2005 December Archive

Fixing your car…with pink

I’m all for making fixing your car fun, but this is a bit nutty. I mean, does this company really think that slapping some pink on tools will make women want them more?
My new favorite tech and product blog Popgadget hits the nail on the head:

They look more like ‘Barbie does tools’ than anything that you would want to seriously whip out in case of a car emergency. If you got caught using one of these things in public, wouldn’t you be somewhat embarrassed?

But hey, if you really like pink go for it I guess. Just don’t be surprised when someone laughs at the cutesy bag for ...

I’m all for making fixing your car fun, but this is a bit nutty. I mean, does this company really think that slapping some pink on tools will make women want them ...

By Jessica • 18 years ago

78 percent of podcast listeners are men

A new survey by Podtrac says that 78 percent of people who have ever listened to a podcast are men. But women aren’t far behind–the 12 percent of women who had listened to podcasts were more likely to have listened to them recently.
Podtrac CEO Mark McCrery says “the fact that so many women who have listened to podcasts have done so recently signals the beginning of a trend toward a more balanced gender composition of the podcast audience. It’s also reflective of the ever-increasing variety of podcast content with broadening appeal.”

Another recent study released by the Pew Internet & American Life Project says that women are ...

A new survey by Podtrac says that 78 percent of people who have ever listened to a podcast are men. But women aren’t far behind–the 12 percent of women who ...

By Jessica • 18 years ago

Hostile marriages are breaking women’s hearts. Literally.

No one likes a bad marriage (I hope), but it’s women who bearing the physical brunt of relationships gone wrong.

Researchers say that say long-term anger and hostility between partners is much more dangerous for women than men and can impair our immune system and put us at risk for depression, high blood pressure and even heart disease.

Ouch. The good news? Women in happy marriages are healthier.

No one likes a bad marriage (I hope), but it’s women who bearing the physical brunt of relationships gone wrong.

Researchers say that say long-term anger and hostility between partners is much more dangerous for women ...

By Jessica • 18 years ago

Jordanian activists seek to increase women in politics

Women in Jordan are increasing their efforts to get a 20 percent quota of seats in local councils reserved for women.
Mai Abu Samen, head of the Jordanian National Forum for Women (JNFW), said that “a quota for women will help increase their political participation and bring desired reforms,” and could potentially double women’s current political representation.
For more info on women’s political participation and the effectiveness of quotas, check out the Gender and Governance program at the Women’s Environment and Development Organization.

By Jessica • 18 years ago

To douche or not to douche.

Not.

More than 25 percent of young women in the U.S. douche regularly. Why ladies, why?!
Douching is believed to raise the risk of bacterial infections and cause pregnancy complications. Plus it’s just gross.
Thankfully, new research shows that it’s relatively easy to educate young women on the dangers of douching and convince them to give it up.

Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham found that three quick counseling sessions with young women at their clinic were enough to persuade nearly half to give up douching.
…One year into the study, 49 percent of the young women who received information on douching said they had not douched in the past 3 months. ...

By Jessica • 18 years ago

Researchers to study why baby got back.

Please tell me this is a joke.

One of the greatest female sartorial dilemmas – ‘does my bum look big in this?’ – is to be answered by a team of researchers.
Experts are launching what is thought to be the world’s first scientific study into how clothing can affect the appearance of the female rear.
The team from Heriot Watt University’s School of Textiles and Design in Scotland believes the study could have major implications for retailers.
Female volunteers wearing hundreds of different types of clothing will have their rears photographed for the study.

I mean, I get that they’re design folks but don’t they have anything better to study? Ew.
Weird thing: While doing a Google ...

Please tell me this is a joke.

One of the greatest female sartorial dilemmas – ‘does my bum look big in this?’ – is to be answered by a team of researchers.
Experts are ...

By Jessica • 18 years ago

Poor black women in U.S. going without pap smears

A new reports shows that black women living in poor neighborhoods are less likely to get pap smears than women in more affluent neighborhoods.

“Even among women who were professionals or who were educated, they, too, had decreased screening if they lived in neighborhoods with high poverty,” said study author Geetanjali Dabral Datta, a postgraduate fellow at the Harvard School of Public Health.
The report appears in the Feb. 1 issue of Cancer.
In their study, Datta and her colleagues focused on the connection between socioeconomic factors and how they affected cervical cancer screening, most notably the Pap smear. They collected data on more than 40,000 black women from across the United States. These women all participated in the ...

A new reports shows that black women living in poor neighborhoods are less likely to get pap smears than women in more affluent neighborhoods.

“Even among women who were professionals or who were educated, they, too, ...

By Jessica • 18 years ago

Most Saudis think women should be able to drive

A new poll published in the Okaz daily claims that 60 percent of Saudis think women should be allowed to drive.

These results come two days after Crown Prince Sultan Bin Abdel Aziz told reporters that he believed it was fine for women to drive. (So long as their fathers, husbands and brothers approved, of course. Ugh.)

A new poll published in the Okaz daily claims that 60 percent of Saudis think women should be allowed to drive.

These results come two days after Crown Prince Sultan Bin Abdel Aziz told ...