Winning the fight for equal pay is central to reaching gender equality. But what if the wage gap wasn’t just the result of gender discrimination? What if we women were creating it? Kay Hymowitz argues that women are choosing to work less hours on less demanding jobs than men, especially when they’ve started a family. ...
A woman has been sacked in the UK for refusing to wear make-up at work, and she’s decided that’s just not right. Melanie Stark was a retail assistant at department store Harrods before she was unceremoniously dumped for daring to show her bare face in public. Now she’s taken her case to the media and ...
We all know sex sells, but at what cost? An Australian fashion retailer has been forced to censor its raunchy advertising after the Minister for Women said it “overstepped the mark.” The General Pants campaign featured images of a half naked woman, with gaffer tape over her nipples, having her jeans forcibly unzipped by a ...
The largest sex discrimination case in US legal history may end up with 1.5 million women taking on Wal-Mart. The case started with only six women claiming that female workers were “paid less and promoted less often than men”, but once word got around a huge portion of Wal-Mart staff wanted to join up and ...
You know the age-old complaint that women get paid less than men? Well it turns out this might not be true. Recent research in the USA has found that this gap mostly exists among older people, but among the people under 30 women out earn men in 39 to 50 of the largest cities. ...
Some women give up their careers to care for their families, and guess what? They’re feminists… and they like it! The Daily Mail, convinced they stumbled onto a new phenomenon, devoted over 2000 words to this article. But I have to wonder, are they trying to recruit? Every one of the women the Daily Mail ...
In tune with the recent passing of the Equality Bill, the British Royal Navy has decided to allow women to serve as submariners. There seems to be a lot of apprehension about this and many excuses are being made about why it might not work. But it seems to me like these excuses are just ...
We blame our passive personalities. We blame our ability to have children. We blame our lack of opportunity. But the real culprits keeping women out of boardrooms are the bastards doing the hiring.
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Dear Madame X, I know you say that it’s not good to fake your orgasms, but what if you...
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Usually getting fired is a bad thing. But, somehow, this woman is happy about it. Can you imagine...
