Emily Heist Moss explores the difference between equal opportunity and equal outcome, saying Romney faked a fair and balanced cabinet without addressing the reasons he needed “binders of women” in the first place. In Tuesday’s Presidential debate, during a question about the state of women in America, Governor Romney described his tenure as Massachusetts governor […]
Lynn Beisner offers her take on Mitt Romney’s ridiculous “binders full of women” comment in last night’s debate. Affirmative action has an unlikely new advocate: Mitt Romney. Granted, I am not sure that he realized he was advocating for affirmative action during last night’s debate, but he did a better job than most professors of […]
This originally appeared on Alternet.org. Republished here with permission. Men may have finally broken the style barrier. The New York Times’ style magazine T recently offered pages of snazzy geometric sweaters, elegant leather bags, luscious silk scarves and jewel-toned fabrics—all in anticipation of Fashion Week, the glamorous biannual party where designers show off their new […]
Disturbed by this week’s news on the unchanged wage gap, Kate McGuinness offers advice on how to negotiate for better pay. On Wednesday, the U.S. Census Bureau released data for 2011 showing that the gender wage gap remains unchanged from 2010. For every dollar a man earns working full time, a woman working full time […]
When her worker-owned co-op hired on more male employees after the recession, Tina Rodia noticed a huge shift in culture. Why does she now feel the need to apologize for being a strong, serious owner? In many businesses, women still feel the need to apologize for being strong and authoritative. After 12 years of co-owning […]
Edwin Lyngar offers his take on the recent sexual harassment allegations at Homeland Security. It’s the classic “man bites dog” story. The chief of the staff at the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Homeland Security has gone on “voluntary leave” following allegations of sexual harassment and discrimination. The case is only unusual because […]
Hugo Schwyzer offers his take on the recent sexual harassment allegations against a female official with Homeland Security. Women can sexually harass men. A reminder of that obvious truth came this week with the report that Suzanne Barr, a top aide to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, has been placed on leave following allegations that […]
This week’s roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. We Never Said “We Wanted It All”: How the Media Distorts the Goals of Feminism by Ruth Rosen of Alternet.org says what Anne-Marie Slaughter and so many other privileged women have failed to understand is […]
This originally appeared on Fem2.0. Republished here with permission. In virtually every occupation, women earn less than men of comparable experience, education, and seniority. From the moment a woman throws her graduation cap into the air to the moment she retires, she earns less than a similar man. This difference is commonly quantified as a […]
Katerina Zacharia discusses why using the term “on ramp” to describe women returning to the workforce after having children is inaccurate, at best, and insulting, at worst. I’m troubled that we use the term “on ramp” to describe women returning back to the workforce after prioritizing childrearing. I’m specifically uncomfortable that we locate women who […]
Sex work is hard work, and sometimes even sex workers need a break. Clarisse Thorn spoke to Olivia, a 25-year-old sex worker, about the perils of her profession. Previously on Role/Reboot, we ran an interview with my friend Olivia, a 25-year-old graduate student who had just started having sex for money through a “sugar baby” website called […]
Andrew Smiler, Ph.D., asks if a shift in gender stereotypes or economics is responsible for the increase in men in women-dominated professions in the United States. Over the last decade, the number of men in female-dominated professions has increased notably, according to New York Times reporters Shaila Dewan and Robert Gebeloff. Men are becoming teachers, […]
