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  • June 2008

    • How About a Sex Speech, Obama?

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

      How About a Sex Speech, Obama?

       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  • gender  • sexism  • gender politics  • gender bias

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

  • November 2007

    • Loser Sues Winner for Falsifying Sex

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Nov 23, 07 6:21 PM CST

      Loser Sues Winner for Falsifying Sex

      A defeated city council candidate is accusing the victorious incumbent, Michelle Bruce, of deceiving voters by identifying herself as female. Plaintiff Georgia Fuller’s lawyers say voters in Riverdale, Georgia, tend to favor female candidates. “It gives her an unfair advantage, it’s not just sour grapes,” said the lawyer. “I’ve always been Michelle,” answers Bruce, who identifies herself as transgender. More »

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      politics  • Georgia  • transgender  • gender politics  • female politicians  • city council

    • On the Trail, Simmering Gender War Heats Up

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Nov 5, 07 12:46 PM CST

      On the Trail, Simmering Gender War Heats Up

      That Hillary Clinton is breaking the gender barrier in the presidential primaries is not news, but fallout from last week’s Democratic debate is bringing to a head questions of how to campaign as a woman and how to campaign against one. Supporters saw discrimination even as critics accused Clinton of shielding herself with gender, the Times reports. More »

  • August 2007

    • China to Punish Parents Who Abort Girls

      newser  |  BBC  |  Aug 25, 07 2:29 PM CDT

      China to Punish Parents Who Abort Girls

      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 on doctors and parents who engage in the illegal abortions. More »

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

    • Girl Talk from Transsexual Sports Columnist

      newser  |  NPR  |  Aug 16, 07 3:16 PM CDT

      Girl Talk from Transsexual Sports Columnist

      Mike Penner is back in business as a sports writer for the Los Angeles Times , but under a new byline: Christine Daniels. In an interview with NPR, Daniels talks about the decision to come out as a transsexual, the response she got after writing about it in her column in April, and her reception back on the ball field. More »

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      sports  • sexuality  • transgender  • gender politics  • sex change  • Mike Penner  • transexualism

  • July 2007

    • In Workplace, Haggling Widens Gender Gap

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Jul 30, 07 5:00 PM CDT

      In Workplace, Haggling Widens Gender Gap

      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. "What we show is those risks are higher for women than for men." More »

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

    • Crossfire Over Hillary's Cleavage

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Jul 28, 07 7:40 AM CDT

      Crossfire Over Hillary's Cleavage

      A senior adviser to Hillary Clinton released a letter yesterday condemning a Washington Post columnist for noting a cleavage-baring outfit the Senator wore in a televised speech last week. In a fundraising flyer, Ann Lewis called Robin Givhan's piece "grossly inappropriate," and urged donors to help fight treatment she called "insulting." More »

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      Hillary Clinton  • presidential campaign  • fashion  • gender politics  • smear campaign

    • Rumor Has It, Gossip Is Good

      newser  |  MSNBC  |  Jul 19, 07 3:41 PM CDT

      Rumor Has It, Gossip Is Good

      Have you heard the latest? There's nothing wrong with gossip. Passing on juicy tidbits can act as a social lubricant, and a new study shows that kibitzers carefully control what they send down the grapevine: good things about friends and bad things about same-sex rivals. “It’s a social skill, not a character flaw,” a psych professor tells MSNBC. More »

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      gossip  • gender politics

    • Barack, Hillary Swap Gender Roles for '08

      newser  |  Salon  |  Jul 12, 07 9:08 AM CDT

      Barack, Hillary Swap Gender Roles for '08

      In the Democrats' dramatic race to the White House, Michael Scherer writes in Salon, “the leading man is a woman and the leading woman is a man." While Barack Obama soothes audiences with his nurturing baritone, Hillary Clinton attempts to parry the disadvantages of a female candidacy with broad-shouldered tough talk, borrowing military metaphors for her campaign and even waxing Reaganesque. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Hillary Clinton  • gender  • gender politics

    • Brits Fight Genital Mutilation

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Jul 11, 07 12:21 PM CDT

      Brits Fight Genital Mutilation

      Britain is cracking down on female genital mutilation, banned in 2003 but still prevalent among immigrants from Africa and the Mideast. A campaign that begins today aims to raise awareness and enlist help in tracking down those who arrange or carry out the procedure, done on an estimated 400 to 500 girls a year. A $40,000 reward is offered for info leading to the first prosecution. More »

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      Great Britain  • immigration  • gender politics  • female genital mutilation

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