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Research from Harvard Business School shows gender issues

Here is an excerpt from the NYTimes article. Well worth the read. “Harvard Business School says it wants to improve the gender balance among faculty members, but it is far from that goal without extensive hiring. There are 76 male tenured professors. All of them have been at Harvard for at least six years,

Women with young children commit suicide with no support

I recently read about the increase in mother suicides. The article said that many women kill themselves and their children long after they are out of the hospital. Dr. Kirsten Patrick (in an editorial in the Canadian Medical Association Journal) said we should monitor this more closely. In my opinion, its easy to blame post partum depression, depression

UBC failed to make a proper apology for rape cheer and culture

Thanks to Andrew Frank who wrote a great article in the Vancouver Sun: “UBC’s non-apology for rape cheer sets poor example for students.” He says that although the student executive made a proper apology for the rape cheers on campus, neither the UBC business faculty nor the UBC administration did. As one familiar with how to make

Must read this on Myths about Feminists

This is critical reading for everyone. Its straight to the point and easy to understand. Send it to your boyfriends, sisters, husbands, daughters and sons. It is that important. And if you know any woman who tells you she is not a feminist and no longer thinks feminism is needed, print up the article and read it to her aloud then mail

Brave Girls invade Times Square

This sounds like a great way to start a movement! They plan to start a 7-day Times Square campaign on 11th of October, 2013, the 2nd International Day Of The Girl. http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/brave-girls-invade-times-square

Six reasons we avoid feminists

My friend Cheryl just helped me understand why powerful women avoid feminists. Its quite simple. Cheryl was a feminist years ago and is now wealthy and powerful (enough). As she says (and I supplement), 1. We hate feeling powerless. We hate feeling that we need someone to rescue us. Women should stop complaining about the difficulties of working in a “mans world” and start sucking it up.

What does the Status of Women do for Canadian women?

Canada as a country has very little interest in women’s advancement. In fact there is no organisation in Canada that keeps track of whether women are advancing at all. we have no idea about whether women are paid less, promoted less, poor or starving. We do not know how many women are executive, mothers or sit on

Fifty shades perpetuates violence against women

It is critical for all of us to understand the harm of pornography. I urge all mothers to teach their sons about erotic healthy desire and not aggressive sex. But how are mothers to know what is healthy if they too are told that torture is cool and natural. Here is research showing how harmful one book can

Butt injections is a feminist issue

I can not believe that women are dying due to (illegal cheap) injections in their bottoms! Rather that blaming poor “silly” women, its time for us to stand up to the continual media attacks on women’s bodies. It is never ending. Would we look at this epidemic differently if men were lining up for plastic surgery,

Good news: The Securities Commission wants to count women on Boards!

This is a radical and fantastic move. Why now. Because there is a woman the helm of the Ontario Securities Commission: Maureen Jensen, Executive Director and Chief Administrative Officer of the OSC. http://www.osc.gov.on.ca/en/NewsEvents_nr_20130731_osc-58-401.htm