Topic: Sexism

Comment: Sharon Smith

Bluff, bluster and bullshit at Counterpunch

The Counterpunch website unleashed a torrent of abuse when an SW contributor challenged sexist language and attitudes. May 24, 2013
Comment: Leela Yellesetty

Brought out into the open

Angelina Jolie's announcement should open up a public discussion about lack of access to life-saving health care. May 21, 2013
Comment: Michelle Farber

Attacked for addressing sexism

When she pointed out sexism at her campus, a University of Connecticut student became the target of abuse. May 15, 2013
Comment: Roger Annis

Cries for justice for Rehtaeh

Rehtaeh Parsons' death was caused by the institutional failure to deal with sexual assault--and thousands are outraged by it. April 24, 2013
Comment: Blair Ellis

Putting the blame on teen parents

A campaign of scare ads on the New York transit system stigmatizes teen parents--but it has sparked an angry response. April 8, 2013
Comment: Alan Church

Scandalous sexism in Silicon Valley

"Donglegate" involves lots of sexism, two firings and disillusionment if you thought women were getting more respect. April 4, 2013
Comment: Megan Behrent

Trapped in the bell jar

Fifty years after her death, poet and author Sylvia Plath is still a strong voice against the status of women in U.S. society. March 25, 2013
Editorials

How can we fight rape?

Millions of people--women and men--want to take a stand against sexual assault and victim-blaming that are all too common in this society. March 21, 2013
Report: Geming Lai

Berkeley takes back the night

Some 100 participants gathered at UC Berkeley for a Take Back the Night event to break the silence around sexual assault. March 20, 2013
Report: Alex Robbins

Voices raised in Steubenville

I drove to Steubenville, Ohio, to stand with those showing solidarity with Jane Doe outside the trial of her rapists. March 19, 2013
Forcing DeWine to address rape

A protest at the Ohio attorney general's office came with lessons about what it will take to build the fight against sexual assault. March 19, 2013
Comment: Nicole Colson

Guilty verdicts are only a start

Two Steubenville teens have been found guilty of rape in a case that has become emblematic of sexual assault in America. March 18, 2013
Comment

Persecuting the victim

Landen Gambill has been victimized twice--once by her rapist, then by her university. But she refuses to be silenced about the need to confront sexual assault. March 7, 2013
Locating the source of oppression

Looking at capitalism as a relationship and not a thing situates women's oppression in the social reproduction of labor. February 7, 2013
Comment: Jen Roesch

How a victim-blaming system excuses rape

Behind the horrifying facts about a gang rape in an Ohio town lies the reality that rape is widespread today--and society's institutions are responsible. January 7, 2013
Comment: Rachel Cohen

Iowa justices side with sexism

Iowa's Supreme Court upheld the decision of a dentist to fire an employee because he found her an "irresistible attraction." January 3, 2013
Comment: Madeline Burrows

Rape happens here

Women who are sexually assaulted on campus face a culture of silencing and victim-blaming from college administrators. November 15, 2012
Comment: Marilena Marchetti

Young women with no hope

The contradiction between what young women want for themselves and what society offers puts huge pressures on them. October 31, 2012
Comment: Elizabeth Schulte

Is it a woman's world now?

A number of books and articles are claiming that women have surpassed men on any number of fronts, starting with jobs and wages. Are they right? October 18, 2012
A struggle that's going strong

Over 400 people gathered in downtown Chicago to continue the movement against slut-shaming and sexism. October 8, 2012
Comment: Gary Lapon

Criminalized for having condoms

A recent report by Human Rights Watch is shedding light on the harassment that sex workers face from police. August 1, 2012
Comment: Jen Roesch

The single mother myth

Inequality is glaring and growing worse in U.S. society--and the New York Times has a handy scapegoat to explain it all: single mothers. July 23, 2012
Comment: Gary Lapon

Spreading lies and STDs

The right-wingers behind 1flesh.org promote pseudo-science to blame contraception for everything wrong in our sexual lives. July 18, 2012
Why Tosh is no laughing matter

Is it really considered "edgy" to make light of the torment that so many women suffer without getting any justice? July 17, 2012
Comment: Rachel Cohen

Talking back at a sexist bigot

When Daniel Tosh made jokes about rape at a comedy club, it wasn't an exception. What has been exceptional is the angry response. July 16, 2012

Topic: Sexism

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