women Archive
This weekend, known feminist rabble-rouser Hanna Rosin published an article on Slate declaring that the gender pay gap we all fret about is, actually, not real. My husband sent me the link thinking I was going to lose my mind. …
The Washington Post just published an article titled “This Map of America’s Female Mortality Rates is Pretty Terrifying” and, unfortunately, the title just about sums up the graphics all too perfectly. The map, depicting whether female mortality rates are on the rise …
Why are hot people mean? Is it because their over-inflated ego from being better looking than average creates a mean personality? Studies say no. One theory is that mean people are actually more attractive because they are more willing to …
Rachel L. West, MSW, LMSW SJS Staff Writer Warning: this article may be a trigger. In Ending Rape Illiteracy, Jessica Valenti discusses how our society views and deals with rape. Covers topic such as victim blaming, sexism, and politics.
by Rachel L. West, MSW, LMSW SJS Staff Writer There has been a lot of discussion this campaign season about women, reproduction rights, and healthcare. A new study carried out by Amnesty International has found that the state of prenatal …
As change agents we need to be aware of issues not only within our own scope, but as part as a larger whole. Â Just because women have come so far in our part of the world, doesn’t mean there isn’t …
by Rachel L. West, MSW, LMSW SJS Staff Writer Mother Jones has an article, Shocker: Free Birth Control Means Fewer Abortions, that discusses the findings of a new study linking free birth control to a decrease in the numbers of …
