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  • September 2008

    • Salary Gender Gap May Be All in Your Head

      Washington Post  |  Sep 22, 08 12:09 PM CDT

      Salary Gender Gap May Be All in Your Head

      (Newser) - Not only is the gender gap in pay persistent, it affects men as well as women. Men with traditional views on a woman's place in the world earn, on average, $12,000 more per year than men who believe in egalitarian business practices, the Washington Post reports. Traditionally minded women make the least of all, according to a new study. More »

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      wages  • gender roles  • psychological research  • gender bias  • salary gap  • gender in business

  • June 2008

    • Inside Academia, Subtler Sexism

      Inside Higher Ed  |  Jun 15, 08 2:17 PM CDT

      Inside Academia, Subtler Sexism

      (Newser) - Gender discrimination at research universities is surely much better than it was in decades past, but a study based on interviews of female faculty finds that sexism remains on campus, Inside Higher Ed reports. While overt shows of bias are rare, a host of subtler, “deeply entrenched inequities” have replaced them. Noted by the report are: More »

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      college  • sexism  • higher education  • gender discrimination  • academia  • gender bias

    • How About a Sex Speech, Obama?

      New York Times  |  Jun 12, 08 8:27 AM CDT

      How About a Sex Speech, Obama?

      (Newser) -  It’s a shame that Hillary Clinton never gave a speech about gender to match Barack Obama’s speech about race, writes Nicholas Kristof of the New York Times. So why not make that speech yourself, Barack? Kristof even has the talking points for you: Racism is deeper, but sexism may be wider. More Americans say they’d vote for a black man than a woman. Biases are stealthy. Americans don’t mean to discriminate based on gender; but the subconscious harbors stereotypes. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Hillary Clinton  • Obama 2008  • Clinton 2008  • sexism  • gender  • gender politics  • gender bias

  • April 2008

    • Obama's Grannie Trumped Bias

      USA Today  |  Apr 9, 08 8:00 AM CDT

      Obama's Grannie Trumped Bias

      (Newser) - Barack Obama wasn’t the first in his family to defy convention: His grandmother bucked prejudices in Hawaii against women and whites in the 1960s and '70s, USA Today reports. Madelyn Dunham, now 85, fought to become one of the Bank of Hawaii’s first female vice presidents. “Was she ambitious? She had to be,” said a former colleague. “It was a tough world.” More »

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      Barack Obama  • Hawaii  • feminism  • gender bias

    • Citigroup Will Pay $33M to Settle Gender-Bias Suit

      Reuters  |  Apr 4, 08 4:44 PM CDT

      Citigroup Will Pay $33M to Settle Gender-Bias Suit

      (Newser) - Citigroup will pay $33 million to some 2,500 female brokers to settle a gender-discrimination lawsuit brought by women at its Smith Barney unit, Reuters reports. The bank will also make operational changes in response to the class-action move, adding diversity-watchdog positions, working to retain and promote female workers and adjusting its distribution of accounts and bonuses. More »

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      lawsuit  • Citigroup  • bank  • settlement  • women's rights  • gender discrimination  • gender bias

  • March 2008
  • February 2008

    • Catholic HS Bars Female Ref

      Associated Press  |  Feb 14, 08 11:43 AM CST

      Catholic HS Bars Female Ref

      (Newser) - A Kansas Catholic high school’s decision to ban a female referee from officiating a boys’ basketball game because of the school’s religious beliefs has state officials investigating the incident and considering banning the school from future competition, the AP reports. Referees said officials from St. Mary’s Academy, near Topeka, refused to let Michelle Campbell work a game Feb. 2. More »

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      Catholic Church  • high school  • Kansas  • gender bias  • high school basketball

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