Tag Archive for "Sexism"

Posts Tagged Sexism

PayPal’s All Male Panel to Discuss Gender Inclusion in the Workplace

You know who I want to hear from about how men and women can work together to address the gross gender disparity in the tech industry? Not the ladies, that’s for sure.

By Maya Dusenbery • 8 years ago

Chart of the Day: Analysis of 2,000 Films Shows How Much More Men Speak in Movies

The site Polygraph has undertaken a massive screenplay analysis — the largest ever — of over 2,000 movies, breaking down each word of dialogue by gender and age. The results offer a number of striking ways to visualize how Hollywood’s sexism and ageism shape the worlds we see on the big screen.

By Maya Dusenbery • 8 years ago

Sounding Exactly Like an Onion Article, Sanders Campaign Attacks Clinton’s Ambition

Remember that Onion article from awhile back? The one headlined: “Hillary Clinton Is Too Ambitious to Be the First Female President.”

Well, apparently the Bernie Sanders campaign is now lifting talking points from that prescient 2006 piece.

Remember that Onion article from awhile back? The one headlined: “Hillary Clinton Is Too Ambitious to Be the First Female President.”

Well, apparently the Bernie Sanders campaign is now lifting talking points from that prescient 2006 ...

By Mahroh Jahangiri • 8 years ago

Women and minorities are punished for promoting workplace diversity, study says

A new study published in the Academy of Management Journal found that managers love to hear about workplace diversity—so long as it’s not coming from women or people of color.

By Maya Dusenbery • 8 years ago

Study finds male undergrads assume other men are the most knowledgeable in class

It’s a feminist truism that women can just just as sexist as men. After all, we all live under the patriarchy so none of us can claim immunity to unconscious gender bias.

By Sesali B. • 8 years ago

Tweet of the Day: @xtraxtralex on skepticism of survivors

This tweet came across my social media feed this week and I felt like I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to remind folks exactly how sexism and rape culture are working in our world.

This tweet came across my social media feed this week and I felt like I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to remind folks exactly how sexism and rape culture ...

By Maya Dusenbery • 8 years ago

Why isn’t Daniel Holtzclaw a household name?

Over at Cosmo, Treva Lindsey has a great piece on the trial of Daniel Holtzclaw, the former Oklahoma cop charged with committed 36 sexual crimes, from stalking to rape, against mostly low-income Black women while on duty. She explains how the combination of racism and sexism has led to the lack of mass media coverage of the horrifying case.

By Katie Halper • 8 years ago

Ta-Nehisi Coates on reparations, racism, and sexism

I was thrilled to speak with journalist and writer Ta-Nehisi Coates on my WBAI radio show last week. Coates’ latest book Between The World and Me was called “required reading” by Toni Morrison, was nominated for a National Book Award, and earned him a MacCarthur Genius Grant.