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Sexual Harassment in Video Game Culture

A good article on gaming – here is an excerpt: “There’s so much to learn about harassment in video game culture…Sexual harassment is an under-reported abuse in the videogame world for an important reason: Victims don’t want to bother. In order to report abuse, victims have to stop playing, find the form to fill out,

Did gender impact the Olympics?

Here is a summary of how far gender equality took us in the recent Olympics. Here is an excerpt: “Yet equality is hardly at hand. At the Olympic level, there are still more men at the Games, and more sports for men. The Winter Olympics are behind the Summer Games. Women accounted for 40.7

Quote of the Week

“There is a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.” Leonard Cohen (Anthem)

News from around the World

News from around the world thanks to Womens eNews! http://womensenews.org Women in North Korea are now allowed to ride bicycles, reported NBC News Aug. 17. The activity was banned for women in 1996 because it was not feminine. http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/08/17/13331864-women-allowed-on-bicycles-as-n-korea-turns-wheels-of-change?lite The Center for Women Policy Studies released seven papers examining reproductive rights in contexts ranging

Media picks on pretty women and so do you

Keli Goff wrote a great article on how harsh we are to pretty women. If beautiful women can not access their power, what hope is there for the rest of us? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/keli-goff/does-the-media-pick-on-pr_b_1776191.html?utm_hp_ref=email_share

‘Ladydrawers’ Creates Big Picture of Cartoon Bias

A new collective is producing a steady stream of comic strips about their own findings of gender bias. Topics range from the male domination at Marvel to female creators using male-sounding names.By Sarah Seltzer, WeNews correspondent, Tuesday, August 7, 2012. http://womensenews.org/story/arts/120803/ladydrawers-creates-big-picture-cartoon-bias

Women are the future for sustainable development

Here are the remarks by UN Women Deputy Executive Director, Lakshmi Puri, at the High Level Ministerial meeting ‘Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment: the power behind successful sustainable development’ Rio de Janeiro, 20 June 2012.http://www.unwomen.org/2012/08/gender-equality-and-womens-empowerment-the-power-behind-successful-sustainable-development/

Quote of the week

The world will know and understand me someday. But if that day does not arrive, it does not greatly matter. I shall have opened the way for women. George Sands

Backlash: New York Artists Fight the War on Women

The so-called war on women waged by in the United States by some Republicans has stirred the creativity of over 180 artists, many based in New York City, who are participating in an exhibit hosted by SOHO20 gallery. The exhibit closes Aug. 11. By Sadiya Ansari, WeNews correspondent, Wednesday, August 8, 2012. http://womensenews.org/story/arts/120808/backlash-new-york-artists-fight-the-war-women

Why men who earn less than women are resentful

I just read another article on women who earn more than their partners – and the trouble it causes. In essence, when women earn more than their partners, men lose self esteem and resent these women. To balance this out, these high earning women tend to play down their status and position. Sad. Men