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Join UsBiden administration asks Supreme Court not to hear challenge to all-male military draft
Robert Barnes /
The Washington Post
Because Congress is considering whether women should also be required to sign up, Acting Solicitor General Elizabeth B. Prelogar said in a brief to the court, “any reconsideration of the constitutionality of the male-only registration requirement . . . would be premature at this time.”
‘I was told to live with it’: women tell of doctors dismissing their pain
Sarah Marsh /
The Guardian
Women are almost twice as likely to be prescribed powerful and potentially addictive opiate painkillers than men, a Guardian analysis shows. Women contacted as part of the report said they felt that they were often “fobbed off” with painkillers when their problems required medical investigation.
Why Do We Let Corporations Profit From Rape Videos?
Nicholas Kristof /
The New York Times
With help from Google and PayPal, XVideos lets people leer at the worst moment in a child’s life. Why do we let companies get away with this?
The rise of female UFC fighters obscures profound exploitation, inequality
Jennifer McClearen /
The Conversation
The rise of women in mixed martial arts is remarkable, and reflects the diversity and global appeal of the sport. But while women may glow under the bright lights of the Octagon, exploitation and deep inequalities persist.
The French parliament has adopted legislation that characterises sex with a child under the age of 15 as rape and punishable by up to 20 years in jail, bringing its penal code closer in line with many other western nations. While the age of consent was previously 15, prosecutors in France used to be required to prove sex was non-consensual to obtain a rape conviction.
To get more news coverage of women, we need more women making the news
Carolyn McGourty SuppleElisa Lees Muñoz /
Evoke
If we want to live in a society where women are seen and valued equally, we must address the disparities in whose stories get told—and be mindful of who’s doing the telling.
Women take the floor: an exhibition that shifts the male gaze of art history
Nadja Sayej /
The Guardian
At the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, female artists throughout history are being given their due in a vital new exhibition
Google Doodle honors Italian physicist Laura Bassi
Kyle Bradshaw /
9 to 5 Google
Italian physicist Laura Bassi was the first woman to obtain a doctorate in science and was only the second woman in history to earn a philosophy doctorate (PhD). The public revered Bassi, calling her a “Bolognese Minerva,” in reference to the Roman goddess of wisdom.