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Maybe Not So Far, Baby

Karyn L. Wiseman, Ph.D. | Posted 05.05.2013 | Religion
Read More: Seth MacFarlane, Rep. Ernest Hewett, Women's Rights, The Onion News, Marissa Mayer, Quvenzhané Wallis, Women's Bodies, Women's History Month, Gender and Religion, Mysoginy, Religion News
Karyn L. Wiseman, Ph.D.

Many have grown complacent with the belief that women "have come a long way, baby." Women have made great strides in the past few decades. But the truth is we still have a fight on our hands.

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In Defense of 'Angry Women'

Carey Purcell | Posted 04.08.2013 | Women
Read More: Hillary Clinton, Maternity Leave, Angry-Women, Feminism, Equal Pay, Men's Health, Sexism, Feminine, Mysoginy, Suzanne Venker, Masculine, Women News
Carey Purcell

The philosopher Aristotle once said, "We praise a man who feels angry on the right grounds and against the right persons and also in the right matter at the right moment and for the right length of time." But what about a woman who feels angry?

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Repudiating Limbaugh: A Matter of Integrity, Not Politics

Menachem Rosensaft | Posted 05.05.2012 | Politics
Read More: Rush Limbaugh, Kathleen Parker, John Boehner, Sandra Fluke, John Degioia, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Maureen Dowd, Mysoginy, Carly Fiorina, Newt Gingrich, Barack Obama, Rush Limbaugh Sandra Fluke, Rush Limbaugh Slut, Rush Limbaugh Advertisers, Politics News
Menachem Rosensaft

It would behoove every one of us, especially those of us who are husbands, fathers of daughters or who have women as friends and colleagues, to also ask ourselves one simple question before we vote for anyone: Has he or she been willing to stand up to the likes of Rush Limbaugh?

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High School Student Puts Stop To Racist Team Chant

shine.yahoo.com | Posted 12.12.2011 | Home
Read More: Racism, Mysoginy, Kenmore East High School, Girls Basketball, High School Sports, Tyra Batts, Teen News, Home News

Before every game, the girls' basketball team at Kenmore East High School have a disturbing tradition. "The whole team before our game has a ritua...

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Student Arrested For Ranking Female Classmates On Facebook

Posted 07.10.2011 | Chicago
Read More: Cyberbullying, Facebook Ranking Sexist, Oak Park High School, Bullying, Sexism, Facebook Ranker Arrested, Oak Park River Forest High School, Mysoginy, Facebook Rankings, Chicago News

In January, an Oak Park-River Forest High School student found himself in hot water after publishing a list of 50 of his female peers, ranking them ba...

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Tell MSNBC that Pat Buchanan Is a Bigot

Menachem Rosensaft | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: Jamison Foser, Phil Griffin, Msnbc, Media Matters, Homophobia, Racism, Mysoginy, Patrick Buchanan, Bigotry, Media News
Menachem Rosensaft

I don't really care if MSNBC decides to keep Buchanan on its roster. What MSNBC should not be allowed to get away with is passing him off as a respectable analyst rather than identifying him as its bigot in residence.

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ALL THE PRESIDENT'S WOMEN: The Tale of Elena Kagan's Nomination

Michelle Kraus | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: Obama Racism, Barack Obama Hillary Clinton, Sonia Sotomayor Supreme Court, Supreme Court, Women's Rights, US Supreme Court, Michelle Obama First Lady, Michelle Obama, Kathleen Sebelius, Barack Obama Racism, Women's Issues, Hillary Clinton 2008, Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, President Obama, Gloria Steinem, Glass Ceiling, Media, Hillary Clinton Glass Ceiling, Elena Kagan Supreme Court, Christina Romer, Barack Obama 2008, Homosexuality, Politics, Sarah Palin Going Rogue, Janet Napolitano, Sarah Palin, 2008 Presidential Race, Homophobia, Media Criticism, Mysoginy, Elena Kagan, Media News
Michelle Kraus

The tale of Elena Kagan's nomination to the highest court of this nation reveals the under belly of prejudice in this country against women. The very ...

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The Politically Motivated Selective-Victimhood of Sarah Palin

Karl Frisch | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: Down Syndrome, Special Olympics, White House, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Rush Limbaugh, Facebook, Greg Sargent, Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, Rahm Emanuel, Sarah Palin, Sexism, Fox News, Hillary Clinton, Mysoginy, Glenn Beck, Washington Post, 24, Media News
Karl Frisch

Are Sarah Palin's condemnations of Rahm Emanuel the deservedly stern comments of an offended mother or the hypocritical nonsense of a political opportunist?

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The Latest Threat to Romania: Beauty and Brains

Carmen Burcea-Haber | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Politics, Basescu, Mysoginy, Elena Udrea, Romania, Eu, Glamour Girl, World News
Carmen Burcea-Haber

Unfortunately many men, and not only Romanians, still have to grow up and accept the fact that beauty doesn't preclude intelligence in a woman, and stop feeling threatened by it.

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Hell Hath No Fury: The Sodini Murder/Suicide

Ruth Bettelheim, Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Suicide, Murder, George Sodini, Psychology, Mysoginy, Domestic Violence, Rage, George Sodini Website, George Sodini Blog, La Fitness Gunman George Sodini, La Fitness Shooting, Parental Involvement, Healthy Living News
Ruth Bettelheim, Ph.D.

In Mr. Sodini's blog, he says repeatedly, "I have nothing to lose." He had nothing to lose because he (apparently) had no strong, affectionate bonds with anyone and never had.

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Dear Barack: Lipsticked Pig, Meet the Ape Rapist

Steve Almond | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Mysoginy, Mccain, Obama, Bully, Ape Rapist, Lipsticked Pig, Home News
Steve Almond

If John McCain has so much respect for women, why has he said such cruel and despicable things about them over the course of his entire career?

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