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Thanks Daphne for writing about Sugar Babies dark side

Daphne Bramham wrote a great article today: “There is nothing sweet about these daddies” in the Vancouver Sun (25 Jan 2013). She was refering to the company that links women with “sugar daddies” to help them pay for tuition. As Daphne says about the men who set up these sites and the men who are offering money

Great video on pressure to be pretty

This is not new, but it sure is powerful! http://en.avaaz.org/1198/watch-this-and-youll-never-think-of-the-word-pretty-the-same-way-again?utm_source=facebook_avaaz&utm_medium=social_media&utm_campaign=hot-videos

Yeah For Carrie Serwetnyk super soccer coach

The glass ceiling hit our first female soccer player inducted into the soccer hall of fame. Due to the barrieers she faced trying to get into soccer organisations Carrie Serwetnyk not only published a soccer magazine: Free Kicks but also founded “Why the Womens World Cup Matters” to draw awareness to the inequality and discrimination facing

My Top 7 Girl Parenting Books

Here are my top 7: Girl-Parenting Books by Maureen F. Fitzgerald, Phd (www.maureenfitzgerald.com) (November 2012) 1. Debold, Elizabeth, Marie Wilson and Idelisse Malave “Mother-Daughter Revolution-From good girls to great women. (NY: Bantam, 1993) 2. Deak, JoAnn “Girls will Be Girls-Raising confident and courageous daughters” (NY: Hyperion, 2002). 3. Elium, Jeanne & Don Elium. “Raising

Great women gamers short documentary

Here is a great short doc on women gamers by global news: http://www.globalnews.ca/dangerous+game/6442743925/story.html

Egyptian girls hair cut to protect Islam

I just read about how a teacher in Cairo cut a young girls hair in the “protection of Islam.” I have been to Egypt, travelling only with my friend Missy. It’s an advanced country. Or so we think. When will this stop?

Stop Porn Now! It is misogyny in disguise

Porn desensitizes children. Surprise surprise. Although I am glad Plymouth University discovered this link, surely we as a society can decide that pornography does more damage than good and start making it illegal. Stop pornography now. And start with your husbands, brothers and sons. They are the consumers you know. Out it. And if

New York schools give morning after pill to girls

I just noticed that New York schools are offering the morning- after pill to girls. I am relieved because I can imagine it would be quite devastating to become a pregnant as a teenager. And it would be a terrrible start to a life to be the child of a teenager – often a single mother. Just because of one mistake. Thanks to

Boys are fatter than girls, maybe media is to blame

When I read about the research on obesity in boys (Statistics Canada Report) I had to wonder: What if boys were fed the same media images that girls were fed? What if cartoons and videos portrayed boys with finely honed and bulging body parts similar to the cartoons of tiny-waisted-big breasted- huge-cleavage-showing women? Since boys are typically

Great article on girl-child discrimination

Thanks to Daphne Bramham of the Vancouver Sun who wrote a great article “Double Discrimination: Gender and age are disadvatages for girls around the world.” Thank you so much! Daphne.http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Bramham+Double+discrimination+Gender+disadvantage+girls/7365526/story.html