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Women's Workforce Equality Comes at a Price
Women's Workforce Equality Comes at a Price
OPINION
Feb 13, 2009 10:09 AM CST

Women's Workforce Equality Comes at a Price

(Newser) - At long last, women hold more than 49% of American jobs in this country, and 50% is in reach. But hold the confetti, writes Ellen Goodman of the Boston Globe. It's happening "because men are losing their jobs even faster than women." Last year, men took home eight...

Working Moms Look to Michelle
Working Moms
Look to Michelle
ANALYSIS
Feb 8, 2009 3:55 PM CST

Working Moms Look to Michelle

Women hope mom-in-chief will use bully pulpit to push family issues

(Newser) - Working moms are waiting for their own stimulus package—maternity leave, affordable childcare, flexible work arrangements—and they’re looking to Michelle Obama to push it through, Reuters reports. The new first lady began discussing these issues during her husband’s presidential campaign. “She's saying: ‘I’m here,...

US Women Set to Surpass Men in Labor Force

Rise of working females may change office, family life

(Newser) - As unemployment rises, the US is on the verge of a surprising milestone: for the first time, more women than men will be on the nation's payrolls. As the New York Times reports, 82% of the people who have lost their jobs in the recession are men, who have substantial...

Frank Female Writers Put New Spin on 'Period Piece'

Have a gross-out story? Turns out America wants to hear it

(Newser) - Warning: Reading this may cause queasiness and catharsis. Women are firing up their best (or worst) lodged-tampons stories, yeast-infection remedies, and bloody-period sex tales for America’s commiserating pleasure. “Oversharing is in,” Rebecca Traister declares in Salon. “It’s not so much ‘too much information’ as...

Sorry, Chick Flicks: We're Just Not That Into You

Genre too often relies on 'clichés, hateful caricatures' of womanhood

(Newser) - Where have all the Carrie Bradshaws and Bridget Joneses gone? The women of flicks like Bride Wars and Confessions of a Shopaholic are pale imitations of those relatively feisty heroines, “variously neurotic, idiotic, label-obsessed, weight-obsessed, man-obsessed or wedding-obsessed, and often all at the same time,” Kevin Maher complains...

Long-Living Whales Shed Light on Menopause

Females see offspring through to maturity

(Newser) - Stumped scientists finally have a clue about the evolutionary purpose of post-menopausal women. Female killer whales—who outlive males by decades—stick around to nurture their kin through maturity, the Los Angeles Times reports. Similarly, human mamas may stick around to ensure their kids really, truly, don't need them anymore....

Egg-Freezing a Risky Way to Go
Egg-Freezing a Risky Way to Go
Feb 1, 2009 4:35 PM CST

Egg-Freezing a Risky Way to Go

Low success rate makes it a 'gamble' for women wanting to delay motherhood

(Newser) - British doctors are warning women in their 20s and 30s against freezing their eggs to have children later in life, the Telegraph reports. "The central issue is that it doesn't work very well," one doctor said. "The chance of a baby from a frozen egg with...

Guys, PMS Alerts Just a Click Away

Web site tracks 100K women's menstrual cycles

(Newser) - Some 100,000 men bewildered and berated by wives and girlfriends with pre-menstrual syndrome have visited PMSbuddy.com, which sends out reminders when partners may be touchy, Australia’s News Network reports. Messages like “She’s on yellow—tread carefully, fella” keep men up to date on the cycles...

Obama Signs Ledbetter Act as His First Bill

Law allows suits for decades-old pay discrimination

(Newser) - President Obama signed his first piece of legislation today, selecting an equal pay bill that makes it easier for women to sue for decades-old discrimination. Lilly Ledbetter—who for 19 years endured a pay discrepancy at Goodyear—stood at his side as the president signed the Fair Pay Act named...

Female Perspective Sorely Lacking at Davos

Gender equality slow to scale the Alps forum—and everyone's the worse for it

(Newser) - Women may be the ticket out of the global recession, but World Economic Forum leaders wouldn’t know it. The predominantly male organizers have invited few women—5% of announced attendees—to the exclusive Davos forum, a misstep for a meeting billed “Shaping the Post-Crisis World,” Morice Mendoza...

Women Hard-Wired to Eat More
 Women Hard-Wired to Eat More 
Jan 20, 2009 7:26 AM CST

Women Hard-Wired to Eat More

Brain scans reveal that men may be better able to resist food

(Newser) - Women may be hard-wired to overeat, according to a new study of why men diet more successfully than women. A little-understood mechanism in the brain appears to give women less self control when it comes to dieting. Researchers speculate that women have evolved to crave food for pregnancy and lactation....

Need an Orgasm? Bag a Rich Man
Need an Orgasm?
Bag a Rich Man
Jan 18, 2009 5:26 PM CST

Need an Orgasm? Bag a Rich Man

Size (of wallet) matters, suggesting women are inherent gold-diggers

(Newser) - A man's wallet can carry a woman to the peak of ecstasy, a new study says. Based on surveys of 5,000 people across China, British researchers have found that “women’s orgasm frequency increases with the income of their partner,” said one author of the study. He...

Hormones Push Pretty Women to Cheat: Study

High estradiol levels make women consider selves more attractive, tougher to satisfy

(Newser) - Attractive women are wired to have more flings and cheat on long-term partners, a new study suggests. Women considered beautiful—by themselves and others—have more of the hormone estradiol, a form of estrogen that fuels lust and racy behavior. Saliva samples and sexual histories were collected from 52 participants,...

'Witch' Burned Alive in Papua New Guinea

Girl said to spread AIDS; outbreak fuels such sorcery killings

(Newser) - A young woman accused of witchcraft was doused with gasoline and burned to death on a pyre of car tires in Papua New Guinea, reports the Telegraph. The girl, aged between 16 and 21, was accused of spreading AIDS to one of her murderers in an extra-marital affair. Black magic...

Should She Delay the L-Word?
 Should She Delay the L-Word? 
opinion
Jan 7, 2009 9:47 AM CST

Should She Delay the L-Word?

Women should say 'I love you' first as much as men

(Newser) - It may seem dated to say women can kill relationships with a poorly timed or premature "I love you." Or it may just seem dated to women, observes Sarah Hepola, who read an article advising women never to be the first to show their cards, emotionally, and was...

Anglicans Open Path for First Women Bishops

But deal provides loophole for traditionalists

(Newser) - The Church of England has drafted a plan to allow the first women bishops within 3 years, the Times of London reports. But there’s a catch—to appease traditionalists, parishes that won’t tolerate a woman can have their own “complementary” bishops. Still, members of this special class...

Egyptian Man Gets Hard Labor for Groping

Landmark case eggs Cairo women to report rampant teasing

(Newser) - Women face rampant harassment on Cairo's streets—83% of Egyptians and 98% of foreigners say they've been groped, hassled, or assaulted—but the 3% who go to the cops are usually met with indifference. A landmark case in which a man got 3 years of hard labor for reaching out...

In-Laws Pose Health Hazard for Japanese Women: Study

Heart attack risk triples when under same roof

(Newser) - Japanese women who live with their in-laws face three times the risk of a heart attack than those living only with their husbands, a study finds. “This is the first epidemiological study to show that these traditional living arrangements in Japan are rather harmful for women,” one of...

Blinded Woman Wins Eye-for-Eye Islamic Justice

Iranian court orders acid be dropped in attacker's eyes

(Newser) - An Iranian judge is applying Islamic law to give a blinded woman the eye-for-an-eye justice she seeks. A jilted suitor who poured acid on the woman—blinding and disfiguring her—will have the chemical dropped into his eyes, the Washington Post reports. Some officials say it may deter similar crimes...

Women Drink Men Under Table
Women Drink Men Under Table 
GLOSSIES
Dec 8, 2008 12:04 PM CST

Women Drink Men Under Table

Alcohol consumption by the once-mostly teetotaling crowd is closing gender gap

(Newser) - More women are bellying up to the bar, and those who consume alcohol are consuming more than ever before, Alex Morris writes in New York. As men cut back, women are picking up the slack. The numbers of women drinking and those whose call themselves “moderate-to-heavy drinkers” have risen...

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