Tag: Gender Issues

In a 1994 study on the motives for false rape reports, Purdue sociologist Eugene Kanin found a false-report rate for sexual assault of 40 percent in the community he was studying. #MeToo Marchers in Los Angeles will be parading through the streets to rally against a probability, not an injustice. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

#MeToo on the march: The groupthink and hysteria begin

alexander-grass · November 19, 2017 5:01 am

Posters have appeared across the University of Pennsylvania, promoting a study looking for "individuals anywhere on the female-to-male (FTM) spectrum" who wish to be paid to take hormones that will change their gender. (Michael Moroz)

Red Alert Politics

University of Pennsylvania to pay students to take gender-altering hormones

Peter Van Voorhis · November 18, 2017 1:22 am

Women staffers who worked for Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., said, "In our time working for the senator, he treated us with the utmost respect." (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

Eight women who worked for Al Franken say he ‘treated us with the utmost respect’

Melissa Quinn · November 17, 2017 5:05 pm

Megyn Kelly said President Trump is "tone deaf" to talk about sexual harassment. "Who that has been accused of sexual assault would have the gall to preach to others about sexual misconduct. How infuriating that would be. How tone deaf, Mr. President."

Megyn Kelly: Trump ‘tone deaf’ to preach against sexual harassment

Anna Giaritelli · November 17, 2017 2:46 pm

Editorial boards at the national newspapers withheld judgment on Sen. Al Franken, after being much more forward about Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore. (AP Photos)

Major newspapers hold fire on Al Franken, in contrast to Roy Moore

Eddie Scarry · November 17, 2017 2:29 pm

A former Hillary Clinton adviser called Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., a "hypocrite" for saying former President Bill Clinton should have resigned after the Monica Lewinsky affair. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Ex-Clinton adviser Philippe Reines calls Kirsten Gillibrand a ‘hypocrite’ for saying Bill Clinton should have resigned

Caitlin Yilek · November 17, 2017 2:00 pm

Los Angeles radio anchor Leeann Tweeden, discussing her allegations of sexual harassment by Al Franken during a 2006 overseas USO tour, said she felt "belittled and humiliated." (KABC-TV via AP)

Leeann Tweeden says Al Franken’s ‘humiliation’ of her went on throughout USO tour

Anna Giaritelli · November 17, 2017 1:47 pm

Sexual Coercion on the Hill

The Editors · November 17, 2017 8:00 am

"I think a whole lot of people know I'm probably packing, so I don't think there's a whole lot of people who would necessarily mess with me," former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said while speaking to MSNBC's Kasie Hunt on Capitol Hill. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Sarah Palin on sexual harassment: A lot of people ‘know I’m packing’ so they don’t ‘mess with me’

Mandy Mayfield · November 16, 2017 10:29 pm

"I don't know how you guys do it for nine months," Franken in a 2004 article quoted himself as saying, "I've been over here a week, and the first thing I'm going to do when I get home is have sex with my wife -- while thinking about the cheerleaders. Not so different from you guys, except I won't be alone." (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

Beltway Confidential

Al Franken’s USO humor was creepy

Timothy P. Carney · November 16, 2017 8:41 pm

"I am asking that an ethics investigation be undertaken, and I will gladly cooperate," Franken said in a statement. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Al Franken calls for ethics probe into allegations he forcibly kissed, groped radio host in 2006

Melissa Quinn · November 16, 2017 6:07 pm

"They are deeply concerning and I expect to hear more from Sen. Franken," Gillibrand said. "I think it's a serious issue and I think it's very concerning, and we'll hear more from Sen. Franken." (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Kirsten Gillibrand: Al Franken sexual assault allegations ‘deeply concerning’

Al Weaver · November 16, 2017 5:11 pm