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Monthly Archives: November 2000
Liberal Columnists Judge Women by Their Looks
With all of the controversy in Florida over who go more votes than who, it was a sign of how far the United States has come toward sexual equality that it was a woman, Katherine Harris, who was at the … Continue reading
Whither Wage Inequality?
A recent report by British researchers examining earnings inequalities between men and women in the United Kingdom comes to much the same conclusion that similar studies of the U.S. wage gap have arrived at — women make significantly less than … Continue reading
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Dowry Murderers Sentenced to Death in Bangladesh
The BBC reported yesterday that Bangladesh court sentenced three people to death for the murder of a pregnant woman who was unable to pay her dowry. The woman’s husband, mother-in-law, and sister-in-law all face capital punishment, though they are planning … Continue reading
Steinem: Nader Was Wrong to Have a Woman on His Ticket
Gloria Steinem was just one of several prominent feminists who went out of their way to criticize Green Party candidate Ralph Nader for daring to run for president. Steinem and others, including the National Organization for Women, argued that the … Continue reading
Cathy Young on Women’s Studies Program
Cathy Young wrote an excellent summary of the problem with women’s studies departments, Propaganda discredits value of women’s studies. The bottom line: studies of sex and gender are indeed important, but are undermined by the explicit political agenda of many … Continue reading
The Feminist/Postmodernist Assault on Academic Freedom
Jared Sakren is a successful theater professor who in stints at Yale University, Julliard Theatre Center and Arizona State University taught actors such as Annette Benning, Val Kilmer and Kelly McGillis. But at Arizona State University Sakren was fired in … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Postmodernism
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Are You Ready for Some (Women’s) Football?
It did not make much of a splash, but in mid-October the Women’s Professional Football League (WPFL) began play with 11 teams around the country. Believe it or not the WPFL isn’t the first attempt to kick off a women’s … Continue reading
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Columbia’s Star Chamber
Columbia University recently decided it had a problem. All of the red tape that Americans come to expect when accused of serious crimes, such as the right to have a lawyer present, the right to cross-examine witnesses, and the right … Continue reading
Posted in Rape, Sexual Harassment
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Are High Marginal Taxe Rates a Feminist Issue?
Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore has railed against a proposal by Republican candidate George W. Bush to reduce taxes saying it would benefit only the top one percent of income earners. Writing in the New York Times, however, Virginia Postrel … Continue reading
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Did Harvard Reject Book Because of Its Pro-Marriage Viewpoint?
Stanley Kurtz wrote an interesting summary of the controversy surrounding Linda Waite and Maggie Gallagher’s book, The Case for Marriage: Why Married People are Happier, Healthier, and Better Off Financially. The book was originally scheduled to be published by Harvard … Continue reading