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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/on-leadership/wp/2015/09/30/mothers-are-more-likely-than-women-without-children-to-want-top-executive-jobs/ Anas Askar This article expounds on research addressing the lack of desire in women for higher up positions. McGregor writes that “women were less likely than their male peers to desire the highest corporate leadership jobs.” McGregor does not feel that the family life is the reason, rather McGregor points to the high level of … Read more

Miranda Guardiola http://www.hickoryrecord.com/news/human-trafficking-rampant-in-nc/article_e57c429e-1dd6-11e5-94d5-6ba18524bac1.html Kimberly Rea expresses that most people think human trafficking is something that happens “over there,” but in fact is rampant in NC. She writes fictional novels as a way to spread education and awareness of human trafficking, both labor and sex trafficking types. She is also a contracted speaker to further the … Read more

Benjamin Wigand http://www.wsj.com/articles/sheryl-sandberg-when-women-get-stuck-corporate-america-gets-stuck-1443600325?mod=rss_Technology Sandberg’s article focuses on “when women get stuck, corporate America gets stuck” . She explains it as, it have been proven that gender diversity in executive as well has regular job positions increase profits, creativity and productivity. Sandberg uses this quote to bring up how women are a small minority in executive … Read more

http://www.bustle.com/articles/113389-bernie-sanders-discussing-a-female-president-hit-the-nail-on-the-head-and-made-clear-he This is a short article summing up an interview that Bernie Sanders gave with the Washington Post. Sanders self-identified as a feminist and pointed  to his record and the stances he has taken on issues over his political career as evidence that he has exemplified “a commitment to fighting for women’s rights.” He says … Read more

Violence and the African-American Community By Kimberly Chipman, RN http://academic.udayton.edu/health/01status/98chipma.htm Reviewed by C. White on September 29, 2015 Chipman argued that African-American intra-racial domestic violence is high because of racism, discrimination, alcohol, and drugs. She also argued that many Black men suffer from “Black self-hatred” because of bad role models and media influences. So what … Read more

http://jw3mh2cm6n.search.serialssolutions.com.jproxy.lib.ecu.edu/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aabiglobal&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Gender+Issues&rft.atitle=Women+are+Victims%2C+Men+Make+Choices%3A+The+Invisibility+of+Men+and+Boys+in+the+Global+Sex+Trade&rft.au=Dennis%2C+Jeffery+P&rft.aulast=Dennis&rft.aufirst=Jeffery&rft.date=2008-03-01&rft.volume=25&rft.issue=1&rft.spage=11&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Gender+Issues&rft.issn=1098092X&rft_id=info:doi/ Sex trafficking across the world is a multi billion dollar a year industry. When we think of all of the victims who a being trafficked with think of women. When we want to look, or research about this epidemic, we read about the how this is effecting women. There is an disproportionate amount of … Read more

http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/transgender-students-are-particularly-vulnerable-to-campus-sexual-assault/ This article addresses the hot button issue of sexual assault prevalent on college campuses. This article reveals that transgender and gender nonconforming students seem to be most vulnerable victims of campus sexual assault. A report done by the Association of American Universities found 17 percent of seniors experienced some type of sexual assault. The … Read more

http://www.npr.org/2015/09/19/441470551/dont-call-her-doll-how-mary-mcgrory-became-the-first-queen-of-journalism Mary McGrory was a journalist in a time when women were an extreme minority in the field of journalism. John Norris, who wrote a biography on McGrory, shows some of the sexist attitudes that McGrory routinely faced. Some of McGrory’s coworkers feared that she would not be available as she might establish her marital … Read more

The following article provides a brief introduction into the part of India’s population that plays video games. Admitting that the past-time is still relatively slow growing, interest in video games has been amplified due to the recent surge in popularity of tournaments, like the 17 million dollar annual grand tournament for DOTA 2. The appeal … Read more

Internet Goes Wild for Professor Who Teaches While Holding a Single Mom’s Baby Joel Bunkowske, a Criminal Justice instructor at DeVry University’s Nashville, Tennessee, campus, helps to create an inclusive adult education environment in his classroom by allowing one of his students to bring her small child to class when she is unable to find … Read more