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Populism and Women’s Lives
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Populism has swept into power on the back of a largely male desire to return to how things used to be, born of an aggrieved sense of being “left behind.”
Commentary
Could a Woman ever become President of the US?
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Electing a woman as vice president would be historic…putting a woman on the ticket could also move the country closer to electing a first female president.
Commentary
A Study in Contrasts: Pelosi vs. Trump
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Although much research has debunked the notion of rigid, inborn female and male traits, these stereotypes stubbornly persist and have unfortunate effects.
Commentary
Title IX: What a Difference a Law Can Make
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US women runners are on fire right now. Why are most of them coached by men?
Commentary
Talking About Talking: Perpetuating Bias in our Culture
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Men are not alone in using phrases to put women down; women are also at fault.
#MeToo
The ERA – Rising from the Dead
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Our rights cannot be subject to the political whims of legislators, judges, or occupants of the White House who do not see women as equal citizens.
Barbie
What ‘Career Barbie’ Really Needs
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Apparently, Barbie can choose to have a career, but she cannot choose to have a career AND children.
Aging
‘Grandma’ Needs a Makeover
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“I think I would rather be villainous than pushed off-stage, as though becoming a grandmother subsumes everything else in your life under a fog of irrelevance.”
When Bullying Backfires
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In the past, women have been muzzled by heavy sanctions against forthright, aggressive, open and honest speech. No more.
Woman-on-Woman Competitiveness in Politics
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So the female is wily and shrewd; she is no demur wallflower.