Tag: Gender Issues

It was revealed that Vice President Mike Pence avoids having meals alone with women other than his wife, Karen Pence, and from attending events without her where alcohol is served. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Mike Pence is not alone, poll finds married people’s caution with opposite sex has mainstream support

Emily Jashinsky · July 5, 2017 5:14 pm

"Providing a national guaranteed paid-leave program ... isn't an entitlement, it's an investment in America's working families," Ivanka Trump wrote. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Ivanka Trump defends paid family leave from Wall Street Journal editorial board

Anna Giaritelli · July 5, 2017 1:11 pm

President Barack Obama signs an Executive Order creating the White House Council on Women and Girls, Wednesday, March 11, 2009, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Assessing the need for a Council on Women and Girls is in part about good stewardship. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Maybe it’s time for the White House Office of Girls and Women to go

Patrice Onwuka · July 4, 2017 4:01 am

Oregon now offers driver’s licenses for men, women and ‘X’

Anna Giaritelli · July 3, 2017 11:41 am

A small battle in the culture wars opened up earlier this year when Pence's desire to not be in a place that's serving alcohol without his wife and his refusal to be alone with a woman with no one else present surfaced. (Joshua Gunter/The Plain Dealer via AP)

Poll: Many Americans share Mike Pence’s concern about interacting with opposite sex at work

Todd Shepherd · July 2, 2017 7:43 pm

I ask that people consider that men making creepy comments is not a partisan phenomenon. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Obama, Biden made weird comments towards women too. Here’s how to handle it

Emily Jashinsky · June 28, 2017 10:22 pm

Former tennis star John McEnroe refused to apologize for saying that Serena Williams would be ranked around 700th if she played on the male circuit. (AP and Wikipedia Photos)

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John McEnroe, Serena Williams and political correctness

Tom Rogan · June 27, 2017 6:35 pm

The District of Columbia is giving residents a new gender option on their driver's licenses or identification cards issued by the city's department of motor vehicles. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, file)

DC driver’s licenses add ‘X’ gender option for transgender residents

Associated Press · June 27, 2017 11:41 am

While the story turned out to be a dud, it does open up a valuable discussion about the wage gap in Hollywood. (Photo by Eric Charbonneau/Invision for Warner Bros./AP Images)

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The ‘Wonder Woman’ pay story wasn’t real, but the Hollywood wage gap is

Hoai-Tran Bui · June 24, 2017 5:54 pm

The academic jargon seems absurd, but it is entirely standard in gender studies classrooms across the country. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

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Ten quotes from the paper written by a doctoral student who identifies as a hippopotamus

Emily Jashinsky · June 23, 2017 8:35 pm

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Wonder Woman: A viral Internet thing wasn’t true, and it’s shocking

Becket Adams · June 20, 2017 11:42 pm

White House senior adviser Ivanka Trump will sit down Tuesday morning with lawmakers to talk about paid family leave, an issue she has previously said is a priority for her. (John Taggart/Bloomberg)

Ivanka Trump talks paid family leave in Tuesday meeting with Rubio, Fischer

Anna Giaritelli · June 20, 2017 12:25 pm