Lilly Ledbetter, who faced gender pay discrimination while working for Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, thought pay inequity was a problem unique to the South. She soon learned, however, that the gender pay gap exists across the nation. For anyone who doubts this, the current Wal-Mart pay discrimination case illustrates just how big and widespread [...]
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Just How Big Is It?
Posted in Sex Discrimination, The AAUW Community, Women and Work, tagged gender stereotyping, Lilly Ledbetter, Pay Check Fairness Act, Pay Discrminiation, Student Advisory Council on May 28, 2010, | Leave a Comment »
Creating Their Own Vampire-Free Destiny
Posted in The AAUW Community, tagged gender stereotyping, movies, New Moon, Student Advisory Council, Twilight on November 30, 2009, | 2 Comments »
It’s vampire romance time. Unlike the Harry Potter book and film series, which have audiences of all ages and genders, the Twilight books and movies have a much narrower target: teenage girls and women. On November 20, 2009, New Moon, the sequel to the first film, Twilight, was finally released. My 14-year-old cousin bought the [...]
Women-only Baby Showers: Empowering or Stereotypical?
Posted in Sex Discrimination, tagged baby showers, gender stereotyping, Sexism on September 28, 2009, | 6 Comments »
How “normal” is it to have women-only baby showers? According to popular media, it’s the way baby showers are done. No men. Additionally, the way showers are discussed can highlight the stereotypical disdain men sometimes have when considering baby showers. Take, for instance, an episode toward the end of season four of Friends. Monica and [...]
Damned if You Do, Damned if You Don’t
Posted in Equity in the News, Women and Work, tagged business, gender stereotyping, leadership, management, women leaders, working mothers on August 6, 2009, | 2 Comments »
Apologies for the swear words, but that’s the first phrase that came to mind when I read several articles that centered on women as bosses this week: Carol Smith’s New York Times article, “No Doubts: Women are Better Managers,” the blog on Feministing.com lamenting this and other generalizations, or the interesting piece by John Powers [...]
Not the Only Game in Town
Posted in Title IX, Women and Work, tagged athletics, Candace Parker, gender stereotyping, Lisa Leslie, pregnancy discrimination, salary, sports, Title IX, Twitter, WNBA, women in sports on June 5, 2009, | 2 Comments »
The NBA finals between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Orlando Magic started last night, but the NBA isn’t the only game in town. Saturday, June 6, marks the WNBA’s 13th season opener between the Los Angeles Sparks and the champion Detroit Shock to be aired on network television. The most some people know about [...]
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