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  • April 2008

    • Women Rule in Spain's New Cabinet

      newser  |  Independent (UK)  |  Apr 14, 08 9:31 AM CDT

      Women Rule in Spain's New Cabinet

      So much for machismo. Re-elected Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero announced a new government this weekend, with a surprise twist: His new cabinet boasts more women than men. The eight men and nine ministras include a pregnant woman who will head the army as defense minister, the Independent reports. More »

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      women  • Spain  • Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero  • female politicians  • equality

    • Raunchy Narratives Open Web Porn to Blind

      newser  |  Wired  |  Apr 13, 08 11:15 AM CDT

      Raunchy Narratives Open Web Porn to Blind

      Looking for volunteer opportunities? The nonprofit Porn for the Blind is making free porn preview sites accessible to the blind, Wired reports. "We imagine that visually impaired people benefit from this service in many of the same ways that non-visually impaired people benefit from the hard-core pornography that's being described," said the group's co-founder. More »

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      sex  • pornography  • blindness  • nonprofit  • disability  • volunteer  • equality

  • June 2007
  • April 2007

    • Study: Men Work Hard, Too

      newser  |  Slate  |  Apr 18, 07 1:33 PM CDT

      Study: Men Work Hard, Too

      Men and women work about the same number of hours—if you count labor at home as well as on the job, a new study claims. Despite the popular wisdom that women do more heavy lifting, a broad survey of 25 countries, spanning the economic spectrum,  found that both sexes toil about 7.9 hours a day, Slate reports. More »

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      women  • labor  • work  • men  • study  • working mothers  • equality

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