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Israel Equal Pay Laws: Court Tightens Enforcement Of Equal Pay For Men And Women

JERUSALEM — Israeli feminists on Friday welcomed a Supreme Court ruling they say will help enforce equal pay laws for men and women. The ruling, issued Thursday, requires employers paying different wages to men and women to prove it is not due to gender discrimination. The decision stemmed from a case that began with a [...]

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Felicity Huffman Launches New Website for Women

Todd Williamson/WireImage The ladies of Wisteria Lane are bidding farewell to their seemingly picture-perfect street. But while Desperate Housewives fans are gearing up for the series finale on Sunday, one domestic goddess is heading down a whole new avenue. Actress Felicity Huffman has teamed up with Digital Media Management to launch her own website — [...]

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Roshaun Kevin Porter Pimped Out Women He Met on Craigslist For Dates, FBI Says

FBI Kevin Porter. A Long Beach man met women on Craigslist and forced them into prostitution, federal authorities alleged today. Roshaun “Kevin” Nakia Porter, 36, was indicted last week after five women told agents they met him on Craigslist or seekingarrangements.com thinking they were headed for a romantic one-on-one relationship, according to the FBI’s L.A. [...]

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Secret Service Diversity: Scandal Highlights Lack Of Women On Staff

WASHINGTON — Secret Service agents are often portrayed in popular culture as disciplined, unflappable, loyal – and male. A spiraling prostitution scandal that has highlighted the dearth of women in the agency that protects the president and dignitaries has many wondering: Would more females in the ranks prevent future dishonor? Only about a tenth of [...]

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War On Women: The Real Battle Is In The Middle East

In “Distant View of a Minaret,” the late and much-neglected Egyptian writer Alifa Rifaat begins her short story with a woman so unmoved by sex with her husband that as he focuses solely on his pleasure, she notices a spider web she must sweep off the ceiling and has time to ruminate on her husband’s [...]

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California Women Earn 84 Cents For Every Man’s Dollar: Latinas Make 57 Cents

inka7791 The National Partnership for Women & Families today said women in California get paid 84 cents for every dollar men make here, on average. Sad and true but … California’s gender wage gap is way better than the national average, which is 77 cents on the dollar — more than $ 10,000 a year [...]

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Q&A: Why do women seem to clog up Doctors waiting rooms, men only visit in emergencies !?

Question by Wayne A: Why do women seem to clog up Doctors waiting rooms, men only visit in emergencies !? I know it sounds sexist, but true in 4 years i’ve been to the Doctors 3 times. Each time in pain or fealing like death. Every time you wait for about 2 hrs to be [...]

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Miss Universe Opens Competition To Transgender Women (Think Progress)

The Miss Universe Organization announced today that after consulting GLAAD, it has opened its competition to transgender women. The decision stems from a complaint from Jenna Talackova, who was disqualified from the Miss Canada pageant for her gender identity. She has accepted an invitation to compete in the competition as she originally planned, and in [...]

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Miss Universe Pageant Allows Transgender Women to Compete

CHRISTOPHE ARCHAMBAULT/Getty Images Now here’s a true flash of beauty. Transgender women have notched a key victory in a bid for equality, as the Miss Universe Organization announced today that they will be allowed to compete in its pageants. The move follows a bitter controversy that erupted after transgender Miss Universe Canada hopeful Jenna Talackova [...]

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Miss Universe to allow transgender women; GLAAD, not Jenna Talackova, instrumental in change (The Dish Rag)

GLAAD has announced that the Miss Universe Organization is close to finalizing a policy change that will allow transgender women to participate in its beauty pageants. Source : The Dish Rag Explore : Miss Universe Wikio – Celebrity

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Biking May Lead to Sexual Dysfunction for Women, Study Finds

By Andra Lim What arouses a woman’s libi-don’t? Riding a bike, especially one with low-set handlebars, according to a new study from Yale University. Does biking decrease sexual arousal in women? Anyone who’s been on a bike knows that your body weight rests heavily on the seat, which puts pressure on the genital area. So [...]

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Melanoma Cases On The Rise, Young Women At Greatest Risk

Melanoma cases have increased sixfold in the last forty years according to a new report that also found women were most at risk. The Mayo Clinic study, published in the April issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings, revealed that first-time diagnoses of melanoma in patients aged 18 – 39 have increased eightfold in women since 1970. [...]

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