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No One Called It Harassment

Posted in AAUW research, Sexual Harassment, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, tagged , , , , , , on October 20, 2011, | Leave a Comment »

This post is part of a new series on sexual harassment in school, launched in conjunction with the upcoming AAUW report Crossing the Line: Sexual Harassment at School. Follow @AAUWResearch on Twitter for more information.  Last month, the New York Times featured an article on bullying that made a vital observation: Teenagers and young victims [...]

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A Terrible Way to Mark Domestic Violence Awareness Month

Posted in Sexual Harassment, Social Justice, The AAUW Community, Voter Education, Women's Health, tagged , , , , , , on October 14, 2011, | 3 Comments »

Disturbing news from the October 12 edition of the New York Times: “By a vote of 7-3, the [Topeka, Kansas] City Council repealed the local law that makes domestic violence a crime.” Amid budget cuts and a lot of finger-pointing among city leaders, the district attorney’s office, and Shawnee County officials,  the city council’s vote [...]

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Consent Begins in the Hallways

Posted in A Women's Nation, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, tagged , , , , , , on October 13, 2011, | Leave a Comment »

This post is part of a new series on sexual harassment in school, launched in conjunction with the upcoming AAUW report Crossing the Line: Sexual Harassment at School. Follow @AAUWResearch on Twitter for more information.  There’s a lot of awesome work happening around the issues of sex and consent right now. With everything from the [...]

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Getting Uncomfortable for Equity’s Sake

Posted in A Women's Nation, AAUW in the News, Sex Discrimination, Sexism, Sexual Harassment, Social Justice, The AAUW Community, Women and Civil Rights, Women's History, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on August 26, 2011, | 1 Comment »

I’m thrilled that AAUW hosted a Re: Action debate at our Washington, D.C., headquarters about SlutWalk D.C. and that this debate has prompted comment in mainstream media such as the Washington Post. That said, I also realize that a lot of AAUW members are unsettled by the international SlutWalk phenomenon. (SlutWalks are protests against sexual [...]

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Your AAUW Dialog Summer Reading List

Posted in A Women's Nation, AAUW in the News, AAUW research, Equity in the News, S T E M, Sex Discrimination, Sexism, Social Justice, Students & Educational Issues, Supreme Court, The AAUW Community, Title IX, Women & Economic Security, Women and Civil Rights, Women and Work, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on August 20, 2011, | Leave a Comment »

Summer is drawing to a close, so the AAUW blog has decided to take some time to just sit back, relax, and have a long weekend. In our absence, why not check out one of our most popular recent posts or  the top posts from the past year that you might have missed? Enjoy! Dancin’ [...]

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Why I Participated in SlutWalk D.C.

Posted in A Women's Nation, AAUW in the News, Sex Discrimination, Sexism, Sexual Harassment, Social Justice, The AAUW Community, Women and Civil Rights, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on August 17, 2011, | 11 Comments »

I’ve never been called a slut, but last Saturday, I claimed the name when I participated in SlutWalk D.C. SlutWalks started in Toronto in April in response to a police officer who said women wouldn’t be victimized if they didn’t dress like sluts. The first walk in Toronto touched a nerve, and people around the [...]

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Education Hurts Your Ovaries?!

Posted in A Women's Nation, AAUW in the News, AAUW research, Educational Programs, S T E M, Sexism, Sexual Harassment, Social Justice, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , on August 10, 2011, | 1 Comment »

There was a time in this nation when people believed that if women went to college, it would adversely affect their ability to have children. As silly as that notion seems now, it’s worth remembering that this was once a normal fear about women and education. Although that belief is no longer widespread in our [...]

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Branch Event Raises Sexual Assault Awareness

Posted in Educational Programs, Sexual Harassment, Social Justice, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, Women and Civil Rights, Women's Health, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , on April 6, 2011, | Leave a Comment »

Recently, about 200 people in Western New York came together to hear stories — and as the stories went on, the audience, too, became characters. The AAUW Buffalo (NY) Branch joined with the State University of New York, Buffalo’s Wellness Education Services, the school’s Gender Institute, and Western New York’s Family Justice Center to host [...]

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Smashing the Silence: A Challenge

Posted in Educational Programs, Social Justice, The AAUW Community, Women and Civil Rights, Women's Health, tagged , , , , , , , on February 15, 2011, | 1 Comment »

America’s young people are pretty good at celebrating Valentine’s Day. Second graders exchange candy hearts and homemade cards, teens send each other roses in high school homerooms, and college students organize dates and girls’ nights to mark the holiday of love and friendship. In the midst of these celebrations, it’s easy to forget how many [...]

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Wikileaks, Rape, and Politics

Posted in Sexual Harassment, Social Justice, Women and Civil Rights, Women's Health, tagged , , , , , , , , on December 29, 2010, | 3 Comments »

There are several words that can be used to describe Julian Assange: hero, terrorist, victim, perpetrator, target, criminal. Depending on how one feels about his role in the WikiLeaks controversy, these words could be used to glorify or demonize him. Recently, those who see Assange as a hero and a victim have insisted that the [...]

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