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Today in sexism: study: Gender bias found in reviews of scientific studies

A scientist's gender can have a big impact on how other researchers perceive his or her work, according to a new study. Young scholars rated publications supposedly written by male scientists as hi...

Today in sexism: plain of feature and certainly overweight…

Today in sexism: plain of feature and certainly overweight... Michael Rowe shared this on Facebook with the following comment: “I can’t help but wonder what it would look like if a male author wh...

Today in sexism: law students use course evaluations to discuss female professors’ clothing

We’ve said this before in the past, but it apparently bears repeating — constantly. Women in the legal profession are treated much differently than their male colleagues, right down to their fashio...

“Such as with images of women in pornography, there is a belief that the sexual nature of women (and girls) is licentious.”

Such as with images of women in pornography, there is a belief that the sexual nature of women (and girls) is licentious. The pre-pubescent girl that lures the older man with her nymphic charms or the...

Today in sexism: the secret plague of women at work: ‘manterrupting’

As a young lawyer in Arkansas, Hillary Clinton came across an advice column on how to decorate your first office. If you are a man, pepper it with pictures of your family, the male writer advised: ...

Happy Anniversary To A Law That Barred Women From Smoking In Public

No need to celebrate—but today marks the anniversary of the passage of one of many inane laws women have been subjected to over the course of American history, just because they have lady parts. ...

Manslamming: What Happens When a Woman Walks Like a Man?

My sister is doing an experiment: Whenever men walk towards her, she doesn’t move out of the way first. So far she has collided with 28 men. — Anna Breslaw (@annabreslaw) December 13, 2014 This is...

Today in sexism: Research: Women, know your limits: cultural sexism in academia (Savignya, 2014)

Abstract: Despite the considerable advances of the feminist movement across Western societies, in Universities women are less likely to be promoted, or paid as much as their male colleagues, or even ...

“It’s no real surprise that vintage porn is a trend, even among women. I mean, look at the…”

It’s no real surprise that vintage porn is a trend, even among women. I mean, look at the encouragement and support they receive from men when they play like sexism and objectification is totally cool...

Wouldn’t a[n] [occasional] wife be great!?

This piece comes with the opening sentence: "Flashback Friday" so I thought it was something from back (way back) in the day. It's not. The "Occasional Wife" business is still going (and doing well, b...

The Lady magazine 1977 rejects an advertisement for language reasons

@volewriter.

“Female Character Flowchart”: A Guide for Hollywood

Allison M., Liz B., and G.Z. sent in a link to a post at Jezebel that highlights stereotypical female characters in movies and on TV. The image takes the form of a flowchart, created by Mlawski at O...

Today in sexism: study: sexist internet dudes refuse to believe sexism is a thing

Clue's in the title, there. From: feministing: According to a new study, That Guy in the Comments Section is going to need a lot more than Real Scientific Evidence to convince him that sexism exists....

Today in misogyny: not playing around: sexual assault in multi-player online games

From Bitch Magazine (digital edition). Hope they don’t mind me posting it like this. It’s a good read. (Click on the image for an image that you can enlarge by clicking again.)