Sex and the new feminists
Gender & Sexuality
Posted inWorking in America
Women and Wal-Mart
Does the company treat female employees fairly? The question goes back to court.
Posted inEconomic Policy
More on the Abortion Debates: What if Your Mother Had Aborted You?
Yesterday I posted “So what if I hadn’t been born?” In reply, noted reproductive rights thinker Frances Kissling sent along her own very moving essay along these lines, published a few years ago in RH Reality Check: “What if your mother had aborted you? A daughter’s perspective.” As she says, I feel a need to […]
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Vaccinate Boys Against HPV, Too
Parents may resist the idea of protecting their children from a sexually-transmitted disease
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Whistleblowers
Do the higher-ups ever take responsibility for what their subordinates do?
Posted inCivil Rights in America
FBI Updates Definition of Rape
But it doesn’t do much good for the victims.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Pink October
In case you missed it: Last Sunday The New York Times had a thoughtful examination of the pros and cons of the pinking of America-the Susan G. Komen foundation’s marketing of breast cancer awareness and its work raising funds for breast cancer research. NPR took a look at the anti-pink backlash. So I thought it […]