Word: genderism
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...more ethnically diverse communities, respondents were more likely to “hunker down.” Those results held true even when Putnam controlled his study for a host of other factors that might affect trust levels—including gender, education, and income...
...Everything I have ever achieved is due to my genes and to my upbringing,” she said. Women who complete primary and secondary school are more likely to educate their children, said Gupta, whose mother and grandmother both completed college. “Eliminating gender disparity in primary and secondary education,” one of the U.N. Millenium Goals with which Gupta is involved, has been cited by the U.N. as central to improving the lives of women and children. In addition to education, Gupta said access to economic resources, freedom to choose family size through reproductive...
...Courting Missouri's Moms In one of three upper South statesthat Democrats need to win to take control of the Senate, the gender gap could make the difference
...affirmative action bans that passed in California and Washington in the late 1990s, is now pushing his favorite cause in Michigan. A group he helped found called the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative is backing an initiative on the state's ballot in November that would ban both racial and gender preferences in state government hiring and college admissions. Gratz, who after being denied admission to the University of Michigan filed suit in a case that eventually reached the Supreme Court, is leading the effort. The forces opposing them are vast and cover the entire political spectrum: the Democratic and Republican...
...mess in Iraq and Bush's low approval ratings make this a tough year for Republicans to appeal to female swing voters. Seven in ten women oppose the war, compared with 58% opposition among men, according to a recent CNN poll. Bush himself appears to be spreading the gender gap, especially among moderate Republican women. According to a Pew poll conducted last summer, only half of self-described moderate or liberal Republican women approve of Bush's job performance, down 31 percentage points since his re-election. Moderate and liberal Republican men are down only 19 points over this same...