Tag: Gender Issues

The Women's March and its allies in the broader feminist movement can learn a valuable lesson from the growth of the #MeToo movement and its broad range of supporters. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Beltway Confidential

A tale of two movements: What #MeToo can teach the Women’s March about the value of inclusion

Emily Jashinsky · January 19, 2018 8:31 pm

Anti-abortion demonstrators arrive on Capitol Hill in Washington during the March for Life, marking the anniversary of the 1973 Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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How to reconcile #MeToo and the March for Life

Beverly Hallberg · January 19, 2018 6:40 pm

Sen. Cory Booker's, D-N.J., pompous, self-satisfied rant at Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen during her testimony on Capitol Hill this week was rightfully held up as an example of being arrogantly condescending to a qualified woman. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

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Challenge the Left’s double standards, but please don’t embrace ‘mansplaining’

Emily Jashinsky · January 19, 2018 1:00 am

This pattern of kicking the can down the road has serious consequences for many — especially for women government contractors, a group of small business owners the government has pledged to help. (iStock photo)

Stop passing continuing resolutions

Jane Campbell · January 18, 2018 5:13 pm

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Not all men are Harvey Weinstein, but many are Aziz Ansari

ibis-valdes · January 18, 2018 3:35 am

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and a National Park superintendent address National Park Service employees. A survey of Park Service employees found nearly two in five have experienced some sort of harassment or discrimination in the workplace. (AP Photo/Felicia Fonseca)

Energy and Environment

Interior Department tells national park advisers: Good riddance

John Siciliano · January 17, 2018 6:49 pm

#MeToo women — a group undoubtedly including some pro-life women — are trying to eradicate violence, threats, and abuses of power. (iStock Photo)

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#MeToo women, you have more in common with pro-life women than you think

Helen Alvaré · January 17, 2018 4:29 pm

Actor and comedian Aziz Ansari has been accused of sexual assault by an anonymous source whose story was published on Babe over the weekend. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

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Feminists attacking Aziz Ansari are killing the #MeToo movement

Nicole Russell · January 17, 2018 5:01 am

Actor Aziz Ansari faces an allegation of sexual misconduct lodged by an anonymous source in a Babe story that ran three days ago Tuesday. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

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Aziz Ansari: Assaulter, oblivious, or somewhere in between?

Liz Wolfe · January 17, 2018 3:24 am

Co-creator, executive producer, and actor Aziz Ansari was accused of "sexual assault" by an anonymous source in a Babe story, sparking a debate over when behavior constitutes assault, misconduct, or just impropriety. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

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After Aziz Ansari, it’s time for #MeToo to splinter into two conversations

Emily Jashinsky · January 17, 2018 12:45 am

The House and Senate versions of the bill each attack the issue of online sex trafficking differently, but aim to shut down websites that facilitate trafficking.
(AP Photo)

Congress’ sex trafficking bills draw outrage from victims groups and privacy advocates

Melissa Quinn · January 16, 2018 5:01 am

Documents show displaying a sign that is colorÂ-coded pink for girls and blue for boys is listed as a reportable "bias incident" at Williams College. (iStock)

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Displaying signs with pink and blue color coding for girls and boys is a reportable bias incident at Williams College

Emily Jashinsky · January 16, 2018 1:46 am