How a Black President Stoked ‘White Male Fragility.’
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Women may view more equality for women as hurting their husbands, rather than as benefitting themselves.
Commentary
Cancel the Party: Here’s a Killjoy Memo for U.S. Women
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Instead of celebrating progress, we have to ask why we fare so poorly compared to many other countries. From being underpaid to losing abortion access, it’s a depressing list. But let’s not look away.
Arts & Culture
Trump Attacks on Kelly Echo Male Patterns of Abuse
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When women make strong comments or venture into political waters they face threats. Harassment of female journalists online seems to be growing at an alarming rate; and it dovetails with new research about women and speech.
Commentary
Caitlyn Jenner Gives Neurosexism Another Star Turn
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Let’s stop the latest talk of male and female brains before it goes much further. We don’t want to put transgender people in the same old sex-role binds that have caused so much harm in the past.
Reproductive Health
Apple and Facebook Put the Biological Clock on Ice
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The two companies should be applauded for supporting egg freezing by their employees. Women gain career flexibility and lowered risks of later pregnancy, which is on the rise.
Commentary
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Advice for Ambitious Women Is Needed, Not Elitist
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We don’t need women to become imitation men, but we don’t want them to be imitation saints, either. There are a lot of women who want to succeed, who want to climb the ladder, who want to get ahead, and hurrah for them.
Commentary
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‘B-Word’ Bashes Young Women’s Political Aspiration
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If you want to know why younger women are shying away from political bids just look at how Hillary Clinton and Wendy Davis are still being subjected to a double standard on toughness. The media has a role in stopping this.
Commentary
Calling All Female Brains: Stop the ‘Neurosexism’
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Research now finds sex-linked differences in the neural connections. So what? The media’s rush to pop-psychologize the findings fuels retro gender stereotypes that only raise the obstacles to workplace advancement.
Commentary
When Wall Street Needs Scapegoats, Women Beware
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Women are more likely to be appointed to powerful positions when an organization is in crisis, putting their leadership into question, say Caryl Rivers and Rosalind C. Barnett in this excerpt from “The New Soft War on Women.”
Commentary
Being ‘Too Beautiful’ Becomes On-Job Liability
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For the latest example of the “soft war” on women, turn to the Iowa Supreme Court. Recently, it allowed a dentist to fire his assistant for having looks that might distract him from his marriage. We’re not making this up.