Tag: Gender Issues

Lt. Gen. Jay Silveria, the superintendent of the U.S. Air Force Academy, delivered a stirring message to cadets and cadet candidates after racial slurs were discovered at the Air Force Academy Preparatory School. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Julius Delos Reyes.)

National Security

Air Force general: ‘If you can’t treat someone with dignity and respect, then you need to get out’

Melissa Quinn · September 29, 2017 11:46 am

Chauvinist Racket

John Podhoretz · September 29, 2017 7:30 am

"Any woman who voted against Hillary Clinton voted against their own voice," said Michelle Obama. (AP)

Beltway Confidential

We’re really going with the line that Clinton lost because of weak-willed women and sexist voters?

Becket Adams · September 28, 2017 1:15 am

Ahead of Christina Hoff Sommers' upcoming speech at Sewanee's University of the South, several of the school's feminist-oriented organizations have teamed up to preemptively rebut her lecture. (iStock)

Beltway Confidential

Sewanee activists organize ‘Alternative Factual Feminist’ panel to counter upcoming Christina Hoff Sommers lecture

Emily Jashinsky · September 27, 2017 10:21 pm

"There are so many things that might have been decisive," Ginsburg said. "But that was a major, major factor." (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Ruth Bader Ginsburg has ‘no doubt’ sexism contributed to Hillary Clinton’s 2016 election loss

Diana Stancy Correll · September 27, 2017 8:57 pm

FILE- In this Saturday, March 29, 2014 file photo, a woman drives a car in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, as part of a campaign to defy Saudi Arabia's ban on women driving. Saudi Arabia authorities announced Tuesday Sept. 26, 2017, that women will be allowed to drive for the first time in the ultra-conservative kingdom from next summer, fulfilling a key demand of women's rights activists who faced detention for defying the ban. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali, FILE)

Trump applauds Saudi Arabia for lifting ban on women drivers

Daniel Chaitin · September 27, 2017 2:57 am

The two-term congressman is a former Baptist pastor. (AP Photo/Zach Gibson)

Rep. Mark Walker calls female colleagues ‘eye candy’ during press conference

Ariella Phillips · September 27, 2017 12:55 am

The renowned advocate for girls' education famously survived a Taliban bullet to head at age 15 after speaking up for the right for girls to be educated and attending classes. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)

Malala Yousafzai visits Capitol Hill to speak with lawmakers about girls’ education

Mandy Mayfield · September 27, 2017 12:52 am

Afternoon Links: Popcorn Economics, the Beanie Baby Bust, and Russian Cislunar Collusion

Jim Swift · September 26, 2017 8:12 pm

This is a big deal. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali, FILE)

Beltway Confidential

By allowing women to drive, Saudi Arabia travels towards modernity

Tom Rogan · September 26, 2017 7:54 pm

When asked if transgender troops have served their country "with honor and value," Dunford said, "I do, senator." ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

National Security

Gen. Joseph Dunford says transgender troops shouldn’t be kicked out based on gender

David Brown · September 26, 2017 3:47 pm

At the request of the officer, the Marines are not releasing her name. (Image courtesy screenshot)

National Security

First woman graduates from Marine Corps infantry officer course

David Brown · September 25, 2017 2:20 pm