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Exclusive: Sexual Politics at Penn State—An Inside Look

January 6, 2012 – 1:26 am

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Exclusive: In Fencer’s Hijab—Struggle and Inspiration

November 8, 2011 – 1:35 am

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Newsbrief: The Media’s Groping Problem, Political Wives’ ‘Tipper Point’ Is Too Late and the IMF: Violating Women Since 1945.

May 24, 2011 – 7:00 am

ShareSchwarzenegger, Strauss-Kahn and The Media’s Groping Problem 5/18/11 RH Reality Check: A friendly reminder that groping is, in fact, a real crime defined by a lack of consent, which makes it substantially more similar to rape than it is to ill-advised yet consensual flirting, petting, or sex.

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Newsbrief: Lara Logan Breaks Ground with Graphic Description of Rape, Kentucky Church Takes Stand to Support Same-Sex Couples and Russia’s Changing Images of Women.

May 3, 2011 – 8:00 am

ShareLara Logan Breaks Ground With Graphic Description Of Her Rape, Injuries 5/2/11 Jezebel: Speaking candidly about her assault and injuries in a new interview, Logan stand up for all the women who don’t want the possibility of sexual assault to curtail their freedom.

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Newsbrief: Hollywood Gender Gap Persists in Top Films, Transgender Rights Make Headway and Will Post-Mubarak Egypt Shut Women Out?

April 26, 2011 – 9:00 am

ShareNewsbrief:  Hollywood Gender Gap Persists in Top Films, Transgender Rights Make Headway and Will Post-Mubarak Egypt Shut Women Out?

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Newsbrief: House Votes to De-fund Planned Parenthood, Recession’s Unequal Blows, Code of Silence Broken for Female Foreign Correspondents

February 23, 2011 – 12:22 pm

Share House Votes to De-fund Planned Parenthood; Women Rally in Opposition 2/22/11 Care2: After the House vote to rescind all funding for Planned Parenthood, congresswomen along with men and women across the country are speaking out to protect access to health care and family planning services.

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Mythological Minorities? Animals, Aliens, and Talking Cars Have More Representation than Women and Minorities in Super Bowl Advertising

February 8, 2011 – 5:12 pm

ShareWhile it may have been the first Superbowl in history without skimpily clothed cheerleaders prancing the sidelines, fans didn’t have to grieve their absence for long. With Kim Kardashian’s steamy “personal training session” for Skecher’s Shape-Ups and the always popular and product irrelevant GoDaddy.com girls, you didn’t need to look far for misogynistic portrayals of [...]

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The Super Bowl and Violence Against Females

February 5, 2011 – 3:07 pm

ShareBy Kevin Powell NOTE: This blog also posted on the Daily Kos at http://tinyurl.com/684vmmb I have been a sports fan for as long as I can remember. As a youth I formally played baseball, ran track and boxed until I decided I really valued my brain cells more than winning a bout; and informally we boys [...]

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Super Bowl Goal: Stop Girls from Being Bought and Sold

February 1, 2011 – 4:59 pm

ShareHidden from view during America’s most-watched TV spectacle, thousands of girls are being exploited. The Women’s Funding Network and other advocates are focusing a national spotlight on the plague of child sex trafficking.

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Rally for Girls’ Sports: To Cheer Or Not To Cheer?

December 8, 2010 – 1:15 pm

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