sexism

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• 12/20/2020
  

  Actually, It's Doctor....

  by Suzanne Chod

  A recent editorial asking Dr. Jill Biden to stop using the honorific is steeped in sexism and nostalgia for the unchallenged authority of white men. Ironically, her upcoming public role may help to further break down such hierarchies.

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• SOURCE: Chronicle of Higher Education
  12/14/2020
  

  That Op-Ed About Jill Biden Was Sexist. But the Real Problem Lies Deeper

  by Allison Miller

  Beyond its sexism and disregard for expertise, the notorious Wall Street Journal op ed highlights a culture of deference to hierarchy that limits the prospects of women and minorities in academic work.

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• SOURCE: Made By History at the Washington Post
  12/15/2020
  

  Referring to Female PhDs as ‘Dr.’ Promotes Equal Treatment and Values Women’s Work

  by Anya Jabour

  The author of a book on progressive-era reformers Sophonisba Breckenridge and Edith Abbott argues that the women's self-directed professional paths after earning doctorates demonstrates the kind of devaling of women's scholarly expertise that continues today. 

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  11/12/2020
  

  A Naked Statue for a Feminist Hero?

  "Ms. Hambling’s sculptural woman — perched above a plunge of mountainous form — seems to embody the epic saga that so many women have endured for their voices to be heard."

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• SOURCE: Jezebel
  10/26/2020
  

  Pr*cks in Public: A Microhistory

  by Gillian Frank

  The recent controversy over a prominent writer's exposure on Zoom is part of a story of white men’s power to sexualize and control workplaces and public space through these same actions.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  10/9/2020
  

  Kamala Harris and the Shameful History of Slamming Women as 'Unlikable’

  Claire Bond Potter and Allison K. Lange weigh in on the long history of the term "likability" as a limit to women's political participation and power. 

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  9/29/2020
  

  Pandemic Imperils Promotions for Women in Academia

  As primary education has gone remote for another term, women professors with children argue that uneven distribution of domestic labor means their scholarly work is at a disadvantage compared to male and childless colleagues. "“I don’t need a clock extension,” Dr. Magdalena Osburn said. “I need an acknowledgment that this year is trash.”

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• SOURCE: Made By History at The Washington Post
  7/29/2020
  

  Congresswomen Of Color Have Always Fought Back Against Sexism

  by Dana Frank

  When he called Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez “crazy” and “out of her mind” because he didn’t like her politics, Ted Yoho was harking back to Edgar Berman’s narrative that a political woman who dares to speak up is constitutionally insane.

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  7/20/2020
  

  Sexism Pushed Rosalind Franklin Toward The Scientific Sidelines During Her Short Life, But Her Work Still Shines On Her 100th Birthday

  by Richard Gunderman

  Rosalind Franklin overcame skepticism and discouragement from family and peers to make vital contributions to understanding molecular structures (including for DNA) in her short life. 

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  6/26/2020
  

  With Schools and Daycare Closed, the Coronavirus is Worsening Women’s Inequality

  by Lisa Levenstein

  The paucity of policy support for childbirth and care work are the result of a system that still envisions the ideal worker as a man.

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• SOURCE: NPR Codeswitch
  3/17/2020
  

  The Classist History Behind Bad Bunny's 'Bichiyal'

  The introduction of the term opened the floodgates for a debate about class, womanhood, and Puerto Rico's long history of reggaeton production.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  12/12/19
  

  A girl named Greta and the seriously sexist history of Time’s Person of the Year

  At 16, she becomes the youngest Person of the Year ever, and only the fifth woman — er, girl; er, female — in the 90-plus years Time has been naming a Man/Woman/Person of the Year.

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• SOURCE: Inside Higher Ed
  10/15/19
  

  Academic Twitter's Gender Imbalance

  Female academics have about half the followers of men on Twitter and wield otherwise diminished influence there, according to a new study. The analysis pertains to medicine, but women across fields say the findings ring true.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  9/11/19
  

  A woman who ran for president in 1872 was compared to Satan and locked up. It wasn’t for her emails.

  Woodhull sought to unite a coalition of African Americans, abolitionists, laborers, suffragists and 19th-century Spiritualists — groups that found themselves without a voice in government and relegated to the fringes of power.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  7/14/19
  

  A female historian wrote a book. Two male historians went on NPR to talk about it. They never mentioned her name. It’s Sarah Milov.

  They have tenure. She does not.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  6/1//19
  

  The biggest fight facing the U.S. women’s soccer team isn’t on the field

  by Lindsay Parks Pieper and Tate Royer

  The history of women in sports and the discrimination they have long faced. 

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• SOURCE: Slate
  4/22/19
  

  Robert Caro’s Blind Spot

  Why does the exhaustive biographer overlook Lyndon Johnson’s virulent misogyny?

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  3/19/19
  

  A half-century before the hashtag, artists were on the front lines of #MeToo

  by Vivien G. Fryd

  The cultural prominence of rape and sexual assault might be new. Efforts to bring attention to the issue, however, are not.

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  3/6/19
  

  The History of Sexism in the Southern Baptist Church

  by Susan M. Shaw

  Recent media reports have revealed decades of abuse by Southern Baptist pastors. Here is the history behind the reports.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  2/17/19
  

  History has a massive gender bias. We’ll settle for fixing Wikipedia.

  Only about 18 percent of Wikipedia’s biographical articles are about women.