“Navy Secretary Threw Us Under a Bus” say marines in gender intergrated infantry unit

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2015/09/14/navy-secretary-threw-us-under-the-bus-say-marines-in-gender-integrated-infantry-unit/ This article is about females in active duty combat positions and their ability to perform at the same ability level as men soldiers in the same position. High-ranking naval officers conducted a study and have data that suggests women cannot keep up with men n physical performance and become injured twice as often while … Read more

The Invisible Man: The Conscious Neglect of Men and Boys in the War on Human Trafficking

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http://jw3mh2cm6n.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info%3Aofi%2Fenc%3AUTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/summon.serialssolutions.com&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=The+invisible+man%3A+the+conscious+neglect+of+men+and+boys+in+the+war+on+human+trafficking&rft.jtitle=Utah+Law+Review&rft.au=Jones%2C+Samuel+Vincent&rft.date=2010-09-22&rft.pub=Utah+Law+Review+Society&rft.issn=0042-1448&rft.eissn=1942-8529&rft.volume=2010&rft.issue=4&rft.spage=1143&rft.externalDBID=BSHEE&rft.externalDocID=260521401&paramdict=en-US I wish to research human trafficking dealing with boys because they are an understudied but not under represented population among human trafficking. This article brings to light that human trafficking generally refers to woman and girls, however in certain rings of trafficking circles boys bring up the vast majority of victims. My question for … Read more

“Painted Ladies: why women get tattoos”

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Miranda Guardiola http://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2013/dec/13/painted-ladies-why-women-get-tattoos-inked This article, found on The Guardian, reflects the interviews of 8 women who have tattoos. Their ages at the time of interview range from 25-88 with varying types of professions (some are therapist, journalist, and nutritionist). I find this article interesting because of the “why’s” behind the tattoo; some of the women … Read more

Gender Diversity in Major League Coaching

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http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/doublex/2012/09/female_coaches_why_aren_t_there_more_women_in_charge_of_men_s_teams_.html At the time this article was written in 2012 there were exactly zero major league female coaches. As of now there are only two female assistant coaches, one in the NBA and the other in the NFL. According to this article there are about 1000 coaching positions in major league sports and basically all … Read more

Catholic Women are more than “Strawberries on the Cake”

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http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/10/opinions/costello-women-in-church/index.html “Strawberries on the cake” was a statement made by the Pope towards some female Catholic scholars. Carol Costello feels that it would behoove the Pope to involve women more in the Catholic Church or else risk losing more women who call themselves Catholic. The percentages are low, especially for the younger generation, who call themselves … Read more

Working towards ending FGM

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http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=50015&Kw1=Genital+Mutilation&Kw2=Women&Kw3=#.VfDCr_lViko February 6 of each year is “The International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation.” This article highlights efforts of the UN in educating communities about the myths and negative outcomes of this procedure still common in several African and Middle Easter countries in both Muslim and Christian communities. FGM has many serious … Read more

The “He for She” Initiative

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Elizabeth Nyamayaro is a political scientist dedicated to improving conditions for women around the world. Currently, she is the Senior Advisor to the Under Secretary-General and Executive Director for UN Women. Additionally, she is the head of the UN Women’s HeForShe campaign. In this TED talk, Ms. Nyamayaro talks about her childhood experiences growing up … Read more

Jimmy Carter speaks about the mistreatment of women being a human rights issue

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Former US President, Jimmy Carter has long been an advocate and proactive in the equal treatment of women around the world. In this recent TED talk, he provides three main reasons for why he believes “the mistreatment of women is the number one human rights issue.” The reasons he cites are: 1) the misinterpretation of scriptures … Read more

Homosexuality in China

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http://www.uschina.usc.edu/article@usct?homosexuality_in_china_14740.aspx in 1984, It is issued by “the Supreme People’s Court and the Supreme People’s Procuratorate to answer certain number of issues about the current handling of specific law application of Hooliganism”.The homosexual behavior was included in the interpretation of “hooliganism” .In 1997, the Chinese government abolished the hooligan law, an act considered by most to be a decriminalization of homosexuality. In 2001, the Chinese Psychiatric Association removed homosexuality from its list. The association’s evidence included a 1999 study that followed the lives of 51 Chinese gays and lesbians over the course of a year. … Read more

Inclusive Language Debate in Higher Education.

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http://www.dailytarheel.com/article/2015/09/gender-inclusivity-in-academic-settings This article discusses the use of inclusive and exclusive language in higher education and academic writing. I found this particularly interesting not only because it takes place in North Carolina but also because of our in-class discussion about language. In my opinion, debates over the use of language like this seems trivial to those … Read more