Sexism

Here We Go Again

Kelli Conlin | Posted 01.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Caroline Kennedy Senate Seat, Hillary Clinton, Caroline Kennedy Experience, David Paterson, Sexism, Caroline Kennedy, Politics News
Kelli Conlin

Eight years ago the criticism today being aimed at Caroline Kennedy was leveled at Hillary Clinton. Her experience didn't count, she was being presumptuous, and she needed to wait her turn.

Read Post

The GOP Must Denounce Limbaugh, The Rest Of Us Should Boycott Clear Channel

Casey Gane-McCalla | Posted 01.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Racism, Chip Saltsman, Rush Limbaugh, News Politics, Barack Obama, Barack the Magic Negro, Sexism, Politics News
Casey Gane-McCalla

Barack the Magic Negro is hardly the most offensive thing that Limbaugh has said. It is high time for the Republican Party and the USA as a whole to reject and denounce Rush Limbaugh.

Read Post

Sam Stein

NYT Article: Kennedy Hampered By Gender-Based Double Standard

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Kennedy Gender, Belkin Kennedy, New York Times Magazine, Sexism Politics, Clinton Kennedy, Gender Double Standard, Myt Magainze, Kennedy Palin, Sexism, Kennedy Qualifications, Sarah Palin, Kennedy Female, Lisa Belkin, Caroline Kennedy, Politics News

As the coverage of Caroline Kennedy's bid for the United States Senate has turned sour, a growing number of voices are starting to question whether th...

Read Whole Story

Naked Dead Women Are Hawt!

Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 12.12.2008 | Media

Read More: Necrophilia, Misogyny, Women, Naked, Duncan Quinn, Advertising, Year-End Lists, Dead, New York Magazine, Sexism, Sexist Advertising, Media News
Charlotte Hilton Andersen

What is it about watching a well-dressed man either about to kill a senseless woman draped over the hood of his car that would make anyone want to buy their clothing?

Read Post

Five Sexist Trends the Advertising World Just Can't Shake

Alex Leo | Posted 12.08.2008 | Media

Read More: Ads, Girl on Girl Action, Bmw, Rape, Offensive Advertising, Sexism in Advertising, Bondage in Ads, Bondage, Advertising, Sexism, Dolce and Gabbana, Calvin Klein, Mitchum, Alex Leo, Sexist Ads, Sexsist Advertising, 5 Sexist Trends Advertising, Media News
Alex Leo

Here are the worst of them--the trends that won't die despite our cultural outrage, and personal boredom.

Read Post

Is FDIC's Sheila Bair Getting Sexist Treatment?

wowOwow | Posted 12.05.2008 | Business

Read More: Fdic, Treasury Department, Timothy Geithner, Sheila Bair, Sexism, Business News

Even in the new Barack Obama "Yes We Can" era, the boys on Wall Street are apparently still up to their testosterone-fueled tricks. Rubin protege a...

Read Whole Story

Verena Von Pfetten on CNN Discussing Whether the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show is Sexist

Huff TV | Posted 12.05.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Victoria's Secret, Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, Sexism, Gender, Video, Entertainment News
Huff TV

Part 1: Part 2: Part 3: ...

Read Post

Couric's Do

Joe Peyronnin | Posted 12.02.2008 | Media

Read More: CBS News, Katie Couric, Katie Couric Sexism, Katie Couric Haircut, Katie Couric Hair, Sexism, Media News
Joe Peyronnin

Isn't it sad that when America is reeling through a depressing recession, CBS News anchor Katie Couric's new hairstyle would create such a national stir?

Read Post

Gender, Politics and Media Redux

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 11.21.2008 | Media

Read More: McCain Advisors, Gender Bias, Gender, Media, Larry Summers, Election 2008, Lesley Jane Seymour, More Magazine, Feminism, Sarah Palin, Campbell Brown, Geraldine Ferraro, Shorenstein Center, Politics, Women and Media, Sexism, Women and Politics, Marie Wilson, Hillary Clinton, Arianna Huffington, Carol Jenkins, Class, Obama's Economic Team, Media News
Marcia G. Yerman

Last week, New York Women In Communications presented The Spin Room: Gender, Politics & Media in the 2008 Election.

Read Post

Jason Linkins

Stay Classy, Page Six!

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.14.2008 | Media

Read More: Page Six, Sexism, Media News

Via Alex Balk comes this scintillating example of the elevated discourse over at Page Six. In a sign of bad times, high-end stores on Madison Avenue ...

Read Whole Story

The Other Woman Can't Break Up Your Marriage. It's Impossible.

Joyce McFadden | Posted 11.13.2008 | Style

Read More: Angelina Jolie, Infidelity, Vogue, Brad Pitt, Cbs, Jennifer Aniston, Sexism, Sex, Style News
Joyce McFadden

You never hear people say The Other Man stole someone's wife, and men are never referred to as home wreckers. It's because the appeal of a catfight is apparently news worthy.

Read Post

Will President Obama Invite Women into His Administration?

Madeleine M. Kunin | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Women and Politics, Obama Cabinet, Barack Obama, Gender Gap, Women, Obama Picks, Sexism, President Obama, Obama Administration, Politics News
Madeleine M. Kunin

With the announcement of Rahm Emanuel as chief of staff, the names of other potential appointees have begun to surface. What concerns me is that not many names of women have been mentioned.

Read Post

Palin: From Charming to Charmin

Kim Stagliano | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mccain, Autism, Loss, Sexism, Sarah Palin, Politics News
Kim Stagliano

They couldn't convince me to vote for their candidate, but they've managed to make me feel a little bit sorry for Governor Palin.

Read Post

Palin's Pal: A Feminist of Her Own

Adele Stan | Posted 10.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Claudia Gilmore, Terrorism, Witchcraft, Thomas Muthee, Abortion Clinic Bombings, Feminism, Barack Obama, Ms. Magazine, Intelligence, Phyllis Schlafly, Sarah Palin, Elaine Lafferty, Bill Ayers, Sexism, Sexism in the Campaign, The Daily Beast, Politics News
Adele Stan

As a former Ms. staffer myself, I feel betrayed by Elaine Lafferty's stumping for Palin, who, taking advantage of an opening won by the efforts of feminists, would set back women's rights by decades.

Read Post

Palin's Appearance Makes Headlines Because of Our Hypocrisy, Not Hers

Judy Muller | Posted 10.24.2008 | Home

Read More: Palin Sexism, Gender Politics, Hillary Clinton Sexism, Sexism, Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin Clothes, Hillary Clinton, Sarah Palin Sexism, Election 2008, Campaign 2008, Sarah Palin Reaction, Gender, Piper's Handbag, Spending on Palin's Appearance, Palin 150 Clothes, Palins Appearances, Palin Reaction Clothing Expenses, Palin Clothes Hypocrisy, Home News
Judy Muller

Beneath this "controversy" over Palin's expensive wardrobe is a troubling fact: when it comes to judging female politicians, we are still a deeply sexist culture.

Read Post

What the Hell, Malcolm Gladwell

Julia Cheiffetz | Posted 10.22.2008 | Media

Read More: Malcolm Gladwell Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell, Success, Women, Oprah Winfrey, Books, Sexism, Media, Media News
Julia Cheiffetz

Could it be that Malcolm Gladwell's new book Outliers, which examines extraordinary achievers, does not include a single woman?

Read Post

Hillary Clinton: "There Were A Lot Of Times When I Appreciated" Fox News During Primary

Huffington Post | Posted 10.14.2008 | Media

Read More: Hillary Clinton Fox News, Gretchen Carlson, Hillary Clinton Sexism, Sexism, Fox & Friends, Fox News, Hillary Clinton, Media Sexism, Media News

Hillary Clinton appeared on "Fox & Friends" Tuesday morning, where she discussed sexism with co-host Gretchen Carlson and took the opportunity to say ...

Read Whole Story

Race, Gender and the Media in the 2008 Elections

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 10.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Karl Rove, John McCain, Asian-American Voters, Latino Voters, Media Coverage of 2008 Election, Sexism, 2008 Election and Race, Racism, Joe Biden, Saraha Palin, Thurgood Marshall, Clarence Thomas, 2008 Election and Gender, Barack Obama, Politics News
Marcia G. Yerman

Like everyone else in America, I was waiting to see how the match up between Palin and Biden would transpire. Beyond the giddy atmosphere that was bu...

Read Post

Why are Female Executives Giving Palin's Thin Credentials a Pass?

Lesley Jane Seymour | Posted 10.07.2008 | Style

Read More: Debate, Fortune 500, Sexism, Katie Couric, Glass Ceiling, Hillary Clinton, Arianna Huffington, Sarah Palin, Biden, Lesley Jane Seymour, Style News
Lesley Jane Seymour

Plenty of us have experienced that moment when the job of your dreams seems to drop into your lap--but just too early in your career, when you just have to say, thanks but no thanks.

Read Post

Palinpalooza A Welcome Diversion For McCain
McCain NewsLadder

The Media Consortium | Posted 10.04.2008 | Home

Read More: Vice Presidential Debate, Sexism, Katie Couric Sarah Palin, Katie Couric, Gwen Ifill, Sarah Palin, 2008 Campaign, Joe Biden, Election 2008, John McCain, Home News
The Media Consortium

The hard times continue for Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, who this week pulled up his stakes in Michigan, a state his campaign o...

Read Post

Women In Arizona Offended By Palin's Wink

Marlene H. Phillips | Posted 10.03.2008 | Home

Read More: Vice President, Joe Biden, Vice Presidential Debates, Sarah Palin, Women Politics, Equality, Women, Sexism, Palin Mccain, Biden Obama, Hillary Clinton, Gender, Home News
Marlene H. Phillips

I watched the debate in a room full of rowdy, noisy folks last night in Tucson, Arizona. Comments flew across the room, most directed at Sarah Palin: ...

Read Post

Sam Stein

McCain To Female Audience: This Crowd Is So Emotional

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mccain Women, Sexism, Mccain Female Voters, Joseph Biden Sexism, Mccain Emotional, Mccain Townhall, Mccain Sexism, John McCain, Politics News

Going into tonight's vice presidential debate, the chief concern among Democrats was that Sen. Joe Biden, whether accidentally or not, would somehow d...

Read Whole Story

Having it All

Suzanne Braun Levine | Posted 10.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bell Abzug, Meg Whitman, Sarah Palin Pit Bull, Congress, New York, Sexist, Red Phone, Sexism, Gwen Ifill, Joe Biden, Sarah Palin, Parenting, Carly Fiorina, Jane O'reilly, Glasses Palin, Hockey Mom, Politics News
Suzanne Braun Levine

McCain knows that it takes more than adrenaline - or testosterone for that matter - to respond to threats of war. He obviously chose Palin primarily because she is a woman. It is cynical.

Read Post

Palin Wins the VP Debate Just By Showing Up

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 10.01.2008 | Home

Read More: Domestic Issues, Vice Presidential Debate, Barack Obama, Vice Presidency, Sexism, Joe Biden, Sarah Palin, Gop, Democrats, John McCain, Foreign Policy, Home News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Vice presidential contender Sarah Palin can win the debate with Democratic rival Joe Biden just by showing up. This is not a flippant, pithy, or fa...

Read Post

McCain's Mannequin

Taylor Marsh | Posted 09.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hillary Clinton, John McCain, National Security, Foreign Policy, Sexism, Sarah Palin, Politics News
Taylor Marsh

McCain's stunt to suspend his campaign, it turns out, may be just a stunt to save Sarah by getting the veep debate postponed as well. The Republicans aren't even trying to pretend Palin has the chops for the job.

Read Post