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To Submit, or Not to Submit? That Was the Right Question - But Was It Sexist?
During the Republican debate conservative columnist Byron York asked candidate Michele Bachmann: "As president, would you be submissive to your husband?" Bachmann evaded the question, saying that submissive really meant respect, and that both she and her husband respected each other. more »
CultureWatch Review — In Defense of Women
Reviewer Jill Norgren writes:In this season of television re-runs, devotees of Law and Order or The Good Wife would do well to turn off the tube, and sit down with Gertner’s book, In Defense of Women: Memoirs of an Unrepentant Advocate. They might pull an all-nighter more »
Women in STEM: A Gender Gap to Innovation
Women with STEM jobs earned 33 percent more than comparable women in non-STEM jobs — considerably higher than the STEM premium for men. Although women fill close to half of all jobs in the US economy, they hold less than 25 percent of STEM jobs. more »
Driving Miss Daisy: Providing Alternative Transportation Services for Seniors
Many of the drivers who volunteer to help seniors in the ITN program are themselves elderly. By participating, they earn credits that they can store and use later as they grow older, or donate to family members or the poor. Seniors who use the service pay an annual membership fee of $40 for an individual, or $65 for a family. more »
