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  • July 2008

    • Can Michelle Defy Stereotypes?

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Jul 20, 08 10:16 AM CDT

      Can Michelle Defy Stereotypes?

      It's no wonder Michelle Obama is being criticized from all sides: She's an outspoken, successful black woman, writes Sophia A. Nelson in the Washington Post . "This society can't even see a woman like Michelle Obama. All it sees is a black woman and attaches stereotypes," a prominent female African-American journalist tells Nelson. Society sees categories: the hip-hop vixen, the capable Aunt Jemima, and the "angry black woman." More »

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      Michelle Obama  • racial inequality  • black women  • stereotypes  • African-Americans  • glass ceiling

  • May 2008

    • Why White Men Are Warming Up to Hillary

      newser  |  New York Times  |  May 9, 08 10:47 AM CDT

      Why White Men Are Warming Up to Hillary

      When a woman makes it to the White House, it will be thanks largely to Hillary Clinton's demonstration of late that she could move beyond annoying stereotypes of the strong female, writes Susan Faludi in the New York Times. Instead of being a goody-goody rules-pusher—"the purse-lipped killjoy who passes strait-laced judgment on feral boy fun"—Clinton has joined in the brawl, showing she can "hit hard, not complain, bounce back and endeavor to prevail in the end." More »

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      Hillary Clinton  • gender politics  • gender roles  • fight  • glass ceiling  • male voters

  • April 2008

    • Doesn't Matter If Dems Fight: McCain Has Already Peaked

      newser  |  Atlantic Monthly  |  Apr 23, 08 12:36 PM CDT

      Doesn't Matter If Dems Fight: McCain Has Already Peaked

      The bruising Obama-Clinton battle is giving Republicans hope and Dems heartburn, but those feelings are misplaced, bloggers right and left agree: John McCain isn’t gaining on either potential fall opponents—and might indeed have hit his ceiling. At a moment that “ought to be peak time” for McCain, Ross Douthat writes in the Atlantic , he’s stuck at the same 45% nationally he had in December. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Hillary Clinton  • John McCain  • Arizona  • glass ceiling

  • March 2008

    • Norway Shatters Its Glass Ceiling

      newser  |  Guardian (UK)  |  Mar 6, 08 5:44 PM CST

      Norway Shatters Its Glass Ceiling

      A state-mandated shattering of Norway's glass ceiling is drastically changing gender balance in boardrooms there—and not without some resistance, the Guardian reports. A law that 40% of non-executive board directorships at larger firms must go to women went into effect Feb. 22—and though a dozen Norwegian companies failed to fill the quota, an astounding 451 out of 463 did. More »

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      business  • Norway  • CEOs  • gender discrimination  • gender gap  • board of directors  • glass ceiling  • sex ratio

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