The capital of the United States has seen a lot of changes lately, and I can’t describe them better than the Washington Post’s Petula Dvorak has:
We saw our first African American president move into the White House last year; same-sex couples were finally able to legally marry in D.C. last week; and today we might [...]
This post is a part of the Blog for IWD BLOG.
Today is International Women’s Day, and we‘ve asked you to blog about your thoughts about equal rights. Here’s what some of you are saying:
At Eugenia de Altura, a graduate student studying in Bolivia, explores the different cultural perceptions of machismo and sexismo, which she argues [...]
The development of legal and social equality in the US has never been easy or cheap. When schools were desegregated, time and money had to be spent on busing students. When women were admitted to universities, separate (and eventually coed) dorms were built. When the Americans with Disabilities Act was passed, it cost both the [...]
Don’t worry, this is not yet another takedown of Valentine’s Day. Some people love the holiday, some people hate it; I’m mostly indifferent and have nothing new to add to that particular debate. However, the approaching holiday reminded me of a different dispute that has simmered among feminists for decades: is chivalry dead, and is [...]
I am a woman. When I step outside of my home, I have been programmed to keep myself safe from being sexually assaulted. In order to keep myself as safe as possible, I should probably follow as many safety tips as possible. I should . . .
avoid going out late at night, always go in [...]
Many of my friends are 20 and 30-somethings who are eagerly anticipating engagement, frantically confronting what it takes to plan a wedding, or quietly adjusting to life post-honeymoon. Equally as many of my friends won’t ever get married because in most places the law forbids them from doing so. The adults in my life (well, [...]
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For women in many countries, getting to work or school and back home again on the bus or subway isn’t just a matter of trying to pass the time with a book and hoping there aren’t any delays. It means hoping, each day, that you won’t be targeted by a man who believes [...]
Last week was the final in the run of “In the Next Room, or the vibrator play,” the very well-received new play by American playwright Sarah Ruhl, playing on Broadway through Lincoln Center Theater.
Reviewers note how Ruhl smartly avoids cheap shots at her 19th-century characters, whose realities may seem absurd to a contemporary audience, [...]
I’m going to call out some bull-shit.
To follow-up on Elizabeth’s post yesterday about rape prevention and culture, and some of the comments that twisted the author’s thoughts in that posts: I have to say some things about men, women, power, rape, and sexual assault. I read an article yesterday (via UPI) about a U.S. marine [...]
If women are responsible for preventing rape…
then why is the advice given to us always to lock ourselves in our homes after dark unless escorted or to let people we trust guard our drinks and monitor whether we are too intoxicated to protect ourselves?
Why are we not, rather, told to keep company with other women: [...]
