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Last spring, President Summers stumbled onto a feminist hornets’ nest when he posited that perhaps there are fewer female scientists because of “inherent differences” between men and women. The resulting swarm not only managed to avoid considering the possibility that he may have had a point, but insisted on an even more offensive explanation. The underlying assumption was as follows: Why would a woman not become a scientist? Because she has been convinced that she is not smart enough. Why would a man not become a scientist? Because he doesn?...
...guess, I mean, I’m sort of a feminist...
...asks viewers to report important stories ignored or overlooked by the media. The larger purpose, according to the website, is to "compel the media to get back to reporting in the public interest." For North Country, Participant joined forces with the Family Violence Prevention Fund, the Feminist Majority Foundation and now to launch "Stand Up," an action campaign that asks viewers to lobby Congress to renew the Violence Against Women Act and that challenges them to implement and support other antiharassment practices at home, at school and in the workplace...
BILLIE JEAN KING 1975 Tennis legend, feminist icon (TIME honored her in 1975 as one of 12 Women of the Year...
...that in engaging cases he wouldn't start with the result and work his way backwards," says Michael Stein, a visiting professor at Harvard Law School who clerked for Alito from 1990 to 1991. In the case of an Iranian woman seeking political asylum in 1993 because of her feminist views, Alito affirmed that feminist opinions in general could constitute political statements for which a woman could reasonably fear persecution. But he rejected her bid for asylum, ruling that she did not prove she would be singled out for her beliefs...