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  • July 2008

    • Title IX Turns to Science: Where Are the Women Physicists?

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Jul 15, 08 8:59 AM CDT

      Title IX Turns to Science: Where Are the Women Physicists?

      Title IX, the federal mandate that requires gender equality in education funding, has been applied mostly to sports teams, but recently a new push has begun to apply it to university science departments. Decrying a dearth of women in physics and engineering programs, some women's groups and members of Congress have called for compliance reviews. But reviews haven't yet turned up hard evidence of discrimination, the New York Times reports. More »

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      gender  • professor  • gender discrimination  • science education  • PhD

    • From Britain With Love: MI6 Seeks Minorities

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Jul 13, 08 4:32 PM CDT

      From Britain With Love: MI6 Seeks Minorities

      Next year's 007's may look more like Charlie's Angels than James Bond, as MI6 seeks to recruit more women and minority agents, the AP reports. The drive, which has netted 20,000 résumés over the past 12 months, welcomes Asian and Middle Eastern language speakers, the disabled, and women—and guarantees that female agents won't be used as "honey pots." More »

    • Pregnant Man Gives Birth

      newser  |  ABC News  |  Jul 3, 08 4:10 PM CDT

      Pregnant Man Gives Birth

      "Pregnant man" Thomas Beatie has given birth to a baby girl, ABC News reports. The 34-year-old transgender male gave birth at a hospital in Bend, Ore., sources said. The birth was natural, not by caesarean section as some reports have claimed. "She's really cute, really pretty,'' one source said of the child. Beatie, born a woman, had his breasts removed and legally changed his gender but kept his sex organs. More »

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      gender  • hospital  • transgender  • birth  • pregnant  • Thomas Beatie  • male

  • June 2008

    • Facebook to Ask Users to Specify Gender

      newser  |  CNET  |  Jun 27, 08 3:15 PM CDT

      Facebook to Ask Users to Specify Gender

      Facebook announced a seemingly minor change today: Users will soon be prompted to specify a gender for their “mini-feed” updates. The site has been using the awkward “themself” to avoid gender specificity, but Facebook managers say that doesn’t work so well when the site is translated into languages that ingrain gender into grammar, CNET eports. More »

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      Internet  • Facebook  • social networking  • gender  • gender roles  • translation  • Genderblind

    • 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

    • Clinton Run at Glass Ceiling Leaves Mixed Legacy

      newser  |  New York Times  |  May 19, 08 10:43 AM CDT

      Clinton Run at Glass Ceiling Leaves Mixed Legacy

      While some observers look at the waning Hillary Clinton campaign and see a milestone in the march of gender equality—“a historic if incomplete triumph”—others, especially Clinton’s female supporters, see “a depressing reminder” of lingering sexism. The New York Times examines the mixed legacy of the first viable presidential run by a woman. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Hillary Clinton  • gender  • first lady  • sexism

    • West Point Boss Demands Hymn Changes for Her

      newser  |  Times Herald-Record (Middletown, NY)  |  May 16, 08 10:25 AM CDT

      West Point Boss Demands Hymn Changes for Her

      The head of West Point is calling for changes to the military academy's two most beloved songs to represent thousands of female graduates, the Times Herald-Record reports. References to "men" and "sons" in the Alma Mater and the 1902 hymn The Corps should be switched to something more gender-neutral, Lt. Gen. Buster Hagenbeck told a congressional committee. More »

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      US military  • gender  • lyrics  • West Point  • alma mater

    • Fertile Women Sound Sexier, Study Says

      newser  |  BBC  |  May 2, 08 1:37 PM CDT

      Fertile Women Sound Sexier, Study Says

      Barflies take note: A woman's voice is sexiest when she's most fertile, a new study says. Scientists recorded women counting from 1 to 10 and found that their voices were rated most attractive when they were closest to ovulation, the BBC reports. What gives? Researchers aren't sure, but they speculate that hormones may affect the voice box. More »

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      women  • women's health  • gender  • fertility  • hormones  • biology

  • April 2008

    • Moms Go Bananas to Conceive Boys

      newser  |  Guardian (UK)  |  Apr 23, 08 7:27 AM CDT

      Moms Go Bananas to Conceive Boys

      Women who want to conceive boys should eat potassium-rich bananas as part of a high calorie, high protein diet, according to the latest British research into influencing gender at conception. Scientists found that 56% of mothers on a high calorie diet conceived boys, compared with 45% of those on a low calorie diet, reports the Guardian . More »

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      diet  • gender  • Oxford University  • childbirth  • conception

    • Japanese Women Turn to 'Geisha Guys'

      newser  |  CNN  |  Apr 7, 08 12:11 PM CDT

      Japanese Women Turn to 'Geisha Guys'

      A new breed of companion is the rage in Japan, entertaining women with lavish compliments, conversation and undivided attention—the male geisha. Businesswomen pay upwards of $1,000 a night for these men, CNN reports—with, industry reps say, nothing physical being exchanged. Hundreds of such services have sprouted across the country, driven in part by the increased spending power of Japanese women. More »

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      Japan  • business  • gender  • gender roles

  • March 2008
  • February 2008

    • Man-Training Manual Finally Hits the Stores

      newser  |  Newsweek  |  Feb 10, 08 7:37 PM CST

      Man-Training Manual Finally Hits the Stores

      A woman who has long compared men to dogs has a book coming out and a movie in the works, all plugging the notion that men can be trained. But critics fear that What Shamu Taught Me About Life, Love and Marriage is another pop psych title that props up gender cliches, and therapists warn that Sutherland's notions are cute but no cure-all. "In small doses, it's a really good idea," one told Newsweek . More »

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      book  • marriage  • women  • psychology  • gender  • men  • therapy  • stimulus response

  • January 2008

    • Speed Dating for the Cougar Set

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Jan 31, 08 4:55 PM CST

      Speed Dating for the Cougar Set

      "Mature" women sitting on gold mines are being paired up with hot young men at a New York matchmaking event next week, Reuters reports. Traditionally, rich middle-aged men nab catwalk-worthy arm candy, but one entrepreneur hopes to tweak the trend. The "sugar mamas" must be at least 36 and make a minimum $500,000 a year—though $4 million in assets also meets requirements. More »

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      gender  • romance  • love  • dating  • matchmaking

    • Edwards Can't Steal Spotlight

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Jan 27, 08 1:00 PM CST

      Edwards Can't Steal Spotlight

      The nation is enraptured with the prospect of a female or black president, and John Edwards' loss in his home state yesterday underscores his inability to nab the spotlight from his celebrity rivals. "He is the most gifted athlete on the field, but there's just not room," one staffer tells the Washington Post . More »

    • Men Aren't Smarter, But Think They Are

      newser  |  Newsweek  |  Jan 24, 08 2:12 PM CST

      Men Aren't Smarter, But Think They Are

      Men aren't any smarter than women, reveals a new analysis of several studies on IQ, but they think they are. The surprise is that women go along with it. In an interview with Newsweek , researcher Adrian Furnham said both sexes overestimate male intelligence and underestimate female intelligence. "It's what we call the male hubris and female humility effect," Furnham says. More »

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      gender  • intelligence  • IQ

    • The Dream Ticket, Despite Odds

      newser  |  Der Spiegel  |  Jan 23, 08 1:49 PM CST

      The Dream Ticket, Despite Odds

      Conventional wisdom has reservations about a Hillary Clinton-Barack Obama ticket, Peter Ross Range writes in Der Spiegel , but the pairing might just be perfect enough to overcome them. The two Democratic contenders are not geographical or ideological complements, they’ve “hit bottom in personal terms” and they’d be two “minorities” on a single bill—but their celebrity and combined strengths could break the mold. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Hillary Clinton  • Bill Clinton  • Al Gore  • gender

  • November 2007

    • SF to Issue ID Cards to Illegal Immigrants

      newser  |  San Jose Mercury News  |  Nov 21, 07 1:38 PM CST

      SF to Issue ID Cards to Illegal Immigrants

      San Francisco will issue its own identification cards, the city's Board of Supervisors decided yesterday. San Francisco is host to about 40,000 illegal immigrants, who will be able to use the cards to access city services and open bank accounts, though the details are not entirely worked out. City employees and police may not ask about immigration status. More »

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      immigration  • San Francisco  • illegal immigrant  • gender  • identity card

  • October 2007

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