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September 17, 2025 | Laura Bates | Feminism, Misogyny, Online harassment, Science and tech
AI and the New Age of Misogyny

Laura Bates, author of The New Age of Sexism, says: “We are building a whole new world, but the inequalities and oppression of our current society are being baked into its very foundations.”

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March 12, 2025 | Chloe Lee, MD, MPH | Misogyny
The Coddling of the American Man

In searching for solutions to the male loneliness crisis, some American men should take a look in the mirror.

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November 15, 2024 | Jennifer L Pozner | Arts and culture, Media, Misogyny
Dissociation, Misogyny, and Saturday Night Live in Authoritarian Times

Saturday Night Live, a cultural mainstay that has offered healing and hope at pivotal moments of national crisis, chose instead to rub salt in the wound in its first post-election episode.

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February 09, 2020 | Lauren Wolfe | International, Misogyny
Indian government embarrasses itself to keep ban on women in combat

India’s government said early last week it thinks women are not fit to serve in ground combat roles—citing reasons that are embarrassingly regressive.

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November 08, 2019 | Lauren Wolfe | International, Misogyny
Japanese women told to take off their glasses in the workplace

As absurd or 1950s as it sounds, women across various work sectors in Japan are being told to take off their glasses.

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March 28, 2019 | Aviva Stahl | International, Misogyny
Saudi sisters who fled from their families are granted asylum after months in Hong Kong

The development in their case comes after a months-long saga in which the women, who said they fled to escape an abusive family and restrictive society, hid out in Hong Kong and stayed in various safe houses out of fear they could be intercepted and forced to return home.

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October 18, 2018 | Aviva Stahl | Misogyny
Incarcerated women are punished much, much more than men

Punishment in prison is a gendered phenomenon, just not in the way you might expect.

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October 12, 2018 | Aviva Stahl | Misogyny, Science and tech
Amazon’s now-defunct AI hiring tool was anti-woman

Amazon shut down the artificial intelligence (AI) tool it was using to evaluate potential hires because the algorithm was found to be biased against women, according to a story reported by Reuters on Tuesday.

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July 20, 2018 | Aviva Stahl | Misogyny, Politics
Minnesota congressman slut-shamed women on his radio show

A Minnesota Republican is coming under fire for misogynistic remarks he made on his former radio program.

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April 06, 2018 | Aviva Stahl | Gender-based violence, Misogyny, Violence against women
New survey reports sexual harassment is rampant in fundraising world

A new survey offers an idea of just how extensive the issue of sexual harassment is in the philanthropy world.

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November 21, 2017 | Bryce Covert | Economy, Misogyny
Women in economics expose sexism in the field, demand action

A growing movement is calling for leaders in the field to address rampant misogyny.

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October 27, 2017 | Rebecca McCray | Feminism, Free Speech, Gender-based violence, Gloria Steinem, Jane Fonda, Media, Misogyny, Politics
A night at the Women's Media Awards: Leading the way for women after an oppressive year

A confluence of normalized misogyny and devaluing of women made Thursday’s Women’s Media Awards all the more uplifting, emphasizing the power of sisterhood and the voices of women in media.

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June 29, 2017 | Rebecca McCray | Media, Misogyny, Politics
Trump’s misogynistic tweets reflect sexism in America

As the Trump administration moved forward on Thursday with new guidelines that severely restrict travel from six Muslim-majority countries, yet again the country was distracted by Trump’s latest grotesque, sexist tweetstorm.


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