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female stories: 6 news summaries
OPINION



 Daughters 
 Are Great, 
 But ... 

Retro preference for sons is alive and well

Nov 16, 09 1:57 PM CST
(Newser) - Aaron Traister is thrilled to have a daughter—“I was just as excited about my daughter as I was about my son,” he writes. “And she's even better out of the belly.” But the nagging preference for male children in our society has him doubting his... More »

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gender • pregnancy • fatherhood • parenting • parents • baby • female • girls • daughter • gender bias • cultural preference for male children

High Court Pick's Gender, Race Not an Issue: Poll

Proportion wanting female appointee shrinks from 2005

May 13, 09 12:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Americans don’t feel strongly that the next Supreme Court appointee should be a woman, Hispanic, or black, Gallup Poll results suggest: most say it’s a non-issue. Some 64% say it “doesn’t matter” whether the appointee is a woman; 68% say it doesn’t matter whether he... More »

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minority • female • black • diversity • Hispanic • US Supreme Court • David Souter • President Obama • presidential appointment

 Men Hit With 80% of US Layoffs 

The gap between male and female unemployment is the widest on record

Apr 20, 09 10:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - Of the 5.1 million US jobs that have evaporated since the recession began, men have lost nearly 80% of them, the Financial Times reports, resulting in the widest gap between unemployment rates for men and women since recordkeeping began a half-century ago. Layoffs have nudged the male unemployment rate... More »

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education • construction • unemployment • female • male • manufacturing • financial crisis

UK Performs First 15-Minute Female 'Vasectomy'

Procedure uses radio waves instead of knife

Apr 8, 09 6:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - A revolutionary new 15-minute female sterilization procedure has been performed for the first time in the UK, reports the Daily Mail. The procedure uses radio waves instead of incisions and in US trials most patients were able to go home within 30 minutes of receiving local anesthesia. The more invasive... More »

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female • vasectomy • sterilization

 More Girls Get Into Gaming 

Half of Wii users and majority of PC puzzle gamers are female

Jul 21, 08 7:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - After years of male dominance, the video game industry is seeing a growing number of girls pick up the controllers, SiliconValley.com reports. More than half of "casual" PC card and puzzle-type game users are female, but girl-play goes further: More than half of Nintendo Wii players are now... More »

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women • gaming • female • video games • Wii

'24' Will
Elect Female Prez in '08

Cherry Jones to
inhabit Oval Office
in Fox thriller

Jul 23, 07 5:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - The United States will have a female president next year—and on Fox, no less. The political thriller "24" will feature Tony Award-winning actress Cherry Jones as President Allison Taylor when the seventh season of Jack Bauer's technological derring-do kicks off in January.  More »

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television • Hillary Clinton • 24 • Jack Bauer • TV shows • counterterrorism • Dennis Haysbert • Joel Surnow • Cherry Jones • female • Fox • female president

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