Rosalind C. Barnett is a co-author of "The New Soft War on Women: How the Myth of Female Ascendance is Hurting Women, Men — and Our Economy." (Tarcher/Penguin)
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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