The Gender Wage Gap in America
Discrimination comes in many forms and it doesn’t stop at the workplace. Many women are earning salaries significantly less than their male coworkers and men in the same career fields who are doing...
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Feminist Icon: Janis Joplin
Janis after the Monterey Pop Festival Who is Janis Joplin?Janis Joplin was a blues and psychedelic rock musician during the hippie counterculture movement. She was a pacifist, feminist, sexually free,...
View ArticleMale dominance in the math and science work force
In my previous post, The Gender Wage Gap in America, I discussed that one of the causes of women earning unequal pay is the male population dominance in the math and science careers. Studies, lead by...
View ArticleThe Struggle to be Educated
“Education is one of the most important means of empowering women with the knowledge, skills and self-confidence necessary to participate fully in the development process.” — ICPD Programme of Action...
View ArticleMore About Female Education
It would be a major global benefit to provide females the equal opportunity as males to be safely educated. By educating girls we will be significantly strengthening economies, giving females a sense...
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Feminist Icon: Malala Yousafza
Malala Yousafza is a Pakistani young woman of fifteen years who spoke out about the importance of female education and her right to go to school. Since she was eleven, she had been writing a blog that...
View ArticleOutlining Consent
There is what some people call the “grey area” in the topic of sexual consent and rape. The grey area is when it is not clear on whether or not both parties are comfortably, consensually participating....
View ArticleGardacil Moral Controversy
Gardacil is a series of three vaccines that prevent the human papilloma virus (a type of genital warts) and cervical cancer. This vaccine is not required, however it is strongly encouraged for...
View ArticleForced Marriages
In many cultures arranged marriages are considered a norm, especially in parts of Asia and Africa. Forced marriages are exactly what it sounds like: marriages in which at least one party is not...
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Public breastfeeding controversy
Women are extremely sexualized all throughout our culture: television, advertising, restaurants, video games, etc. Take Hooters for an example, or how difficult it is to miss the gigantic posters of...
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