The crash tests that regulators use to rate vehicles’ safety don’t use female test dummies in the driver’s seat in a key test, and in the tests where they are used, the dummies are less-accurate, scaled-down male versions. Advocates say the discrepancy means that hundreds of women needlessly die in crashes every year.
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Retirements by Senate incumbents in Maryland, Delaware and California created a rare trifecta of open seats in blue states. Even more unusual is the fact that a Black woman is a top contender in each field.
Ron Klain: ‘Sexism and racism are part of the problem’ with Harris criticism
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“And I think that she hasn’t gotten the credit for all that she’s done,” Biden’s former chief of staff said.
France’s feminist literary revolution
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‘For the longest time, people were afraid of the word feminist, they associated it with radicalism and angry women. Now, that’s changed.’
Stormy Daniels, Feminist Hero?
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For decades, women involved in political sex scandals have been pressured into silence — until the porn star who went up against former President Donald Trump.
EU Parliament moves to end gender pay gap — this time for good
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Employers face new rules to ensure salary equality.The European Parliament on Thursday approved binding pay-transparency rules in a bid to tackle the gender salary gap across the EU. Under the new rules, employers will have to provide employees with access to information on how they determine salaries, broken down by gender.
Why the Beltway Loves the Second Gentleman
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Kamala Harris may be struggling with Washington insiders, but they’re making her once nerdy husband the most high-profile vice-presidential spouse in history.
Spanish government backpedals over sexual consent law
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Coalition partners at odds over law that has resulted in more than 200 convicted sex offenders having their sentences reduced.
Women Rule the Ivies
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Six of the Ivy League’s eight private research universities are slated to have female presidents this fall. It’s the first time the group of elite colleges will have women at the helm of six of eight campuses, nearly 30 years after Judith Rodin became the first woman to lead an Ivy League school in 1994.
The Women of Iran Are Not Backing Down
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The protest movement led by Persian women seeks to unravel the Iranian regime’s oppression. This is a spontaneous civil rights movement made up of people at their wit’s end — unable to afford basic life necessities while forced to adhere to the oppressive rules of a religious autocracy that promised to take care of its people.
She Fixes Cars. Can She Fix Congress’ Elitism Problem?
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"Support normal people. People are hungry for a Congress that looks like America. It’s not rocket science."