Under proposals from a cross-party Parliamentary Commission in France today, Muslim women face a ban on full veils on French transport and in other public services by the end of this year. MPs predicted that a law outlawing burqas or other face covering in state services could very well pass into law within months in [...]
Posts Tagged ‘sexism’
France to Partially Ban Burqas
Posted in Lawmaking, Politicking, World News, tagged burqas, France, laws, Muslims, Religion, sexism, women's rights on 01/26/2010 | 1 Comment »
Gender Indexing And The Health Insurance Industry
Posted in Health, Lawmaking, tagged dumb things, gender indexing, healthcare, sexism, women's rights on 10/22/2009 | Leave a Comment »
Ah, the healthcare debate. It’s reaching all kinds of wild, deeply discriminatory levels, which usually boil down to a “I got mine, so fuck you and yours” attitude. The latest manifestation of this is the gender-based arguments arising around health care. Presently, women’s advocacy groups are trying to work with the legislators of the health [...]
Low-Wage Workers Often Cheated By Employers
Posted in Education, Jobs, tagged Economy, Jobs, poverty, prejudices, racism, sexism, studies, wages on 09/02/2009 | Leave a Comment »
A comprehensive new study found low-wage workers are routinely denied proper overtime pay and are often paid less than the minimum wage. The study surveyed 4,387 workers (39% illegal immigrants, 31% legal immigrants, and 30% native-born Americans) in various low-wage industries, including apparel manufacturing, child care and discount retailing.
10 Year Olds Fully Under Pressure to Have “Perfect” Bodies
Posted in Health, Marketing, Media, tagged bad media, bad parenting, body image, children, culture, eating disorders, Health, image issues, sexism, Sicknesses, studies, trends on 08/28/2009 | Leave a Comment »
According to a study published in the journal BMC Public Health, children as young as 10- and 11-years-old already have notions about the ideal body. An analysis of more than 4,000 students revealed that young girls’ happiness with their body image is directly linked to how thin they are, while boys were happiest when they [...]
Who You Calling A Man-Hater?
Posted in Education, Ladies, Stuff, tagged cultural beliefs, Education, sexism, women on 07/31/2009 | Leave a Comment »
A new study in Psychology of Women Quarterly finds that feminists are “man-haters” after all (duh!), but rather, that it is anti-feminists who harbor more negative feelings towards men. According to the researchers from the University of Houston, “our work finds that, indeed, non-feminists believe in traditional gender roles such as men being breadwinners and [...]
Sexism In Medical Care
Posted in Health, Sexist, tagged health care, poverty, sexism, women on 07/30/2009 | Leave a Comment »
In a NY Times op-ed piece, Nicholas Kristof discusses maternal mortality, and the systematic inattention of our society towards reproductive health care, particularly when those who suffer and perish are impoverished, voiceless women (in this case, in Pakistan). He posits the following, which I’d like to make today’s thought for the day: “If men had [...]
Male Unemployment, Irritability and Depression Are A Woman’s Problem, So Deal With It Bitch, Before I Smack You Again
Posted in Health, Jobs, Ladies, tagged bad advice, dumb things, Economy, Health, how to keep a man, ignorant media, marriage, sexism, women on 07/23/2009 | Leave a Comment »
Roughly 74 percent of the 6 million or so jobs lost in this recession have been men’s, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, a statistic which has resulted in the uptick of another one: relationship problems (and subsequent divorces). This because earning a living is still centrally tied to male self-esteem, since Tarzan still [...]
Wall Street Journal Reporting On Cankles Now
Posted in Fashion, Science, Sexist, Sexytime, tagged cankles, dumb things, ignorant media, plastic surgery, professional journalism, sexism, wall street journal on 07/23/2009 | Leave a Comment »
The WSJ‘s Pulitzer-winning journalism team has decided to devote front page coverage to the LATEST! and VERY!IMPORTANT! problem area of women’s bodies… cankles! A cankle, for those of you who don’t know, is a fat ankle, the calf-ankle continuum, apparently only found on women. How does one define a “fat ankle” you ask? Who the [...]
Some Guy Named Michael Karolchyk Thinks Dr. Regina Benjamin Is Too Fat To Be Surgeon General
Posted in Health, Ladies, Politicking, Sexist, TeeVee, tagged Fox News, Health, ignorant media, Michael Karolchyk, prejudices, Regina Benjamin, sexism, surgeon general, too big to serve on 07/22/2009 | 1 Comment »
I’ve tried to steer clear of the “controversy” surrounding Surgeon General nominee Dr. Regina Benjamin, as a means of undermining, or at least, not furthering or validating the insanity of arguments pertaining to her weight. Because I don’t see what a person’s weight, color or sex have to do with their mental ability, at all, [...]
