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 Berlusconi Taps  
 Babes as Italy's 
 EU Reps 

From strip joints to Italian cabinet to Strasbourg

Apr 23, 09 5:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - A bevy of beauties with no previous political experience have been tapped by randy Italian Prime Minister Berlusconi to represent Italy in European Parliament elections, reports the Times of London. But first, they're undergoing a crash course in politics and current affairs. Berlusconi, 72, has surrounded himself with models, stars... More »

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politics • European Union • Europe • Italy • sexism • Silvio Berlusconi • Strasbourg • Barbara Matera

Critics: Afghan 'Home Rape' Law Worse
Than Taliban

Wives can't refuse sex in Karzai nod to right

Mar 31, 09 8:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Critics are blasting a new law in Afghanistan that forbids a woman to refuse sex with her husband or to leave home without his permission, reports the Guardian. The law, opposed by the UN, is viewed as a major step backward for women in a nation whose constitution supports equal... More »

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Afghanistan • women's rights • Hamid Karzai • sexism • United States • rape • sexual assault

 Merde! French 
 Rapper Sparks 
 Feminist Fury 

Lyrics threaten to break lovers arm, legs

Mar 30, 09 5:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - A French musician's rap about beating his girlfriend has so enraged activists that they're lobbying to have him banned from an upcoming rock festival, the Guardian reports. OrelSan sings about a broken arm, broken legs, and a wished-for miscarriage and "slow death" for his lover in his song Sale ... More »

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music • France • sexism • domestic violence • Socialist Party • rapper • rap music • feminists • Communists

OPINION

 Can Mel Make a 
 Comeback? 

Gibson aims for rehabilitation, but Mad Max is 'gone'

Mar 2, 09 1:21 PM CST
(Newser) - Mel Gibson appears to be making an effort to revive a career stalled after his 2006 arrest and accompanying anti-Semitic tirade, but “it seems unlikely he can ever really come back,” writes Roger Friedman for Fox News. “Like Tom Cruise, Gibson has sent himself into a weird... More »

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Hollywood • film • sexism • image • film director • Mel Gibson • actor • anti-Semitism • comeback • movies • Roger Friedman

'Sexist' Airline Ad Riles Up UK TV Viewers

Virgin Atlantic defends spot; standards board says it's 'humorous'

Feb 11, 09 8:56 AM CST
(Newser) - A Virgin Atlantic TV ad featuring female flight attendants strutting through Heathrow Airport while harried male passengers ogle them is not sexist, Britain’s advertising watchdog has ruled. The ad, celebrating Virgin’s 25th anniversary, drew 29 complaints, reports the Telegraph. Critics cried stereotyping; the independent Advertising Standards Authority said... More »

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Richard Branson • airline industry • sexism • Virgin Atlantic • gender stereotypes • advertising campaign

OPINION

 Lighten Up, This Is No Big Deal 

Internet age makes it impossible to have fun.

Dec 12, 08 12:08 PM CST
(Newser) - All it took was one drunken night and an errant Facebook photo to turn 27-year-old Obama speechwriter Jon Favreau into the scandal du jour. Feminists are outraged, calling him “offensively sexist” for daring to touch that cardboard breast. Hillary tried to laugh the incident off, only to be lambasted... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Facebook • sexism • drinking • political correctness • political scandal • Obama campaign

Analysis

 Ground Broken, 
 But Not Glass Ceiling 

Did Clinton, Palin candidacies move feminism forward?

Nov 2, 08 10:48 AM CST
(Newser) - If Barack Obama wins the presidency, we’ll have broken a major barrier—but not the glass ceiling, writes Anne Kornblut in the Washington Post. Hillary Clinton claimed millions of votes and Sarah Palin energized a lackluster conservative base overnight, but as their candidacies descended into chaos, Kornblut asks "... More »

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Hillary Clinton • feminism • sexism • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin

 Palin Coverage 
 Negative 
 by 18-1: 
 Study 

Conservative watchdog group cites "undeniable pattern of bias"

Oct 30, 08 5:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - A study from a right-wing media watchdog says coverage of Sarah Palin on the big three TV networks has been overwhelmingly negative, Politico reports. NBC, CBS, and ABC broadcast 69 stories on Palin between September 29 and October 12, of which the Culture and Media Institute considered 37 negative, 30... More »

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sexism • gender bias • Election 2008 • media bias • Sarah Palin

OPINION

Female Journalists Own This Election

From Couric to Brown to Maddow, women have kicked butt in '08

Oct 30, 08 12:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - This has been a banner election cycle for women, thanks to the Clinton and Palin candidacies and the heavy play given to "traditional 'women’s issues'" like health care. Maybe that’s why glass shards are falling from the ceiling around TV newsrooms, writes Rebecca Traister in Salon. “... More »

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Katie Couric • feminism • women • sexism • Election 2008 • Rachel Maddow • Campbell Brown

Palin: 'I'm
Going to Plow Through'

She talks special ed, clothing, sexism in Chicago Trib interview

Oct 24, 08 8:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sarah Palin focused on people with disabilities and special education in an interview with the Chicago Tribune yesterday, accompanied by her husband Todd and baby Trig. She noted her ticket’s plan to add $3 billion per year for special ed, saying the money will come from “re-prioritizing" the... More »

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sexism • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • special education

Zardari Slapped With Fatwa for Flirting With Palin

Pakistani feminists also angry at president for 'shameful' behavior

Oct 2, 08 12:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - Asif Ali Zardari’s overly-friendly interaction with Sarah Palin earned Pakistan’s president a fatwa from a conservative mosque for salacious behavior, not to mention the scorn of feminists who accuse him of objectifying the US vice-presidential candidate, the Christian Science Monitor reports. At the UN last week, Zardari told... More »

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Pakistan • sexism • Muslim • Benazir Bhutto • fatwa • feminists • Asif Ali Zardari • Election 2008 • conservative Islam • Sarah Palin

'Sexist' Boobytrap
Awaits Biden Tonight

Ex-beauty queen Michigan gov putting Biden through paces in practice debates

Oct 2, 08 7:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - The biggest challenge that awaits Joe Biden tonight is not to appear sexist and condescending when he faces off against the far less experienced Sarah Palin, reports the Wall Street Journal. Biden plans to avoid the pitfall by emphasizing issues rather than attacking his opponent, said aides. He's preparing for... More »

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Joe Biden • sexism • debate • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin

Brown: Free Palin From Mac's 'Chauvinistic Chains' 

CNN anchor rips McCain's 'delicate flower' treatment

Sep 24, 08 12:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - Another rant on sexism has political bloggers buzzing today, Mark Silva notes in the Swamp. Only in this one, CNN’s Campbell Brown lays into the McCain campaign for clamping “chauvinistic chains” on Sarah Palin by not letting her take questions from the media as other candidates do. More »

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John McCain • sexism • Election 2008 • media coverage • Sarah Palin • Campbell Brown • rants

Palin's Glasses Are a Fashion Spectacle

But is the focus
on her look
just sexist?

Sep 11, 08 1:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sarah Palin: Hockey mom, moose-hunter … trend setter? Marie Claire says Palin's $375 designer glasses are “a style hit,” and opticians have been flooded with inquiries about the Kazuo Kawasaki 704s, reports the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.  “It’s always been, ‘Men don’t make passes... More »

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fashion • women's rights • sexism • vice president • eyeglasses • Geraldine Ferraro • Sarah Palin • Kazuo Kawasaki

analysis

 Palin, Obama
 Share Suits
 of Teflon

Wary of sexism charges, Dem counts on media to do his dirty work

Sep 5, 08 11:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama’s campaign is treading carefully around Sarah Palin. Lacking a “silver bullet” to use against her, and concerned about being called sexist, Obama likely will “keep his focus largely on John McCain,” reports Politico. The Obama camp anticipates that the reporters who’ve worked over... More »

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Barack Obama • sexism • Sarah Palin

 GOP Cries 'Sexism'; 
 Some Clintonites Agree 

Disagreement among Democrats about attacks on Palin

Sep 4, 08 12:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - Cries of sexism are coming from some unusual quarters, Politico reports, as Republicans who “spent a generation ridiculing the politics of victimhood” zealously protest attacks on Sarah Palin's qualifications and doubts about whether she can be an effective VP and still raise her family. And they're finding unlikely allies... More »

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sexism • Sarah Palin

OPINION

 As the Vice's Vices Stack Up, GOP Says 'Life Happens'

Cries sexism in the face of 'legitimate questions'

Sep 3, 08 12:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sarah Palin has brought an “onslaught of wild soap opera storylines” to the McCain campaign, and his party is defending itself by insisting that “life happens,” Maureen Dowd observes in the New York Times. Palin already has a Troopergate, a pregnant teen daughter, and a National Enquirer... More »

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John McCain • sexism • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin

 Cindy Cries 
 'Sexism' in 
 Palin Uproar 

McCain rips media, can't recall Palin's 'whining' zinger at Clinton

Sep 3, 08 12:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Cindy McCain "absolutely" believes sexism is behind the media scrutiny of Sarah Palin, the beer heiress told ABC's Good Morning America, complaining that the Palin coverage is "insulting" and "outlandish." McCain, however, said she didn't remember Palin deriding Clinton's "whine about that excess criticism" as... More »

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Hillary Clinton • sexism • Good Morning America • Cindy McCain • media bias • Sarah Palin

OPINION

How Sarah Palin Instantly Improves McCain's Chances

AK gov. steals Dems' after-glow; could attract indy, Hillary voters

Aug 29, 08 3:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain turned heads by choosing Sarah Palin today as his running mate, and the Weekly Standard explains why she’s the right woman for the job.
  • Democrats just wrapped their glitzy convention, but the Sunday talk shows will be abuzz with Palin chatter.
  • The mother of
... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • feminism • Michelle Obama • sexism • racism • Cindy McCain • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin

OPINION

Welcome to
the Annual Sexism Awards!

Limbaugh, Silda Spitzer, others take
home booby prizes

Aug 22, 08 6:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - Celebrating the Aug. 26 anniversary of the passage of women's suffrage, Ellen Goodman, in the Boston Globe, doles out the "Equal Rites Awards" to those fine individuals setting back the cause of the female sex. The envelopes, please:
  • The Blind Justice Award: To the Russian judge who
... More »

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Elizabeth Edwards • sexual harassment • Rush Limbaugh • sexism • suffrage • Silda Wall Spitzer • Wrangler jeans • Randi Rhodes

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