Two major gender–related lawsuits are in the news. First, Walmart has asked for a review of an appeal court ruling that paved the way for a massive class action suit against the retailer. A gender discrimination suit by six women alleging Walmart paid them less and offered them fewer opportunities for promotion than they did [...]
Sometimes, I know I like something, but I don’t know why. I could be enjoying a cabernet sauvignon, for example, and then someone with a better palate than mine says, “This is so deep and rich. So many tannins. Do you taste the chocolate?” And bingo! It all becomes clear. And so it is with [...]
Today is Women’s Equality Day marking the ninetieth anniversary of the Nineteenth Amendment, which gave women the right to vote. It’s not an easy day to honor. Do we celebrate the tremendous work of the suffragettes who fought long and hard for women? Or do we note the irony of an equality day when women [...]
Time magazine predicts healthcare is no longer the number one issue on midterm voters’ minds. “Voters are far more concerned about the stalled economy or soaring budget deficits,” writes Time. But here in Massachusetts, the state that elected the 41st vote, healthcare is still dominating the discussion in at least one race leading up [...]
When Brad Peck, blogger for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, revealed his true feelings about the wage gap, he also exposed the organization’s woman problem. Peck, in writing about the gender wage gap last week, implied the gap is the result of individual choice, not discrimination. Others have made the same uninformed claim and if [...]
Here’s a scary story to send women back to the kitchen: the more economically dependent a man is on his female partner, the more likely he is to cheat on her. A new study from the American Sociological Association is generating lots of coverage. My favorite headlines for this story so far are: from Science2.0.com: [...]
I didn’t want to do this, but here it is: my personal boss scorecard. Boss 1. Male Irrational and unethical. Oh, the stories I could tell. Boss 2. Female She rocked. Boss 3. Female Demanding, micromanager who was smart as hell and taught me volumes. Boss 4. Male Great guy. I’d work for him again. [...]
“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.” Emma Lazarus’ words from her poem “The New Colossus” grace the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty. They should also grace the front door of most US businesses to welcome mothers back to the office after giving birth or adopting. After all, [...]
While we catch up on work after a fantastic few days at BlogHer 10, here are a few stories of interest from around the web. Boston police arrested a man who exposed himself on the T, or subway, after another passenger posted a picture of the creep on Twitter. A second man was arrested this [...]
The Senate voted today to send Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court. Kagan is only the fourth female justice, out of 111 total, in the history of the Supreme Court and is now one of three women currently on the bench joining Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotamayor. With Kagan’s appointment, women have now [...]
