008 | Business

Read More: Elderly, Women, Nursing Homes, Economics, Health Care, Children, Health, Gender, Business News
Philip N. Cohen

The latest bad news shows that "more than 90% of nursing homes were cited violations of federal health and safety standards last year."

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Women In Arizona Offended By Palin's Wink

Marlene H. Phillips | Posted 11.03.2008 | Home

Read More: Vice President, Joe Biden, Vice Presidential Debates, Sarah Palin, Women Politics, Equality, Women, Sexism, Palin Mccain, Biden Obama, Hillary Clinton, Gender, Home News
Marlene H. Phillips

I watched the debate in a room full of rowdy, noisy folks last night in Tucson, Arizona. Comments flew across the room, most directed at Sarah Palin: ...

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Showdown in St. Louis: Gender vs. Agenda

Marie Wilson | Posted 11.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Vp Debate, Biden, Palin, Sarah Palin, Gender, Vice Presidential Debate, Geraldine Ferraro, 2008 Election, Politics News
Marie Wilson

Geraldine Ferraro's challenge in 1984 was the same as Palin's will be when she takes the stage tomorrow evening: the careful negotiation of her dual identities as candidate and woman.

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In Women We Trust: How Wall Street Could Have Avoided Our Economic Meltdown

Marie Wilson | Posted 10.24.2008 | Business

Read More: Trust, Economy, Gender, Wall Street Crisis, Economic Crisis, Women in Business, Business News
Marie Wilson

The characteristics that Americans attribute to women leaders are the very traits that many would say is sorely lacking on Wall Street and Capitol Hill.

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McCain Leads Where Gender Gaps Are Bigger

Philip N. Cohen | Posted 10.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Polls, Women, John McCain, Barack Obama, Gender, Sarah Palin, Employment, Gender Gaps, Sarah Palin Reaction, Politics News
Philip N. Cohen

McCain's lead is heavily concentrated in the states where women's employment rates are relatively low.

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White Men and the G.O.P. Mastery of Identity Politics

Jackson Katz | Posted 10.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Karl Rove, Conservatives, Rush Limbaugh, Identity Politics, Gender, Convention, Masculinity, Mccain, Hillary Clinton, Republicans, White Men, Real Men, Sarah Palin, Politics News
Jackson Katz

"I don't think Barack Obama is half the man Sarah Palin is. He can't take a punch, he's weak, and he whines," Limbaugh says of the Democratic nominee.

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What Does "Equal Pay for Equal Work" Mean to Obama?

Philip N. Cohen | Posted 10.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Discrimination, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Tom Harkin, Gender, Sarah Palin, Minimum Wage, Economy, Equal Pay, Politics News
Philip N. Cohen

As long as employers are not proven to be discriminating intentionally, they can pay women less than men if they are not doing the same jobs.

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Tough Issues Ahead For Obama

Marcus Alexander Gadson | Posted 10.06.2008 | Home

Read More: Politics, Race in Politics, John McCain, Barack Obama, Joe Biden Vice President, Sarah Palin, 2008 Election, 2008 Election and Gender, Obama Affirmative Action, Gender, Home News
Marcus Alexander Gadson

Obama will face tough issues that include Jeremiah Wright - again - and affirmative action. Navigating these complex issues of race, as well as issues having to do with gender, will have a lot to do with whether Obama is elected in November.

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Declaring the Sex Wars a Draw

Max and the Marginalized | Posted 10.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bristol Palin Pregnancy, Max and the Marginalized, Sarah Palin Vp, Palin Daughter Pregnant, Palin Pregnancy, Palin Daughter, Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin Vice President, Sarah Palin Reaction, 2008 Election and Gender, Bristol Palin, Gender, Politics News
Max and the Marginalized

The response to Bristol Palin's pregnancy from the Obama campaign, and anyone else with half a brain, a sprinkle of candor and a dash of decency, has been pitch perfect. It really is the family's business.

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