In September, Italy could be the next country to pass a law banning burqas, following in the footsteps of France and Belgium. A parliamentary commission approved a draft of the law on Tuesday. The current draft forbids women from wearing a burqa or naqib, but also prohibits anyone from covering their faces with a motorcycle ...
Advertising executives are challenging sleazy, sexist marketing techniques that have long been the norm in Italy. A campaign was launched earlier this year by the Italian Art Directors Club (ADCI) which calls on advertisers to stop appealing to the lowest common denominator in society, and experiment with more innovative types of promotion. More than 200 industry backers ...
We all know that “with great power comes great responsibility.” But due to many recent sexual harassment scandals surrounding those in power, it seems as though with power also comes a great lack of ethics. The head of the International Monetary Fund, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, is facing charges of sexual harassment for allegedly attempting to force ...
An Italian court has denied a woman alimony because she suggested having an open marriage with her husband — before they got married. The idea was never put into practice and the couple were faithful throughout their marriage. Now, it if as if their marriage never was. The union was annulled by an ecclesiastical court in ...
A weather-beaten eye cast over the media: HatManJim looks at a story in the headlines and as a feminist with a penis (Menimist? Femi-meni-mist? I just believe i n women’s rights, I’m not having gender-reassignment. OK?), attempts to map the sexism inherent in the press, without inadvertently saying anything lecherous about breasts.
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