Tag: Gender Issues

Women who worked with Al Franken during his "Saturday Night Live" days said they support him. In an open statement, they wrote, "What Al did was stupid and foolish, and we think it was appropriate for him to apologize to Ms. Tweeden, and to the public." (Screenshot)

Women of ‘Saturday Night Live’ back Al Franken, but say he was ‘stupid and foolish’

Pete Kasperowicz · November 21, 2017 1:46 pm

A House lawmaker hopes House Speaker Paul Ryan will schedule a vote on a sexual harassment bill next week. The Member and Employee Training and Oversight on Congress Act, or the Me Too Congress Act, serves as a way to update the legislative body's protocols for dealing with harassment allegations. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Debbie Dingell calls on Paul Ryan to vote on sexual harassment bill next week

Anna Giaritelli · November 21, 2017 1:22 pm

Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., said that the "prominent" figure in Congress who sexually assaulted her in 1982 was not a U.S. senator. "It was not Ted Kennedy, I will say that," she said. "Because all the media took off that way. He always treated me with dignity and respect. And that's why it's dangerous for people to start speculating." (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Debbie Dingell: Ted Kennedy did not sexually assault me

Anna Giaritelli · November 21, 2017 1:00 pm

Much of "Me Too" was driven by the mantra, "Believe women." If partisans get their way, that mantra will be, "Believe women, but only if it helps our side." (AP)

Al Franken, Bill Clinton, Roy Moore, and Donald Trump: Sex and cynical politics

Washington Examiner · November 21, 2017 5:01 am

Red Alert Politics

Ivy League panel: ‘Womanism in the Age of Trump’

Angela Morabito · November 21, 2017 5:01 am

"Girls" showrunner Lena Dunham, who has made a name for herself amplifying the voices of women, has caught flack from other progressives after she stepped forward to defend a friend and colleague who stands accused of rape. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

Beltway Confidential

Lena Dunham had a bad weekend

Emily Jashinsky · November 20, 2017 10:40 pm

The justices on Tuesday will consider whether to hear a case questioning if the Alabama Supreme Court failed to follow the high court's precedent prohibiting race- and gender-based discrimination in jury selection. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Supreme Court to consider Alabama petition involving death penalty, racial discrimination, and Roy Moore

Ryan Lovelace · November 20, 2017 6:32 pm

New York Times writer to men: ‘Rubbing your penis against people’ at work ‘is wrong’

Eddie Scarry · November 20, 2017 3:22 pm

A woman told CNN she met Sen. Al Franken, who had been elected to the Senate two years early, at the Minnesota State Fair, where her father's business was sponsoring a local radio booth. Lindsay Menz said Franken "pulled me in really close, like awkward close, and as my husband took the picture, he put his hand full-fledged on my rear." (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

Second accuser: Woman says Al Franken inappropriately touched her while he was a senator

Melissa Quinn · November 20, 2017 2:37 pm

Leigh Corfman, the first woman to accuse Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore of molestation and sexual assault, told NBC's "Today" show that Roy Moore sexually assaulted her in 1979 when she was 14 years old and he was 32. Corfman said the opportunity to go public with her story through the Washington Post "fell in my lap." (Screenshot)

Roy Moore’s first accuser: ‘I didn’t go looking for this’

Anna Giaritelli · November 20, 2017 1:17 pm

"If the president was running today, I bet he would not be elected because I think we have had a huge cultural shift that was 40 years in the making," Speier said.(AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Jackie Speier: Trump would have lost election due to sexual assault allegations if it was held in 2017

Kyle Feldscher · November 19, 2017 5:24 pm

Dingell also revealed a senator had made an aggressive sexual advance toward her. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Debbie Dingell: All women have a sexual harassment story

Kelly Cohen · November 19, 2017 5:05 pm