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Sexual Harassment: Know Your Rights

Jincey Lumpkin | Posted 06.17.2013 | Gay Voices
Read More: Gender Equality, Mike Pospis, Gender Discrimination, Quid Pro Quo, Sexual Harassment, Sexual Discrimination, Quid Pro Quo Sexual Harassment, Sexual Harassment in the Workplace, Sex Discrimination, Sexual Harassment Hostile Work Environment, Sexual Harassment at Work, Sexual Harassment on the Job, Workplace Sexual Harassment, Hostile Work Environment Sexual Harassment, Gay Voices News
Jincey Lumpkin

You don't have to put up with lewd comments from your boss. You don't have to suffer in silence while being objectified. You have legal protections! That's why I invited lawyer Mike Pospis to give us a lesson in sexual harassment lawsuits.

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Condi Owes Me a Beer!

Martha Burk | Posted 06.12.2013 | Sports
Read More: Sex Discrimination, Masters Tournament, Women's Rights, Fortune 500, Golf, Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta National Golf Club Women, Women Augusta National Golf Club, Women Golf Masters, Sports News
Martha Burk

Was the 10-year slog, the fear from death threats and stalking, taunts, and t-shirts with our heads on pig's bodies -- and worse -- worth it? Yep. One more barrier broken, one more myth about "woman's place" shattered.

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Equal Pay -- Only 45 Years to Go!

Martha Burk | Posted 06.08.2013 | Politics
Read More: Equal Pay for Equal Work, Women, Paycheck Fairness Act, Fair Pay, Gender Pay Gap, Sex Discrimination, Equal Pay Day 2013, Obama, Fair Pay Act, Women and Work, Equal Pay for Women, Equal Pay Day, Equal Pay, Politics News
Martha Burk

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Equal Pay Act of 1963, but women are still way behind men in earnings.

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Women Wake Up Grumpier? Look Around and You'll See Why

Marianne Mollmann | Posted 05.15.2013 | Women
Read More: Sex Discrimination, Discrimination, Wage Gap, Pay Equity, Mortgage Discrimination, Dating, Gender Discrimination, Women and Happiness, Happiness, Women News
Marianne Mollmann

This week, Duke University published a new study, which found that women wake up grumpier than men. The study's authors attribute the additional grumpiness to women needing more sleep than men. Me? I think there is just a lot to be grumpy about lately.

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It's Time to Smash the Brass Ceiling

Cynthia Dill | Posted 03.31.2013 | Women
Read More: General Dempsey, Women in Combat, Military, Sexual Harassment, Sex Discrimination, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Equal Protection, Sexual Assault, Brass Ceiling, Women News
Cynthia Dill

When women are by law declared unfit to carry out essential functions of the armed services because of their gender, they are not treated equally. The official policy that legalizes discrimination creates an automatic power imbalance, with only men at the top.

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Yelp Users Pan Dentist For Firing 'Irresistible' Worker

Posted 12.26.2012 | Business
Read More: James Knight Dentist, Video, Hot-Workers, Irresistible Workers, Weird-Firings, Sex Discrimination, Business News, James Knight Yelp, James Knight, Business News

Users are taking to Yelp to discredit an Iowa dentist who fired his assistant for being too hot. An all-male Iowa court ruled last week that James...

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The Supremes, the Election, and the War on Women: What's Next?

Martha Burk | Posted 09.30.2012 | Politics
Read More: Supreme Court, War on Women, Pay Discrimination, Class Action, Sex Discrimination, Dukes v. Walmart, Ledbetter v. Goodyear, John Roberts, Robert Bork, Mitt Romney, Politics News
Martha Burk

To say the Roberts Supreme Court hasn't been kind to women would be an understatement. In 2007, it overruled six lower federal courts in upholding a ban on one abortion procedure with no exception for the health of the woman.

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One Year Since the Repeal of DADT: No Story at All?

Dorian de Wind | Posted 11.18.2012 | Politics
Read More: The Palm Center, U.S. Military, Dadt Repeal, Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, Sex Discrimination, Gay and Lesbian Rights, Equal Rights, Leon Panetta Defense Secretary, Politics News
Dorian de Wind

What did the study -- "the first scholarly effort to assess the accuracy of such predictions about the impact of DADT repeal on military readiness" -- show?

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The Takeaway from Augusta

Deborah Jacobs | Posted 10.21.2012 | Women
Read More: Women's Rights, Augusta National, Sex Discrimination, Darla Moore, Augusta National Golf Club, Ginni Rometty, Condoleeza Rie, President Obama, Women News
Deborah Jacobs

The strategic selection of Condoleeza Rice and Darla Moore as the first women invited to join the Augusta National Golf Club demonstrates once again that public pressure can force change.

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Let's Be Clear: Transgender Discrimination Is Sex Discrimination

Ian Thompson | Posted 10.09.2012 | Gay Voices
Read More: Transgender Issues, Transgender, HHS Transgender Discrimination, Transgender Discrimination, HHS Sex Discrimination, Transgender Health Care, Sex Discrimination, HHS Transgender Protections, Gay Voices News
Ian Thompson

We at the ACLU will continue to push for clarity that bans on sex discrimination protect those who are transgender. Let's celebrate the fact that it is becoming increasingly clear that discrimination against transgender individuals, be it in the workplace or in a health-care setting, is sex discrimination.

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Dukes v. Wal-Mart One Year Later: Where Do Women Stand?

Martha Burk | Posted 08.17.2012 | Business
Read More: Sex Discrimination, Gender Equality, Equal Pay, Dukes v. Walmart, Class-Action Lawsuit, Class Action, Supreme Court, Walmart New York, Business News
Martha Burk

In the year since, the ruling has been touted as a godsend for corporations. It has been cited numerous times by judges as a reason to throw out class actions in such disparate areas as toxics in a neighborhood, overtime pay cases, and insurance overcharges.

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Lauren Odes Fired Over 'Distracting' Appearance

Posted 05.22.2012 | Style
Read More: Native Intimates Lawsuit, Lauren Odes Gloria Allred, Lauren Odes Lawsuit, Native Intimates, Video, Gloria Allred, Gloria Allred Lauren Odes, Sex Discrimination, Lauren Odes Fired, Native Intimates Lauren Odes, Native Intimates Gloria Allred, Lauren Odes, Lauren Odes Native Intimates, Style News

Lauren Odes, a data entry professional, claims she was fired because she was too busty and dressed too provocatively for her Orthodox Jewish employers...

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Critics Claim President Lincoln Guilty of Political Pandering in Emancipation Proclamation

Judge H. Lee Sarokin | Posted 07.16.2012 | Politics
Read More: Sex Discrimination, Bristol Palin, Gay Rights, Rush Limbaugh, President-Obama-Same-Sex-Marriage, Family Values, Marriage Equality, Same-Sex Marriage, Political Comedy, Satire, Political Satire, Political Humor, Politics News
Judge H. Lee Sarokin

Today President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation freeing 3 million slaves. Critics of the President were quick to condemn his action. The town crier shouted that that this was further evidence of the President's war on families.

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"The Woman Tax": The Surprising Reason Why Women Pay More Than $1,300 a Year

LearnVest | Posted 07.14.2012 | Home
Read More: Women and Money, Money Inequality, Women Pay More, Women's Tax, Women Expenses, Gender Inequality, Money Gender Inequality, Money and Women, Gender Bias, Sex Discrimination, Home News
LearnVest

No one doubts that women spend more on certain things than men when they have different needs. Makeup. Hair products. Waxing. Gyno appointments. But then there are the charges you don't see coming.

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Equal Pay -- Will We Ever Get There? An Interview With Lilly Ledbetter

Martha Burk | Posted 06.15.2012 | Politics
Read More: Fair Pay, Ledbetter v. Goodyear, Working Mothers, Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay, Lilly Ledbetter, Equal Pay, Women's Salaries, Women Paid Less, Gender Discrimination, Equal Salaries, Sex Discrimination, Politics News
Martha Burk

April is the month every year when the paychecks of women working full-time, year-round catch up with what men earned by the previous December 31. This year it's April 17.

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Big Blue's Big Bind

Martha Burk | Posted 06.03.2012 | Business
Read More: Augusta National Golf Club, Tiger Woods, Sex Discrimination, Corporate Social Responsibility, Ibm, National Council of Women's Organizations, Angc, Rometty, Virginia Rometty Augusta, Virginia Rometty, Business News
Martha Burk

Virginia Rometty is IBM's new chief as of January -- and one tradition (Augusta's boys-only policy) runs smack dab into another (giving IBM's CEO a membership along with the coveted ugly green jacket).

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Why It's So Expensive To Be A Woman

Marie Claire | Posted 03.22.2012 | Women
Read More: Dry Cleaning, Sex Discrimination, Mens Products, Differences Between Men and Women, Differences Between the Sexes, Womens Products, Gender Pricing, Women News

THREE YEARS AGO, Janet Floyd, the cofounder of a Manhattan market research firm, spotted a neighborhood dry cleaner that offered the following deal: L...

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Alice Hines

Walmart Women Still Seek Justice In Sex Discrimination Case

HuffingtonPost.com | Alice Hines | Posted 02.04.2012 | Business
Read More: Supreme Court, Georgia Walmart Workers, Arkansas Walmart Workers, Edith Arana, North Carolina Walmart Workers, Sex Discrimination, Dukes v. Walmart, Wal-Mart, Eeoc, Betty Dukes, Mississippi Walmart Workers, Patricia Surgeson, Alabama Walmart Workers, Class Action Lawsuit, Class Action Suit, Business News

The women who say Walmart discriminates aren't giving up. Five hundred female employees in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Mississippi and North Caroli...

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At Stake: A Fundamental Protection for Millions of Workers

Debra L. Ness | Posted 03.13.2012 | Politics
Read More: Supreme Court, Congress, Sex Discrimination, Work and Family, Family and Medical Leave Act, Workers, Politics News
Debra L. Ness

What is at stake in this case is whether the Supreme Court will respect Congress' ability to make laws designed to remedy pervasive and unconstitutional discrimination, and whether millions of state workers can continue to count on FMLA leave when they get sick.

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Food Importer To Pay Big To Settle Hiring Discrimination Suit

AP | Posted 11.18.2011 | Business
Read More: Food Importer, U.S. Labor Department, Department of Defense, Sales Jobs, Nishimoto Trading Co., Hiring Discrimination, Wages, Sex Discrimination, Federal Labor Laws, Video, Business News

SANTA FE SPRINGS, Calif. -- A Southern California Asian food importer has agreed to pay $400,000 in back wages and interest to 71 women who were rejec...

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Sasha Grey -- A Porn Star Dares to Read

Daphne Daly | Posted 01.16.2012 | Home
Read More: Sex Discrimination, Pornography, Education, Teachers, Reading, Children's Books, Sasha Grey, Home News
Daphne Daly

It seems to me she should have been praised for helping children to understand the importance of literacy and the joy of reading. What does it matter to a group of school children what someone does or used to do for work?

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Tyson Settles Sex Discrimination Cases

AP | x | Posted 11.21.2011 | Home
Read More: Sex Discrimination, Tyson Fresh Meat, Tyson Sex Discrimination, Tyson Sex Bias, Tyson, Tyson Foods, Home News

WASHINGTON -- Tyson Fresh Meats Inc. is paying $2.25 million to settle federal allegations of sex discrimination. The Labor Department says Tyson wil...

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Gender Washing at Walmart

Martha Burk | Posted 11.15.2011 | Business
Read More: Sex Discrimination, Women Workers, Walmart, Women in Business, Dukes v. Walmart, Walmart Sex Discrimination Case, Business News
Martha Burk

Why has Walmart only recently discovered women as a resource, both as customers and suppliers? Could the answer be that 1.5 million associates sued the company for sex discrimination in pay and promotion?

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Does Discrimination Still Exist? Of Course It Does

Red Room | Posted 10.29.2011 | Business
Read More: Sex Discrimination, Discrimination, Workplace Discrimination, Gender Discrimination, Racial Discrimination, Business News
Red Room

If you don't believe that discrimination exists, here are some facts that prove my point.

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Wall Street Retro: The Two Question Interview

Birute Regine | Posted 10.17.2011 | Women
Read More: Sex Discrimination, Job Market College Graduates, Barbara Boxer, Wall Street, Women News
Birute Regine

Young women don't often encounter the blatant gender bias the way baby boomers did. But that doesn't mean it doesn't exist.

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