Sock it to ‘em: a little respect for political womenUS secretary of state Hillary Clinton shouldn’t field questions about her husband’s opinion or her political legitimacy. Unfortunately for women in politics this is “depressingly familiar”.
Sex discrimination
Gay news anchor: Why I committed career suicide
Until recently, Charles Perez was a TV news anchor for an ABC affiliate station in Miami. A gay TV news anchor. But when public knowledge of his sexuality became widespread, he claims, the network started not-so-subtly nudging him out the door.
The University of Melbourne’s gender blindspot
The University of Melbourne has been denied a place on a Federal Government equal opportunity list designed to promote the advancement of women.
No bound feet for today’s Chinese women
Recent events in China show a drop in the status of women in society — a booming sex trade, discrimination at work, sexist attitudes — and women are turning to the internet in protest.
Same s-x rights hopes dashed
Malcolm Turnbull has started wooing the gay community, pledging to remove discrimination in campaign material distributed in the pink suburbs Darlinghurst, Paddington and Potts Point last weekend, the Sydney Star Observer reports.
