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Rebecca Clarke How to Get Fair Treatment for LGBT Defendants
Francis Nichols, a pretrial-service officer in Washington D.C., talks about trying to get assistance to people in the justice system, especially those who aren’t straight.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters The Hillary Clinton Disciples Getting Out the Vote
She’s not only a potential first woman president, but one who looks, thinks, lives, and talks kind of like them.
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Slava Gerj / WitR / Shutterstock / Zak … The Original ‘Nasty Woman’
For centuries, Medusa has been used to criticize powerful women. So it’s no surprise the mythological Gorgon has re-emerged this election cycle.
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Carlos Barria / Reuters Ladies First
Hillary Clinton has campaigned by bringing women up on stage alongside her—cooperating with them, instead of competing.
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Why Men Fear a Female President
Hillary Clinton’s candidacy has catalyzed a level of intense misogyny that probably won’t go away.
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Was It Abuse or Just Cultural Differences?
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How Sexist Speech Impacts Stress and Self-Esteem
Hearing discriminatory comments changes how people think.
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Eduardo Munoz / Reuters The Lasting Harm of Trump-Style Sexism
The Republican nominee has dismissed his misogynist speech as “just words.” But multiple studies show rude rhetoric can have a major impact on thinking, stress, and self-esteem.
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Susana Vera / Reuters Confessions of an Abuser
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Tatiana Kolesnikova / Getty Why Are There So Few Women Mathematicians?
How a corrosive culture keeps women out of leadership positions on math journals
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Infidelity as a Form of Self-Loathing
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Mike Segar / Reuters The Cognitive Benefits of Being a Man-Child
For men and women, extending adolescence has the potential to make the brain more capable in adulthood.
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Hillary, Donald, and Womanhood
We traveled to two rallies for the candidates to observe polar opposite views on feminism and a woman’s role in society.
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Jaelynn Castillo / Shutterstock / Katie Martin A Diary of Toxic Love
He said she was oversensitive. She said his constant criticism was tantamount to emotional abuse.
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Brian Snyder / Reuters The Women Who Paved the Way for Hillary Clinton
Dozens of American women have run for president since 1872.
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Samantha Power on Diplomacy, Motherhood, and the 24-7 Job 'of a Lifetime'
"I think women should never lose the instinct to actually listen, but we need to become as unflappable as we can become."
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Spike Mafford / Getty Why Some Women Still Can't Get Birth Control
Even after Obamacare, millions of women are uninsured and live in counties with few family-planning clinics.
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Jerry Mosey / AP The Different Stakes of Male and Female Birth Control
A clinical trial of contraceptives for men was halted because of side effects—side effects that women have dealt with for decades.
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How to Make a Feminist Dating App
Whitney Wolfe, the founder of Bumble, talks about app-making and subverting societal expectations.
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Jessica Hill / AP One Way to Ensure Equal Pay for Men and Women
The private sector doesn’t compensate women fairly. Can it learn anything from the federal hiring process?
