Merida Gets a Make-Over

Here is the article I showed you on the last day of class.  Read and Enjoy.  Thanks for a great semester.


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Sexism in London games

In the London Olympic Games... Saudi Arabian officials were not going to let their female athletes compete... They ended up letting 2 compete after pressure was put on them by countries world wide.

Delaware ratifies gay marriage

On 5/7/13 Delaware became the first state to allow gay marriage.http://m.usatoday.com/article/news/2142703

Israel moves forward

After years of determination towards women, Israel is finally trying to change.

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Newsweek' women change the workplace

An interview on the author of "Women in revolt" and had no women available to write the story. All the men were the writers and the reporters, and they had to bring someone in to write it

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More women moving in before marriage

Women are starting to break the stigma that there is about moving with your boyfriend  before marriage. 1 and 4 living together with a man by age 20, 3 in 4 by 30.

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Met Gala

Why is it that women's fashion has evolved into an art form, and men's has stayed the same for decades.  Live from the met Gala we find out.

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Adult Humor in Disney Movies

This webpage shows how Disney movies aren't as childish as they seem to be. We see movies that have scenes containing "dirty" images in them and most children don't realize it.

Abercrombie and Fitch owner doesn't want "fat people" wearing his clothes

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Maybe not from the most reliable of sources but still a thought provoking read.

Petition Formed Against Chief Keef for Threatening Women Who Refuse Him Fellatio with Murder

Chief Keef wrote a song in which he threatens to kill women who refuse to performs sexual acts with him. The song hasn't been released yet but was previewed on the artists' twitter account and people immediately became angered. Keef is known for glorifying his violent lifestyle. "The Girls Like Me Project" has started a petition to now allow any DJ's to play Keef's songs in the Chicago School District.

Ann Curry's firing

Ann Curry was fired from the today show a while back. This article says that it was based off an idea that the show was trying to keep the male role the center role of the broadcast and they poorly mishandled Curry's firing. Calling it project Bambi
http://mobile.usnews.com/news/articles/2013/04/25/ann-currys-today-show-ouster-and-the-gender-dynamics-of-morning-tv

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Jason Collins comes out as first openly gay male athlete that Is active. Out of the four major sports, he is the only one to have come out while playing actively.

Opinion: Good for Jason Collins, but not for Carla Hale – sports and schools last places to come out

Jason Collins, NBA basketball player, came out and told everyone that he is gay. The boston bombing had a huge affect on his decision to because it showed him he should live everyday truthfully.


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Facebook COO Sandberg rejects 'likeability penalty' for women in workplace

Sandberg interview!

Why she decided to write "Lean in"


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Gender and the Media

This article talks about gender in the media and how women are underrepresented. It states that when women are seen in the media it is stereotyped. A study found that males appeared three times the amount as females in top-grossing films. Women are stereotyped as mothers or in a committed relationship. The big stereotype is also that women are meant to be thin and that is the ideal women.

France Legalizes gay marriage

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mobileweb/2013/04/23/france-gay-marriage-law-_n_3139470.html

Woman fired for being too pretty...

Melissa Nelson believes that she was fired from her dental assistant job for being too pretty.

Lauren Bush Lauren

Lauren Bush Lauren is using her family ties to make a name for herself. Is she trying to become a celerity or just trying todo the right thing?
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Girls poisoned

74 girls in a school in Afghanistan were reportedclick here to be poisoned by gas this past week.

As Men Turn to ‘Pink Collar’ Jobs, Training Is a Hurdle

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Relates to my previous post, we see how the crash caused men to loose there jobs and move on to the so called "pink collar jobs." There is a chart of the male increase percentage in different occupations.

The Pink - Collar Job Boom

This article talks about how the Great Recession had a huge affect on men entering the "pink collar jobs." It states that most of the jobs that were lost during the recession were blue collar jobs. Finding a job for these men to make money for their families was the hardest part, and thats how this whole new shift started happening.

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Using the Law to Crack the Glass Ceiling

This article is from London and it is stating how the German Parliament rejected something that stated that large companies need to reserve 20% of board seats for women. However, the European governments adopted a gender equality legislation. A lot of people are angry that these laws are not in place. The European Commission proposed that legal quotas should now be adopted throughout the 27-member bloc. Some governments held out, insisting that any reforms should be left up to national parliaments. The commission revised the plan to favor the "underrepresented gender."

As More Men Enter 'Pink Collar Jobs' the Workplace is Still a Man's World

This article is telling us about how the focus is always on women going into "male jobs" and how we can also see that nowadays men are entering a lot of "pink-collar" jobs. It is stating that even though men are entering "pink-collar" jobs and women are entering "male jobs" that doesn't mean that the workplace is entering into a form of equality. The men are still dominating and even in the "female jobs" they are earning more money and advancing much quicker.  

Women In The Workforce: The Road Ahead Is Paved With Economic Freedom

This article talks about women in the workforce and how things have changed since the 1950s. Women have been taking more jobs and they take up 60% of the seats in college classrooms. All of this success and movement forward has paved the way for women in the future and the statistics will only increase.

Successful Women in the Workforce: Is it Really All or Nothing?

This article that I read talked about Erin Callan's point of view on the situation of women in the workforce. Her point of view was different from Sandberg's in that she didn't blame everything so much on the women as she did on the men. She was saying that women need to look before they lean in and that they also need a man who is willing to be stay at home and take care of the children. 

Angelina Jolie Donates 200,000 dollars to the Malala Fund

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/04/05/us/us-pakistan-malala-fund/index.html


Education funds being donated so that girls in Pakistan and Afghanistan may go to school. Americans such as Hilary Clinton and Angelina Jolie enter the cause.

Men are more likely than Women to Negotiate Salary

http://blogs.wsj.com/atwork/2013/04/05/some-women-lean-out-more-than-others/

Did you know the salary/wage gap even existed? Why does it exist? What can we do about it?

Are Elitists Leaning Out?

http://blogs.wsj.com/atwork/2013/04/05/some-women-lean-out-more-than-others/


This is very interesting food for thought regarding graduates from the elite tier 1 colleges and universities in the country and their representation in the work force.

Read it and tell me what you think.

Obama Apologizes for Praising Attorney General's Looks

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/06/us/politics/obama-apologizes-for-praising-female-officials-looks.html


The Attorney General, Kamala Harris, received a phone call this week from president Obama apologizing for saying "she is the best looking attorney general in the country." Some have criticized him for this offensive statement arguing that women have worked very hard in this country in order to achieve high stations and should not be reduced to aesthetics.

What do you think? Is this statement by the president offensive? Why or why not?

Women In Combat: Leon Panetta Removes Military Ban, Opening Front-Line Positions

The Pentagon lifted a ban to women in combat. Panetta said that the decision didn't happen over night, they have arguments going about whether the women can physically keep up. However, Obama held an inaugural speech that everyone should have equal rights.



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Hello

Currently there is a large court hearing to help gay rights. The Supreme Court is looking to change the constitution from legal marriage between a man and a woman to marriage between two people. And today's topic is if gay married people should get the same benefits. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/28/us/supreme-court-defense-of-marriage-act.html?hp

Protecting the president

Julia A. Pierson was appointed by president Obama to be the first female head of the secret serves. She was previosly retired but will be taking over in the time when the secret service needs to rebuild their reputation after the scandal last year.

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The CIA Agent Who Found Bin Laden Is Having Trouble at Work

The star of the movie Zero Dark Thirty is an actual CIA agent and is supposedly having a hard time at work. Her colleagues dislike her and she is acting rude to them. She was passed over for a promotion of $16,000 and has managed to piss off all of her colleagues. She and a few other workers were awarded the CIA's highest honor for non-combat officers, the Distinguished Intelligence Medal, after capturing Osama Bin Laden. After receiving this award she emailed the other workers who got it also and said that they didn't deserve the award because everyone else got in her way and she was the one who was right.

Women in the Senate

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Maze does the imposible

Tina Maze of Slovenia is able to do what what Lindsey Vonn and all the men couldn't do, break 2000 points in a single season. With all the eyes on Lindsey Vonn, Maze was able to creep through her shadows and completely dominate. With Vonn suffering illneses and knee injuries, Maze had little to no compitition in taking the overall globe. After finishing second and third in the Overall for the past two years in a row, she finnaly had he time to shine.

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Shiffren is on top at 17

At only 17 years old, and on her first full year of world cup racing, Shiffren is able to over take Maze who has been nothing but dominant over the field this year to win the slalom globe.



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First transgender MMA fighter goes public

This article is about a male to female transition. She won two MMA bouts and finally went public about being a transgender. Everyone ended up reacting positively toward her.


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You Say You’re a Woman? That Should Be Enough

This article discusses different solution to women being tested in sports. They believe that women should be able to compete throughout any investigation. Also, from the science perspective, it cannot dictate what evidence we should use.

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Women, men must meet same combat standards in military

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta signed a new order in the Military opening as many as 237,000 new jobs to women. Military officials said that jobs such as infantry and artillery will have exacting physical requirements and standards will be maintained. The military has different standards based on age and sex for the Army and Marines. In both of those services the standards for infantry and other combat arms specialties will remain the same. Surveys of soldiers indicated that they are willing to give women a chance if the standards aren't lowered. The Military has several years to fully implement the new order but the plan will be executed incrementally.

Brittany Griner is Changing the Face of College Women's Hoops

Brittany Griner

Do You Remember Malala?

Malala goes to School

An NFL Team Reportedly Asked A Player If He 'Likes Girls' At The Combine

College football players have interviews with different NFL teams along with doing a variety of conditioning and strength drills. One college player, Nick Kasa, a tight end from Colorado told hosts that in the interviews the coaches asked questions meant to throw you off guard or get into your mind a little bit. Some of those questions included "Do you have a girlfriend?" or "Do you like girls?" Those types of questions should not be asked in interviews because a players sexual orientation has nothing to do with how they can play.

New Pope New Style

Unlike former pope Benedict, Pope Francis has chosen to go with a more simple dress. Benedict preferred to wear the handmade red loafers while Francis wore regular black loafers.



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Woman act passed

On Thursday the Democrats and Republicans were able to come together to finalize the votes to approve the Violence against women act.

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Chris Culliver

When asked about if a gay guy in the locker room would be okay with him, Chris Culliver (CB for the 49er's) said no, even while many of his teammates said they wouldn't mind.
http://m.usatoday.com/article/news/1878311

Cheerleader ... Too fat?

Courtney Lenz, a five year veteran cheerleader for the Baltimore Ravens believes that she was not selected to dance in the Super Bowl because of a little eight she put on. She believes that because she weighed 125.4 lbs she was not selected. http://blogs.findlaw.com/tarnished_twenty/2013/01/ravens-cheerleader-barred-from-super-bowl-because-of-weight-gain.html

Wade Davis on NFL Players Who Live Semi-Open Gay Lives

Wade Davis, a former NFL player, who has come out of the closet and is now openly gay speaks about gays in athletics. He says that there are 3 athletes that he knows of that are gay and will not publicize that information. The author of this article states that it is so hard for gays to come out of the closet in the NFL because of its masculinity and physicality. However, an openly gay football player can protest the perception that gays aren't real men or aren't tough.

Ron Brown, University Of Nebraska Assistant Football Coach: Being Fired For Anti-Gay Views Would Be An 'Honor'

The assistant coach at the University of Nebraska, Ryan Brown, is a homophobic person. Brown is an avid believer in God and his views on gays are exactly what the bible states. He says in an interview "Ultimately, if you don't have a relationship with Him, and you don't really have a Bible-believing mentality, really, anything goes...At the end of the day it matters what God thinks most." Brown states that he would rather be fired for sticking to his views and abiding my Gods rules than for losing a certain amount of games in a season. Brown is not at all upset about being fired for his views against gays. 

Brian Burke: Homophobia and Hockey

Lady Geeks

When people think of computer hacking, we think of boys not normally girls unless its in the girl with a dragon tattoo. Girls are starting to become hackers just like the boys, they are being called Lady Geeks.



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German Women

German women are breaking down barriers and taking charge. The chancellor of Germany is a women and she has set a precedent for women to follow. As the most powerful women in the world, she is a great role modle for women to look up to.



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dr. christine mcginn

Dr. McGinn is a plastic surgeon who's training was specified in transgender surgeries. She had her own SRS in 2004 and since then has been an activist and speaker on gender issues. She is the founder of the Papillon Gender Wellness Center, which is a gender support center.

College fraternity helps pay for brother's SRS

Donnie Collins attends Emerson College and is a part of the Phi Alpha Taun fraternity. Collins is a transgender and wishes to get SRS. However, health insurance will not help Collins out. The fraternity that Collins is part of started a fundraiser to raise money for the surgery, they raised $17,000 and the surgery only costs $8,100. The left over money was given to the Jim Collins Foundation, which provides financial assistance for SRS'.

You Can Play Movement

Brendan Burke has become one of the most prominent gay people involved with hockey. His brother Patrick has started a movement in the NHL called "You Can Play" which is trying to rid the stigma of "Gay" hockey players. Brendan died at 28 in a car accident.
http://m.washingtonpost.com/blogs/dc-sports-bog/post/nhl-stars-will-promote-you-can-play-movement/2012/03/04/gIQAg67VqR_blog.html

Josh George's

Josh George's of the Montreal Canadians is said to be scheduled to confirm his coming out later this weekend. He has yet to confirm or deny it the fact he is gay, but he would be the first openly gay hockey every in the NHL.
http://blogs.phillymag.com/gphilly/2013/03/06/pro-hockeys-josh-gorges-reported-announce-gay/

Danica Patrick

Danica Patrick became the first women to lead a lap at the Daytona 500. She finished 8th. But she was not the first women to race at Daytona. Janet Guthrie was the previous women and she finished 11th. http://m.cbsnews.com/storysynopsis.rbml?pageType=sports&url=http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-400_162-57570987/danica-patrick-first-woman-to-lead-a-lap-at-daytona-500/&catid=57570987

Gender identity not just body parts

This is another video relating to my last post. The girl and her parents being interviewed about the whole situation.


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Parents of transgender first-grader file discrimination complaint

This article is about a transgender boy wanting to be a girl. He identified himself as a girl, however the school didn't allow her to go into the girls bathroom. The parents withdrew her from school and filled a complaint.


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Domestic violence act passed and expanded

On Tuesday, the Senate voted and amazing 78-22. This vote was to expand the Domestic violence act of 1994 so that know the native american tribes that are in our country are know apart of it, and so that gay people that suffer from domestic violence are protected to.


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T.V. show on women's equality

The fight for women's equality in our society has been an on going battle in our country for generations. PBS has now come up with a television show which talks only about the woman in our history who have broken barriers that women have been fighting for years.



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Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital Of Chicago Set To Open Gender Identity Clinic

The Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago is going to launch the first gender identity clinic focusing on transgender and gender-variant youth ages 13 and younger. The clinic hasn't officially launched yet but it will be under the hospital's Center for Gender, Sexuality and HIV Prevention. Endocrinology, psychology and social services will be made available at the clinic. 

Idaho girl creates controversy by joining boys' lacrosse team

In Idaho, Sara Maras attends Borah High and is on the cheerleading squad. But her being a cheerleader isn't all that there is to Sara. She is very aggressive when it comes to sports. At her old school Sara played lacrosse and they played by the boys' rules, which was fine for her since there was more contact involved. When she moved to her new school she signed up to try out for the girls' lacrosse team and found it to be boring and not for her. She contacted the boys' coach and joined their team. The boys were very accepting of Sara and not verbalized any discomfort about her being on the team. The discomfort came from the parents. The board voted 18-4 that Sara was not to play on the team, her petition failed. But her coach sat the team down and asked the team if they would be willing to forfeit the season just to have Sara be apart of their team. All of the boys were in favor of keeping Sara.

Women who underwent sex change wins workplace discrimination claims

This article is about a transgender, Vandy Beth Glenn, who was fired from her job because of the sex change. Her boss disagreed with the sex change and said that it was inapropriate, disruptive, and would also make her co workers feel uncomfortable. The boss also kicked Glenn out for showing up to a halloween party dressed as a female. The court ruled that Glenn could return to work, stating that "An individual cannot be punished because of his or her perceived gender non-conformity," and "Because these protections are afforded to everyone, they cannot be denied to a transgender individual."

Man sent to jail for 38 years fo killing 3 women

Drew Peterson is killer of wives. Now after the death of his third wife in row, he has finally been convicted and sent to jail for 38 years




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'More than able to hold her own,' girl gets boot from Catholic football league

This article is about a girl who played men's football up to age 11 years old, and has been kicking all the opponents butts. She is a an amazing football player, and she ended up getting kicked out of the league because she was feminine.

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First Transgender to Play College Basketball as Both a Male and Female

This article is about Gabrielle Ludwig, the first transgender basketball player to play college ball as both a male and female. Robert Ludwig played one year at a community college on Long Island. Transgender student athletes who have taken medication to suppress testosterone for a year may compete on women's teams under a policy adopted last year. Because of this, Gabrielle was allowed to play NCAA basketball now as a 50-year-old, 6 foot 6, 220 pound female at Mission College. She got the surgery to become a female when she was 45 years old and despite threats and people making fun of her, Gabrielle has a loving and accepting team who say “If someone is going to talk against her, they are talking against all of us because it's like she is part of a family."

Female Chinese Swimmer Who Broke Lochtes split

In the Olympics over the past summer, Ryan Lochte was a favorite in the men's swimming events. While he did have a hard time at the games trying to beat all the other men, he was beaten by a girl at one point. Ye Shewin from china at the age of sixteen beat Lochtes split of 29.10 in the last 50 of the 400 meter freestyle with a score of 28.43 seconds. Here's the link http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/30/world/asia/olympics-china-ye-shiwen-swimming

Fighting over front row

Recently a law suit has come up about a fight that took place last September during New York fashion week. Why is it so important to sit in the front row of a fashion show, and what will women do to get a front row seat?



http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/07/fashion/squeezing-one-more-in-fashions-front-row.html?hp&_r=0

Marcy Bowers transgender

This is an article about Dr.Marcy Bowers who is a transgender doctor who performs gender reassignment surgeries. She used to be a man named Mark. Here's the link http://www.marcibowers.com/about.html

Human Rights Advocacy on Gender Issues: Challenges and Opportunities

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This article talks about how women's rights have now started to become more incorporated with discussions. However, despite the progression, still many challenges remain.

Men and Women See the World Differently

This article is about how men and women view the world differently. Researchers at the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom did an experiment with a variety of men and women to track where their viewpoint went when looking at an image. They found that most of the time men and women looked at different spots on the image. They were able to tell whether or not a participant was female just by seeing where their eyes focused. Most of the time women looked away or below object of interest, especially if they were potent. Surprisingly, most of the time the women looked for at women in a picture of a couple than men did. When both looked at the female figure of the image, me focused more on the face and women on the body. Researchers believe this is because women are looking for faults in another women. 

Emphatic Femininity

In case you were curious about this whole human "Barbie" concept from this morning's class, here is an article about a girl who had surgery to look like a life size Barbie.  It is not the same girl I was thinking of when I mentioned it but still a good article.

Is it possible to look like Barbie?

First-Ever Softball Sports Diplomacy Program Sends Olympians to Nicaragua to Empower Women and Girls through Sports

The U.S. Department of State announced that Jessica Mendoza and Ruby Rojas will be traveling to Nicaragua to be apart of a global initiative to empower women and girls in sports. They will engage underserved girls in Esteli and Managua and Mendoza and Rojas will be running softball clinics for those girls and coaches. This is the first time that they are doing this and empowering girls through sports like this. The Empowering Women and Girls Through Sports Initiative is looking to increase the number of women in sports and educate further on Title IX.

London Olympic Sexism: Gender Issues Are Being Ignored During the 2012 Games

http://www.policymic.com/articles/12445/london-olympic-sexism-gender-issues-are-being-ignored-during-the-2012-games

This article is about the London Olympic Games and how women were treated with disrespect because of there sex. There was "sexist comments and offensive remarks." They say that equality requires more than just a female face; there is more too it.

Moms taking charge of the house hold

I chose this article from the New York Times about moms taking the role of staying at home because it goes along with how dads mostly go to work while their wives stay home and look after the house holds. Click here

Cali Bans "Cure" Therapy

In reference to our discussion on the article "What's So Bad About a Boy who Wants to Wear a Dress?", California became the first state to officially ban what it called "Cure" Therapy.  The belief behind this therapy, and you might remember that one of the parents in the article actually had their son do this, is that acting homosexual or in a way unbecoming of one's assigned gender can be "cured" through talking to a therapist.

Check it out for yourself and see what you think.

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India can learn respect for women

http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/29/opinion/neogy-rape-india/index.html?iref=allsearch

This article shows discrimination and violence that women have to deal with in their everyday lives. Author tells us how it isn't innate and can be unlearned.

Boy Scouts May Allow Homosexual Scout Masters

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/boy-scouts-may-allow-homosexual-scout-masters

This article talks about BSA and how they are moving towards allowing gay boys to become scouts or scout leaders. There is much talk about the pros and cons that this decision could face. It would promote equality and give more children the opportunity the join the Boy Scouts. However, the BSA could lose many of it's supporters, such as the Souther Baptist churches, because they are anti-gay.

Mayor Bloomberg

This is an article about Mayor Bloomberg and his life prior to being the multi billionaire that he is today. Mayor Bloomberg's life before the billions

The Fortune 500 list has more female CEO's than ever before. In 2011 there were 12 female CEO's and now in 2012 there is a record of 18. Even though there is a new record of female CEO's they still only run 3.6% of the Fortune 500 companies. Women are gaining some power but not as much as some may deserve.

Fortune 500 List Boasts More Female CEOs Than Ever Before

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/07/fortune-500-female-ceos_n_1495734.html?

Women in the Military: Change in Combat Roles

Hi All,

Here is a post to get us started in the kinds of on going conversations we will have this semester.  I know I talked to a few of you about this yesterday, but this is breaking news for our service men and women.  Read the article.  Gender in the Military is a Unit of ours in about a month or so.

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