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  • October 2007

    • Romney Rules Iowa Poll; Clinton and Obama Tied

      Des Moines Register  |  Oct 29, 07 3:03 PM CDT

      Romney Rules Iowa Poll; Clinton and Obama Tied

      (Newser) - Mitt Romney continues to build a massive lead in Iowa, where his only vulnerability seems to comes from the Christian conservative dash to Mike Huckabee; Romney is up 8.4% since August to a total of 36.2% in a University of Iowa poll out today, while Huckabee has spiked 11% to 12.8%, the Des Moines Register reports. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Hillary Clinton  • Mitt Romney  • Mike Huckabee  • John Edwards  • Iowa  • poll  • presidential primaries  • gender

    • Black Women Face Tough Choice

      New York Times  |  Oct 14, 07 2:22 PM CDT

      Black Women Face Tough Choice

      (Newser) - South Carolina’s real Democratic debate is going down in the hair salon, where the New York Times informally polled black women on their split allegiances to Hillary and Obama. Maternal fondness for Barack may work against him—one won’t vote for him because “I fear that they just would kill him.” Black women are a crucial 29% of the state's primary voters. More »

  • August 2007

    • Women Have Been Falling for Brad Pitt Types for 2.6M Years

      LiveScience  |  Aug 25, 07 10:42 AM CDT

      Women Have Been Falling for Brad Pitt Types for 2.6M Years

      (Newser) - The facial proportions of the average hot guy haven't changed much throughout human  evolutionary history, finds a new study that compares contemporary human skulls with skulls from 2.6 million years ago. Women have been selecting for males with short, broad faces—think Brad Pitt and Will Smith—since the dawn of man, and chimps do the same. More »

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      women  • science  • Brad Pitt  • evolution  • gender  • men  • human evolution  • biology  • attraction

    • Girls Think Pink, Naturally, Study Finds

      Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Aug 21, 07 3:16 AM CDT

      Girls Think Pink, Naturally, Study Finds

      (Newser) - Shocking news: Girls love pink. That love might not just be cultural—but linked to evolutionary development, researchers  in a new study have concluded. Pink may have helped ancient women recognize ripe fruit and healthy men with ruddy faces, while both genders yearned for the blue of open skies and clear water, the Telegraph reports. More »

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      gender  • human evolution  • biology  • gender roles  • girls  • pink

    • Don't Get Mad, Get Even (Financially)

      Reuters  |  Aug 4, 07 6:10 AM CDT

      Don't Get Mad, Get Even (Financially)

      (Newser) - Women who show anger in the workplace undercut their professional standing, but their male counterparts may well be admired for their office rage, says a new study. And public temper tantrums affect more than just co-workers' respect, Reuters reports—test subjects assigned far higher salaries to angry men than to angry women. More »

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      women  • gender  • work  • men  • salary  • workplace discrimination  • office rage

  • July 2007

    • In Workplace, Haggling Widens Gender Gap

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

      In Workplace, Haggling Widens Gender Gap

      (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. "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

    • Barack, Hillary Swap Gender Roles for '08

      Salon  |  Jul 12, 07 9:08 AM CDT

      Barack, Hillary Swap Gender Roles for '08

      (Newser) - 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

  • April 2007

    • Male Sportswriter Switches Teams

      Los Angeles Times  |  Apr 26, 07 4:22 PM CDT

      (Newser) - A veteran Los Angeles Times sports columnist has announced to his readers that he's becoming a she. In lieu of his customary Mighty Ducks deconstruction, Mike Penner penned a poignant account of his lost overtime battle with his inner woman, and his ultimate decision to undergo a operation that will render him Christine Danner. More »

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      gender  • transgender  • sexuality  • transexualism  • Mike Penner

    • Sperm Made From Bone Marrow

      Independent (UK)  |  Apr 13, 07 8:54 AM CDT

      Sperm Made From Bone Marrow

      (Newser) - Scientists are getting closer to removing men from the conception equation, announcing yesterday that they have produced early-stage sperm cells from male bone marrow. Now the team of British researchers is seeking ethical approval to try the same thing with women. More »

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      health  • science  • pregnancy  • genetics  • medical breakthrough  • women's health  • gender  • lesbians  • fertility  • adoption  • sperm  • reproduction

    • To Work Or Not to Work?

      Salon  |  Apr 3, 07 1:34 PM CDT

      To Work Or Not to Work?

      (Newser) - The feminist generation gap gets a sharp appraisal in "The Feminine Mistake," the new book by Leslie Bennetts that questions why so many upscale young women are abandoning careers for children. Joan Walsh finds it a refreshing rebuttal to recent paens to motherhood, especially since Bennetts recognizes that   status seeking is behind at least some of the so-called "opt-out revolution." More »

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      children  • women  • gender  • feminism  • motherhood  • families  • working mothers  • careers

  • March 2007

    • Twins Found to Be "Semi-identical"

      Time  |  Mar 30, 07 6:21 AM CDT

      Twins Found to Be &quot;Semi-identical&quot;

      (Newser) - A new kind of twin has been discovered, neither strictly identical nor fraternal. Now toddlers, the babies look identical but one is anatomically male while the other has ambiguous genitalia. Genetic tests show the children are identical on their mother's side but share only half their father's DNA. More »

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      health  • DNA  • pregnancy  • genetics  • twins  • gender  • motherhood

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