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The earth didn't just move, it was an EARTHQUAKE: women pilot writers in 2011 - Baseline Intelligence

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The Tea Belt of America slipped in a cute new law that's pretty scary...

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Female "sexism" football referee knocked over deliberately by player?

This is the moment that the female linesman at the centre of a recent sexism row is... more

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High Court Troubled By Wal-Mart Case

A skeptical Supreme Court heard arguments March 29 in the largest... more

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Male Domination in Egypt is Only Half a Revolution

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High Court Urged to Give Wal-Mart Women a Hearing

Major women's rights groups and unions that represent many female employees joined together Tuesday, the first day of Women's History Month, to urge the U.S. Supreme Court to approve a court hearing for a group of Wal-Mart employees' claims of company-wide sex bias reports Women's eNews -- http://womensenews.org/story/in-the-courts/110301/high-court-urged-give-wal-mart-women-hearing

The High Court's decision could permit allegations of gender discrimination on behalf of more than one million current and former Wal-Mart female employees to go to a public trial.

A High Court ruling could also provide guidelines for other groups of employees on what is necessary for them to claim gender bias, rather than limiting the litigation and its outcomes to individuals with specific claims.

The women's organizations brief argues that the court should approve the hearing because doing otherwise would drastically limit the ability of employees who believe they experienced sex discrimination to rely on the courts to challenge job discrimination.

It describes sex discrimination in the workplace as a "serious national problem" that can best be addressed through class actions rather than individual claims. It adds that expert evaluations indicate that across the board female Wal-Mart employees were paid as much as 15 percent less than men doing the same job.

In addition, the brief asserts that Wal-Mart relied on individual managers to make decisions about salary increases and promotions, allowing decisions influenced by "biases and stereotypes to stand without meaningful assessment or correction."

The brief quotes one Wal-Mart senior vice president saying that one female employee "should raise a family and stay in the kitchen" rather than push for career advancement.

When she complained to her supervisor, the brief says, she was told to "shrug it off."

The Supreme Court, now with a total of three female members, is likely to ask both sides to present their cases in person and then make a decision sometime before its summer recess.

This is the largest civil rights class action--as such large lawsuits are called--in U.S. history.

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Football pundit Andy Gray red-carded by Sky

Sky Sports have sacked football pundit Andy Gray following off-air sexist comments.... more

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Former Israeli president guilty of rape

Moshe Katsav, the former president of Israel, has been convicted of twice raping an... more

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Female Israeli activist arrested for praying at Wailing Wall

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Should women be banned from frontline fighting 'in case men die trying to save them'?

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SEXUAL HARASSMENT LEADS TO A NUDITY CITATION

I was at the beach at lake Temescal in Oakland, California, with my 3 children peacefully enjoying myself. 3 policemen showed up and gave me a citation for nudity even though I was wearing 2 sweaters and a bikini bottom (not a thong). They justified their actions with East Bay Parks regulations that say that you are not allowed to show buttocks at the beach. I was showing buttocks and was in violation according to their rules.
Ordinance 38/Section 405.
NUDITY. No person shall appear, swim, bathe, sunbathe, walk or be in any of the parks, lands, beaches, waters or any place owned, managed, controlled or otherwise under the jurisdiction of the East Bay Regional Park District, in such a manner that the genitals, vulva, pubis, symphysis, pubic hair, buttocks, and cleft, perineum, anus, anal region, or pubic hair region of any person, or any portion of the breast at or below the upper edge of the areola thereof of any female person, is exposed to public view or is not covered by an opaque covering. This subdivision shall not apply to children under the age of 5 years.
This citation was a result of sexual harassment and retaliation by one of the park rangers. Ranger Vernon Jones had previously asked me out and was turned down and 2 days prior to the incident I filed a complaint about him driving too fast in his personal vehicle down a pedestrian path. He called the police on me in retaliation. The policemen kept insisting that it was a member of the public and not a ranger who called them.
A couple weeks later I was given another citation for swimming while the beach was officially closed even though none of the police saw me swim. It was another ranger Cliff Rocha - agianst whom I had also complained in the past - who called the police and convinced them to give me a ticket. Officer Torres insisted on giving me a citation against the will of the other police officers who were present. Officer Torres said the ranger would sign the citation. This citation was so illegal that 5 days later I received a letter from the Alameda County DA saying that my citation was not going to be filed and that there was no need to go to court nor pay the fine.
I made a video about the incident and uploaded it here.
I host a naked TV show where I interview people in the nude. I thought it would be a perfect opportunity to make a nude interview about this incident. I did an interview with one of the women who go to lake Temescal to swim, Cara Judea Alhadeff. This interview is currently airing on Public Access channels in SanFrancisco and Berkeley, California, and it is posted on line at www.MyNakedTruth.TV
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Would I have voted for Barack if he’d been white?

Gutsy piece. This couldn't have been easy to write. Thought-provoking, too. A LOT... more

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Japanese Women Deny Being Happy With Homemaking

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‘The Social Network’: Stop Calling it Sexist

Dear feminists: Can we please stop arguing how sexist The Social Network is? Signed, a... more

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Radio Host Endorses GOP Candidate for her "Tight Little Butt"

The producer for WRKO talk-jock duo Tom Finneran and Todd Feinburg has come under fire... more

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Chevrolet: poster child for sexism?

Seriously, what the hell is the GM marketing group thinking?

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Crazy Dee TV: Crazy Dee Interviews Nina Turner, Senator, 25th District

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Hey Ladies, Want a Raise? Wash Your Vagina -- Women's Day Magazine's Ultra-Sexist Ad

Ad appearing in Women's Day magazine's jaw-dropping argument. So, ladies,... more

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WNBA receives A-plus for diversity - Does Anybody Care?

The WNBA remains the first-place league in race and gender diversity. The only... more

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Kenyan, Named Chief, Now Has Fled Her Home

Before she sought refuge two months ago at the compound of her provincial district... more

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