More than 40 percent of teenage girls report having had unwanted sex at least once, with about 10 percent reporting that they had been forced to have sex. Most, 37.6 percent, had unwanted sex because they feared the partner would get angry if denied sex.
The conservative politicians who oppose gay marriage refuse to actually talk about men who love men or women who love women.
The wage gap widens as women move up the corporate ladder.
Annalee Newitz argues feminists shouldn't back away from the debate on genetic engineering, or it'll be up to the men. Again.
Single women are buying up more real estate than single men.
About 200 delegates, mostly women, from 13 Arab states and Turkey, gathered for a conference on the U.N. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). The delegates at the meeting adopted a resolution calling on Arab states to adopt the law in full. The article fails to note that the U.S. has yet to ratify CEDAW.
A new survey shows women in predominantly Muslim countries believe they should have the right to vote, work outside the home and serve in the highest levels of government. A majority said that a lack of unity among Muslim nations, violent extremism, and political and economic corruption were their main concerns. Many said they found Hollywood's portrayal of women degrading.
(I recommend reading coverage of the survey in conjunction with Laila Lalami's essay.)
... and a columnist criticizes such studies and essays about "what women want," writing: "Well, I'm a woman. And let me tell you what we want: a study that concludes women are unique individuals with such a diversity of preferences, habits, goals, fears and taste buds that we can't possibly be lumped together and studied like lab rats."
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Yes! Someone else who thinks "What Not to Wear" is a major insult to anyone who wants to think for themselves. (Columnist in last link.)
In flipping through my very limited available channels while on assignmnet in Arkansas(low level cable, not wholy unavailable channels, to blame), I've paused in shock at begining ans end as they tear down perfectly normal looking people. They turned a sensible, if overly colorful, SAHM into a preening, high-heeled timewaster (she had no interest in an hour long makeup/hair regime before, and didn't look any better with it as far as I could see). A classy, professional, 50-something black woman became an overly flamboyant and sexualized, flightly looking vodoo lady (this is appropriate for her office job how?). A sloppy, but relaxed and confident, working mom was reduced to a self-conscious and shallow clothes horse.
All at the behest of the women's friends and family. My family suggested anything of the kind and I'd be going to jail on assault charges.
In defence of 'what not to wear' It doesn't force women to have surgery! 'How to look 10 years younger' is just plain shocking, the 'victims' have at least one form of surgery being told how horrible there old body was all the way. gggrrr!! good point though...