Great Britain is preoccupied this week with the scandal breaking over sexual abuses perpetuated by OXFAM aid workers in Haiti, Chad, Darfur and elsewhere. Students in my class who read Somaly Mam’s book were deeply disturbed that many of the international aid workers in Cambodia were also using prostitutes and engaging in the same behaviors … Read more
In the article I am sharing today, the author has conducted a cross-cultural study on women in “Muslim-majority, non-Arab countries.” The author analyzes several countries and discusses how women in these countries are incorporating fashion into their everyday lives. This includes the relationship with each country’s cultural ideas and political legislation. Link can be … Read more
I decided to write my paper on the wage gaps for single moms.” The article included does a good initial overview, touching on some of the complexities of the issue. Its finger points first at one potentially misleading fact – that women are making up a majority of the workforce. Most of us know that … Read more
The White House is yet again scramming to clean up a mess following Rob Porter’s resignation after abuse accusations from both of his former wives. While the White House’s plan to overshadow abuse talk with a focus on infrastructure plans may have worked, President Trump has unsurprisingly derailed those plans with his Twitter account. In … Read more
In 2014, talk show hosts of The View give their thoughts on Ray Rice hitting his fiancee. Many of the hosts believed that Mr. Rice had no right to hit his fiancee even if she had hit him first. One of the hosts made a comment along the lines of, ” A woman should … Read more
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/10/opinion/sunday/single-mothers-poverty.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fopinion&action=click&contentCollection=opinion®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=38&pgtype=sectionfront It is refreshing to see sociologists authoring op-eds on these issues. Check this out as an important way to study a stereotype that continues to blame women for poverty. And how to write about it for a broader audience. Will policy makers listen?
Gender+RelationshipStatusDiscrimination This semester I will be focusing on Gender Discrimination within Higher Education for my term paper. This particular article is on a study conducted at a large R1 University on its hiring practices for new professors. The study finds that when it comes to hiring those women who are of ample qualifications but are … Read more
https://www.forbes.com/sites/eriksherman/2018/02/10/women-make-less-as-uber-drivers-and-thats-bad-news-for-the-gig-economy/#fcfc439560ec I found this article by Forbes to be Interesting. It essentially tells us that even in the absence of discrimination ( the code that Uber uses to assign riders to drivers does not factor in gender of the driver or rider) there is a pay gap in this area. The company found that a … Read more
“Pink for Boys and Blue for Girls might seem strange today, but until the 1940’s a lot of people thought pink was the more masculine color and blue was clearly more feminine. So how did the switch happen? It’s a long, strange story.”- KSPS Public TV I stumbled upon an interesting video that gives a … Read more
This semester I will be focusing on sexual assault and its negative outcomes on women’s health in relation to physical effects such as hair loss and psychological effects such as suicide attempts, depression, and PTSD. This week I am focusing on the correlation between sexual assault, obesity, and suicide attempts. The results of numerous studies … Read more