As more and more women gain courage to stand up against abuse, harassment, and discrimination, diverse ways of making a stand and raising awareness have come up. There is the Time’s Up! campaign launched by the women in Hollywood, for example. Others used their field of interest such as photography, arts, and even social media to […]
Often, what limits us most are not moral laws, but the cultural, political, and religious laws imposed on us by our society. Take for example the law that requires Muslim women from all walks of life to wear hijab or head covering in public. Though the practice of this law varies in different countries, in […]
Most people roll their eyes when someone tells them something ludicrous or when they find a person low-key annoying and can’t stand a thing he/she is saying. The ocular gesture, according to psychologists, has been an act of dominance and a less overt way of acting out aggression particularly among women. But evolutionary psychologists would […]
Iceland started the year with a solid step towards closing the gender wage gap by making it illegal for companies to pay men more than women for the same work. The country has become the first in the world to legalize equal pay. The new law which came into effect on January 1 states that companies […]
More than 300 women in Hollywood—actresses, writers, and directors—have launched a campaign called “Time’s Up!” to combat sexual harassment in the film industry and in the workplace. The initiative was announced in a full-page advertorial printed in the New York Times. The campaign came after the many sexual allegations against men in Hollywood like Harvey […]
Have you ever been in a situation where you have to choose between a romantic relationship or your career? The choice to make may not be the same for everyone and whatever you choose should depend on what you think matters more to you. Twitter user @mzbat shared an overheard story of a couple fighting […]
When pop star Taylor Swift released her latest single “Look What You Made Me Do” last August, she clearly declared that the “old Taylor is dead” and rebrands herself as one badass b*tch coming for blood. However, it seems not everyone in Twitterverse believes that she’s as badass as she portrays. After user @xnuiz tweeted […]
In almost every Romance movie ever-made, young girls are often portrayed to be dreaming about their ‘perfect’ wedding with the ideal man. And in many instances, these films even go so far as to link marriage as a requisite to the aspirations of the female youth. Although this notion may be true in some cases, […]
It is not unusual that ideas pitched by women are completely ignored until a man repeats or tweaks their ideas–and gets the credit for it. Women across age groups have, at one point, experienced such instances at home, in school, or in the workplace. And there has not been a term for it–until now. Hepeated, […]