French MP clucking at woman in parliament sparks anger over sexism

Kim Willsher writes for The Guardian: “It’s raining machismo in France. Chucking it down, in fact. From parliament to local councils, via national media and regional newspapers, storms have erupted as French men indulge in misogynist outbursts that co…

That Time When DC Stopped Funding Domestic Violence Shelters While Both Congressional Gyms Stayed Open

Mattea Kramer and Jo Comerford write for The Nation: “In reality, that government shutdown was partial and selective. Paychecks, for example, kept flowing to the very lawmakers who most fervently supported it, while the plush congressional gym with its h…

El Salvador: Where women may be jailed for miscarrying

Nina Lakhani writes for BBC News Magazine: “El Salvador has one of the toughest anti-abortion laws in the world. A side-effect is that women who suffer miscarriages are sometimes suspected of inducing an abortion – and can even be jailed for murder.”

Four Executives on Succeeding in Business as a Woman

Adam Bryant writes for The New York Times: “Given that the arguments surrounding work-life balance have been so fully voiced, I decided to take a different tack, and add more insights to the discussion of leadership challenges that women face at work, ap…

The delusional and dangerous Paul Ryan

Joan Walsh writes for Salon: “It’s a measure of how gullible the Beltway media are that when Rep. Paul Ryan held himself up as the guy to broker a GOP deal on the debt ceiling and government shutdown with President Obama last week, he was greeted as a po…