As an AAUW member and alumna of Washington University in St. Louis, I was outraged to learn that the university is awarding Phyllis Schlafly an honorary degree at graduation. Schlafly has campaigned against the Equal Rights Amendment, gender bias laws, and Title IX. She is not just controversial; she is clearly anti-woman. For example, according [...]
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Posted in Sex Discrimination, Women and Economic Security, Women and Work, tagged Bloomberg LP, jobs, Legal Advocacy Fund, maternity leave, motherhood, pregnancy, pregnancy discrimination, reproductive rights on May 7, 2008, | No Comments »
When my grandmother became pregnant with my mother, her first child, she was fired from her job. My grandfather was still in college and they had no other income, so they scrimped and borrowed from relatives to get by. After my mother was born, my grandmother looked for a new job because she had been [...]
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AAUW is concerned about sexual harassment issues on campus, and in February we posted a blog entry about an incident at Yale University where pledge members of the Zeta Psi fraternity held a sign that said “We Love Yale Sluts” outside the university’s Women’s Center. This stunt was part of a scavenger hunt required to [...]
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Posted in Sex Discrimination, Voter Education, Women and Work, tagged Hillary Clinton, politics, presidential election, Sexism, Voting record, White House on April 28, 2008, | 8 Comments »
Wish I had that proverbial crystal ball, so I could find out which woman will be the first to actually run the White House, not just be there as support staff. Is Hillary the one? When I started my own unofficial straw poll, the pro or con reactions to Senator Clinton were instant and intense; [...]
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Posted in Sex Discrimination, tagged advertising, culture, fashion, girls, JCPenney, novelty, Self Esteem, shopping, social responsibility, T-shirts on April 24, 2008, | 2 Comments »
In an advertising supplement to the Sunday newspaper for April 20, 2008, the JCPenney advertising flyer contained the following ad for “Girls’ Self Esteem® Screen Tees.” The logos in the ad read:
I Want Everything Fabulous!
I Love Being a Daddy’s Girl
Daddy’s Expensive Little Princess
That may be JCPenney’s idea of a girls’ self-esteem message, but it is [...]
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