David Fahrenthold from the Washington Post attempts to answer the question of "what's the difference between a man and a woman?"
Read More...David Crary of the Associated Press in New York interviews NOW President Terry O'Neill on what she's done since being elected as president in June: "Men behaving badly. It wasn't a topic that Terry O'Neill expected to find high on her agenda as new president of the National Organization for Women, but she's tackling it with zest and determination."
Read More...Laurie Goodstein writes in the New York Times: "While the recent scandals involving the Roman Catholic Church have focused on the sexual abuse of children, experts say that incidences of priests who have violated sexual and emotional boundaries with adult women are far more common."
Read More...A recent study is being used to argue that feminism has made women less happy today than they were in the early 1970s. Author Barbara Ehrenreich refutes this theory in an article appearing on Salon.
Read More...A recent study is being used to argue that feminism has made women less happy today than they were in the early 1970s. Author Barbara Ehrenreich refutes this theory in an article appearing on Salon.
Writing for USA Today, Dan Vergano reports: "Women had the 'right stuff,' too, back in the '60s. But the data on their performance tests were buried in the Mad Men era, and it was two decades before there was an American female astronaut."
Read More...Canada's Gazette newspaper featured an editorial about Letterman's workplace behavior is a set-back for women in the workplace: "What Letterman did wasn't illegal. To many people, it wasn't immoral, either. But for a lot of women in the workforce, it brought back the bad old days when women were routinely viewed as sexual objects, easy prey for male bosses. They'd prefer to think those days were long gone."
Read More...USA Today's Sharon Jayson reports on the first National Tween Girl Summit and studies on body image issues and self-esteem.
Read More...Watch NOW President Terry O'Neill talking about the Letterman controversy on a story that aired on ABC's World News Tonight with Charles Gibson: "Some people aren't laughing about the late night funnyman's recent revelations."
Read More...Watch NOW President Terry O'Neill on CNN Headline News' Joy Behar Show. Terry talks about how the Letterman controversy has brought up workplace issues for women: "NOW President Terry O'Neill tells HLN's Joy Behar that David Letterman is fostering a 'toxic workplace.'"
Read More...Julie Menin writes on Huffington Post: "To date, the public outrage about David Letterman's affair(s) of the heart has been pretty minimal. . . . Other than recent statements from groups such as NOW, women commentators and women's groups have generally seemed nonplussed about his conduct and haven't seemed to find it all that objectionable. I completely disagree."
Read More...Washington Post reporter Robert Barnes reports on Supreme Court Judge Sonia Sotomayor's first day on the job and she was impressive: "The Supreme Court began its new term Monday with an inquisitive new justice and a case from Maryland about how long police must honor a suspect's request for an attorney. "
Read More...USA Today reporter Joan Biskupic reports on why diversity is crucial to the highest court: "Retired Supreme Court justice Sandra Day O'Connor says she regrets that some of her decisions "are being dismantled" by the current Supreme Court."
Read More...USA Today's Marisol Bello reports on a new social networking site for Latinas to help them "find their voice": "It has become an online plaza where Latinas nationwide, and a few from Canada and Mexico, gather to network, share experiences, trade job information, plug community events and professional efforts, and seek advice on everything from getting a divorce to obtaining a mortgage."
Read More...USA Today's Mimi Hall reports on how some insurers allowed to charge women more for the same policies: "Women's health groups, legal organizations and some female senators are fighting for a host of little-known provisions in the health care legislation being debated in Congress that they say will dramatically improve health care and insurance coverage for women."
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