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Women called “whores” and “bitches” in politics

Jane Taber of the Globe and Mail recently interviewed Belinda Stronach about what needs to change to get more women into politics. Belinda, now the executive vice-chair of Magna International Inc. had just accepted an award from Equal Voice for her contributions as a parliamentarian. Ms Stronach mentioned three things: video conferencing of meetings, phone voting and more respectful behaviour in the House of Commons.

Men Against Pornography

I was pleased to see a recent article in the Globe and Mail by Wency Leung (Nov 5, 2010) that discussed the movement by many men to fight against pornography. Sadly the pornography industry has become a multi-billion dollar machine, often takeing advantage of very young girls and vulnerable women who have few other means of livelihood. But the

Ms. Harper Our First Lady Stands Up for Women

I love it when powerful women find ways to play out that power in such a positive way. Jane Taber of the Globe and Mail reports (Nov 24) that Ms Harper (Canada’s first lady) co-hosted a gathering with Heather Reisman (CEO of Indigo books) and 14 human-rights experts from the Iranian community and a few journalists.

Don’t Legalize Prostitution

Although I support those women who are fighting to legalize prostitution – because they want sex-trade workers to be safer as I do – I can not agree that legalization is the answer. I think this would simply turn this very-dangerous-de-humanizing job into a bit less-dangerous-but still- de-humanizing job. We must stop framing the issue as one of “women’s choice” when very few of these

Use of only male rats unacceptable

I read recently about a research doctor (Jeffrey Mogil, of McGill University) who was challenging the use of only-male rat research. As it turns out, in about 80% of scientific studies, only male rats are used. Why? Because of “menstrual cycles and the variability in results that it might cause.” Since both men and women get diseases,

Women in Media Lag Behind

Daphne Bramham (Vancouver Sun) writes today about the sorry state of women in the media. She quotes Rosalind Gill, a professor from Kings College, London and speaker at the conference: Sex/Money/Media here in Vancouver. Gill suggests that all of the progress made for women in the 1970′s and 1980′s are going to be lost. Research shows that women

Men Cheat Because Women Have Little Power

Why do men cheat? It seems this perennial question haunts women who have been betrayed by their husbands. But for those in the know, such as British comedian Peadar DeBurca, who dedicates his life to the question: “It’s because they can.” In other words, there are no real consequences for not cheating, so why not?

Unmarried (And Married) Women Could Be Prime Ministers

This Saturday, we will find out if the Australian public thinks that unmarried women should be Prime Ministers. A silly question, you might ask in this day and age. But if you follow the Australian media you will quickly discover that many people think that Julia Gillard, Australia’s first female Prime Minister, who is

Stopping Trafficking of Girls Begins at Home

Daphne Bramham is my favorite journalist (Vancouver Sun columnist). Her recent articles are about human trafficking and she tackles the topic so eloquently (Vancouver Sun, June 19, 2010 and others). The disturbing story about the conviction of a local art dealer and father, Kenneth Klassen who plead guilty to 15 counts involving sex acts with girls under the age

Can It Be that Brainstorming Is Bad?

Apparently all the prior research that suggests that brainstorming and group work is important to creativity- is wrong. Or so suggests a recent article in business magazine. Psychologist Nicholas Kohn from the University of Texas conducted research on students asking them to come up with new ideas for the university – in both groups and