Rebuttal: Male, Female Aggression Don’t Equate

From Women’s eNews: “Monica Henry takes issue with a recent article spotlighting Murray Straus’ research finding that women initiate ‘a large proportion’ of domestic assaults. Given the known problems with his research methods, why give him the spotlight…

Pharmacists routinely misinform young women about whether they can get emergency contraception

Maya for Jezebel: “On the heels of the outrageous, unprecedented HHS decision to overrule the FDA’s recommendation to make Plan B fully available without a prescription comes a new study revealing just how inaccessible emergency contraception is–even fo…

Has The Women’s Rights Movement Screwed Over Poor Women?

Erin Gloria Ryan for Jezebel: “Thanks to the women’s rights movement, over the course of the last century or so, American women have made great advances in income equality, education level, and overall ability to have it all-ness. Well, rich women have.…

They Call It the Reverse Gender Gap

Luisita Lopez Torregrosa for New York Times: “As the year ends, much of the talk around women — at least in the United States — has moved from empowerment and global gender gaps to the trend of young single women out-earning men and the rise of female br…

Selective Abortion-Ban Won’t Stop Son Preference

Sujatha Jesudason for Women’s eNews: “A congressional bill to ban sex-selective abortions and those based on race–the so-called PRENDA bill–poses as a defender of gender equity and racial justice. Sujatha Jesudason says its real effect would be to unde…