Tag: Gender Issues

âYouâre just looking at an environment and a tradition that has always been male-dominated,â said Annette Dubas, a state senator who dropped out of the Nebraska Democratic gubernatorial primary. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

Democratic women struggle in governors’ races

Betsy Woodruff · October 6, 2014 9:00 am

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Beltway Confidential

Attorneys send letter to senators opposing campus sexual assault bill

Ashe Schow · October 3, 2014 7:53 pm

Gillibrand doesn’t like ‘having it all’

Kelly Cohen · October 2, 2014 9:05 pm

Screenshot from Cosmopolitan.com

Beltway Confidential

Cosmopolitan and a tale of two parodies

Ashe Schow · October 2, 2014 7:45 pm

New Hampshire Senate candidate Scott Brown did himself no favors on Tuesday by avoiding discussion on women's rights and contraception. (AP Photo)

Brown avoids women’s issues

Kelly Cohen · October 2, 2014 1:07 pm

Washington Secrets

Splitsville: Gender gap gives way to wedding gap; marrieds choose GOP

Paul Bedard · September 30, 2014 2:28 pm

Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iceland, speaks during the 69th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters, Monday, Sept. 29, 2014. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Iceland announces men-only UN meeting on women

Cara Anna · September 29, 2014 10:26 pm

Women voters could be decisive in the Colorado Senate race, but outside Republican ads aimed at them are being criticized as ineffective. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

GOP ads aimed at women draw mixed reviews

Betsy Woodruff · September 29, 2014 9:00 am

In a New Republic article, Alice Robb points to blog posts lamenting that most city bicycle riders and marijuana smokers are men. How can we close the "bike gap" and the "pot gap?" these writers ask. Don't worry about it, is Robb's reply. (iStock Photo)

Beltway Confidential

Feminists shocked: Men ride bikes outdoors, women indoors

Michael Barone · September 27, 2014 7:42 pm

Brown authorizes lactation rooms at major airports

Brown authorizes lactation rooms at major airports

Washington Examiner · September 27, 2014 12:18 am

Attorney Gloria Allred speaks at a news conference with Clarence Watley, not shown, the father of Rasheedah Watley, a former girlfriend of NFL football player Brandon Marshall, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014, in Marietta, Ga. Watley said his his daughter was abused by Marshall. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Allred: NFL let player accused of rape play

Susan Ferrechio · September 26, 2014 8:14 pm

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed two lawsuits representing its first-ever complaints charging that companies violated the Civil Rights Act by discriminating against transgender people. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

EEOC files first transgender-discrimination lawsuits

Sean Higgins · September 26, 2014 4:11 pm