March 29, 2012
How do women and girls feel when they see sexualised or sporty images of female athletes?

The potentially harmful effect of ultra-thin models and air-brushed female celebrities on the body image and self-esteem of women is well-documented. Could the increasing participation of women in professional sport prompt the media to portray female role models in a different, more beneficial light? Anecdotal evidence suggests not. To take just one example, prior to the 2010 Winter Olympics, female Olympic skiers and snowboarders appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated in - you guessed it - bikinis. A new study of 258 US school girls and 171 female undergrads by Elizabeth Daniels has investigated how women and girls feel when they see sexualised images of female athletes.

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March 28, 2012
Why Does It Cost More To Be A Woman?

via The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan by Andrew Sullivan on 3/27/12

March 28, 2012
Transgender Miss Universe Canada Finalist Jenna Talackova Disqualified From Competition

She may look every bit the part of a beauty queen, but Jenna Talackova has lost her chance for the crown because she was born a biological male. By

January 31, 2012
Why were women’s warnings about the financial crisis ignored?

From Feministing.com

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January 30, 2012
Transgender People are Completely Banned From Boarding Airplanes in Canada

January 26, 2012
Do girls naturally prefer dolls to trucks? Evidence from 2 primate studies

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January 17, 2012
Undoing Gender Math Stereotypes

by Philip N. Cohen in Sociological images

December 30, 2011
Does Stripping Gender fron Toys Really Make Sense?

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October 4, 2011
So Is He Engaged, Too? Where's the Ring?

September 29, 2011
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110929074028.htm

September 27, 2011
DADT and its affect on women of color

newwavefeminism:

via colorlines:

Even though black women comprise less than one percent of servicemembers, they represented 3.3 percent of all don’t ask, don’t tell discharges. Women in general appear to have been targeted under the policy. According to a 2010 Service Women’s Action Network report, women were 15 percent of the armed forces in 2008, but comprised 34 percent of the don’t ask, don’t tell discharges. People of color represented just under 30 percent of active duty personnel, but 45 percent of don’t ask, don’t tell discharges. The Pentagon discharged more than 14,000 service members under the policy between when it took effect in December 1993 and its official end last week.

Many women who have been discharged under don’t ask, don’t tell were reported to their commanding officers as lesbians after they rebuffed a fellow servicemember’s sexual advances. Sexual harassment and sexual assault remain serious problems within the ranks. Recent reports continue to indicate that the Pentagon has not done enough to address them.

The Defense Department’s Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office indicated in a March 2011 report that there were 3,158 reported sexual assaults in the military in 2010. The Pentagon estimates that this figure represents less than 14 percent of the actual number of rapes and sexual assaults in the armed forces during this period. Furthermore, the SAPRO report indicates that 90 percent of sexual assaults and 80 percent of sexual harassment go unreported.

Are there parallels between efforts to mitigate sexual violence in the military and to allow gays and lesbians to serve openly?

September 27, 2011
Single-Sex Education Is Assailed in Report

September 27, 2011
The Normative Family on Your Daily Drive

September 27, 2011
Which State Is Winning the Race to the Bottom to Become the Worst Place for Women?

August 6, 2011
Same Baby, Different Color

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