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So, considering the fact that there is really very little, you know, media bias against women and that, and that the Findings of Science should be respected because, you know, the data is the data and you can't argue with facts, how do you reckon this:

Promiscuous men more likely to rape

Turned into this:

Women who dress provocatively more ( Read more... )

I wasn't especially shocked to discover that "Research conducted over six years shows [...] it is these single-track careerists who are increasingly likely to be vilified, refused jobs and denied promotion because many employers believe them to lack what the study calls 'an essential humanity'." Every person I've ever spoken to on the subject has  ( Read more... )

 
So, you know I have this slightly Ben Goldacre thing going on with mainstream media reporting on women's issues, especially their passion for taking the most transparently speculative of evo-psych apologies and running away with them like they're the new Big Bang Theory.

Today's case is a bit special, though. Because you see, while this article ( Read more... )

 
Women's work must be in the water. Having gotten the link to Amartya Sen's article from IBTP yesterday, two articles caught my eye today as reminders that the ability and right of women to work outside the home is by no means surer than sure even in the so called "enlightened" West:

Feministe plugs a documentary by Meghna Damani, and Indian ( Read more... )