Gender, Politics, and Global Cultures

As I was scrolling through my Facebook timeline this evening I stumbled across the headline “PepsiCo Contradicts CEO’S claim that Doritos may make lady-friendly chips”. When I clicked on the link and watched the video I was thinking “I hope this is a joke”. Here is an insert from the article… “In the interview, Nooyi … Read more

I grew up in a cult. It was heaven — and hell. | Lilia Tarawa | TEDxChristchurch I tend to browse YouTube a lot and the other day I came across this TED talk. Automatically “I grew up in a cult. It was heaven – and hell,” caught my attention, as it would most people. … Read more

Surprisingly, Iceland was ranked #1 in the World Economic Forum’s ranking of global gender pay equality – the United States ranked 49th. The forum’s Global Gender Gap Report “benchmarks 144 countries on their progress towards gender parity across four thematic dimensions: Economic Participation and Opportunity, Educational Attainment, Health and Survival, and Political Empowerment.” Furthermore, according to this … Read more

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/08/opinion/trump-porter-abuse-women.html This is a New York Times editorial on the Rob Porter situation (his alleged verbal and physical abuse of two ex-wives). It essentially tells us that Trump’s Chief of Staff, John Kelly, knew of the allegations against Porter since the fall. It then details ways in which the Trump’s Administration could try to make … Read more

In lieu of women gaining public acknowledgement for pressing the issue of sexually abusive behavior, a fraternity at the Ivy League school, Cornell University, are proving the point. The fraternity, Zeta Beta Tau, is in trouble for creating a fat-shaming game in which its new members can obtain points by having sex with overweight women. … Read more

“To wipe away these convictions is to wipe clean any sign of what was done to these women and how disproportionately and violently they were punished for disorderly conduct” – Bidisha, 02/07/18 Ruth Davidson, a Conservative leader from the UK, wants to call for pardons for the women “suffragettes” who were convicted after engaging in “disorderly … Read more

In India, there has been a rise in the amount of unwanted girls within the country. According to Huffington Post, the traditional practice of preferring sons over daughters is still occurring. A recent study has shown that this practice has left about 21 million unwanted girls. People continue to have children until they have their desired … Read more

Hi, guys! I know we ended the last class touching base on how language is used to normalize sexism and how many words in the English language are inherently sexist. I think this blog post kind of hits the nail on the head on how people try to justify the use of misogynistic language and … Read more