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sexism stories: 66 news summaries

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OPINION

4 Takes on the Clinton Win

Ink barely dry on NH results, scribes start in on meaning

Jan 9, 08 2:07 PM CST
(Newser) - What's the take on the Clinton upset, the morning after? Four responses from across the spectrum:
  • Obama-supporting rightie Andrew Sullivan says a media pile-on on Hillary Clinton sparked “voter backlash.” He’s partly “crushed,” but also excited that the candidates will now fight “a
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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • sexism • pundits • New Hampshire primary

OPINION

Female Candidates Have Tougher Time: Steinem

Clinton's challenges outweigh Obama's

Jan 8, 08 2:20 PM CST
(Newser) - The day after a heckler held up a sign reading "Iron My Shirt" at a Hillary Clinton rally, Gloria Steinem got out the big guns in today's New York Times. Asserting that “gender is probably the most restricting force in American life,” she argues that a woman... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • sexism • racism

China to Punish Parents Who Abort Girls

Families' desire for boys is creating gender imbalance

Aug 25, 07 2:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - China is designing new rules to stop parents from aborting female fetuses, the BBC reports. Parents are currently allowed only one child and often abort girls, worried that they won't be able to support the family. This back-room practice is creating a growing gender imbalance: Now Beijing plans stricter punishments... More »

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China • abortion • sexism • discrimination • children • gender politics • gender roles

NYC May Ban the 'B-Word'

City council wants to nix 'bitch' from New Yorkers' vocab

Aug 7, 07 3:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - The "N-word" was the first to go, earlier this year, and now New York's city council wants to impose a citywide symbolic ban on another dirty word: bitch. The councilwoman who jump-started the initiative calls the slur "a vile attack on our womanhood," but plenty of New... More »

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New York City • censorship • sexism • profanity • language • bitch

In Workplace, Haggling Widens Gender Gap

Study shows women's smoother elbows may be holding them back

Jul 30, 07 5:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Women are less likely to initiate negotiations for promotions and raises, which may help explain salary and career gaps between the genders, according to new research. "There is an economic rationale to negotiate, but you have to weigh that against social risks of negotiating,"' one researcher says.... More »

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gender • women • men • sexism • workplace discrimination • discrimination • gender politics • salary • salary gap • career

Web Sexism Spurs Meltdown

Salon Editor offers
mea culpa for years
of telling women to
ignore it and "man up"

Apr 2, 07 7:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Salon Editor-in-chief Joan Walsh admits that sexist web trolls are a serious problem, despite her own longtime dismissal of the issue. Her mea culpa follows the implosion of programming instructor and game developer Kathy Sierra's blog after Sierra was assaulted, on her site and others, by crude sexual insults and... More »

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Internet • feminism • women • sexism • discrimination • blog

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