Tag: Gender Issues

During the school's Consent Week, accessorized with clitoris-shaped earrings, Laurie Mintz, a University of Florida psychology of human sexuality professor, discussed the many themes of sexism including the "orgasm gap" and consent in sexual relationships. (iStock)

Florida professor helps students become literate with the female anatomy for Valentine’s Day

Lauren Cooley · February 17, 2018 5:01 am

White House chief of staff John Kelly said the Rob Porter scandal proved, "We should — and in the future, must — do better" at vetting applicants for positions inside the administration. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

National Security

John Kelly approves changes to White House security clearance process

Gabby Morrongiello · February 16, 2018 10:13 pm

Actor Michael Ian Black posted a thread on Twitter blaming mass gun violence on social constructs of masculinity. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP)

Beltway Confidential

When it comes to boys, Michael Ian Black is kind of right, but mostly wrong

Emily Jashinsky · February 15, 2018 8:36 pm

The Pentagon has until Wednesday to send a plan to the White House on transgender troop policy. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

National Security

Army secretary says transgender policy ‘hasn’t really come up’ in troop talks

Travis J. Tritten · February 15, 2018 4:50 pm

Oprah Winfrey said that through her Golden Globes speech "I was looking for a way to express what was going on in this moment in terms of gender, and class, and race." (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

Oprah on 2020 rumors after Golden Globes appearance: ‘I was just tryin’ to give a good speech’

Naomi Lim · February 15, 2018 3:14 pm

It's shown that 90 percent of mothers say the desire to raise a family is the top reason they work from home. (iStock photo)

Red Alert Politics

Sound the alarm: Forbes writer shocked that millennial women want to be full-time mothers

Rosemary Dewar · February 14, 2018 8:40 pm

Despite the upsides of the "Me Too" movement, dating has now become too tricky to navigate for many people. (iStock photo)

Red Alert Politics

#MeToo effect complicates dating for millennials

Brendan Pringle · February 14, 2018 8:27 pm

White House chief of staff John Kelly walks with former White House staff secretary Rob Porter on the South Lawn of the White House. After Porter resigned last week, internal dissatisfaction with Kelly's leadership appears to be growing. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Beltway Confidential

It’s time to pay attention to the White House’s staffing problem

Emily Jashinsky · February 14, 2018 6:16 pm

Paul Ryan: Rob Porter shows White House needs to ‘fix their vetting system’

Susan Ferrechio · February 14, 2018 3:55 pm

Red Alert Politics

Chapman University to present gender-bending version of ‘Othello’

Isaiah Denby · February 13, 2018 8:10 pm

Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, has a history of working with female victims of domestic abuse. In college, Ernst volunteered at a battered women's shelter in Ames. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Joni Ernst disappointed with Trump’s message on domestic violence: ‘Abuse is never OK’

Tristan Justice · February 13, 2018 3:38 pm

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and the committee's ranking member Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., said they are "deeply troubled" by recent allegations of sexual misconduct from federal judges. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Senate Judiciary leaders seek information on sexual misconduct in federal judiciary

Melissa Quinn · February 13, 2018 3:31 pm