Gender and Sexuality

Clinton Super Tuesday Win

The ‘Woman Card’ The ‘Woman Card’

So if playing the “woman card” really Is entrenched now in Hillary’s plans, She’s a bargain: Her president’s paycheck Will be 10 percent less than a man’s.

May 5, 2016 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Bernie Sanders

Why Bernie Didn’t Get My Vote Why Bernie Didn’t Get My Vote

It’s not his focus on the economy—it’s that he doesn’t seem to understand that the economy is structured by gender and race.

May 4, 2016 / Column / Katha Pollitt

DeAndre Levy on the bench

An NFL Player Stands Up to Rape and Gives a Lesson in Consent An NFL Player Stands Up to Rape and Gives a Lesson in Consent

Detroit Lions linebacker DeAndre Levy stands up to toxic masculinity and rape culture in professional football.

May 3, 2016 / Dave Zirin

Pro-choice protesters

What Abortion Has to Do With the Minimum Wage What Abortion Has to Do With the Minimum Wage

Advocates and members of Congress want to reframe abortion as an issue of economic security.

May 2, 2016 / Zoë Carpenter

Man reads a tweet to aloud to Sarah Spain

Meet Two Women Tackling Misogyny in Sports Journalism Meet Two Women Tackling Misogyny in Sports Journalism

Sports journalists Sarah Spain and Julie DiCaro asked men to read aloud the misogynistic messages they receive online in order to increase awareness of harassment.

Apr 28, 2016 / Dave Zirin

The Prince of Sex

The Prince of Sex The Prince of Sex

When Reagan was president, and sex was death, it was a Prince song that turned me inside out.

Apr 21, 2016 / Richard Kim

North Carolina LGBT protest

North Carolina’s Anti-LGBT Law Is Not the Way to Keep Women Safe North Carolina’s Anti-LGBT Law Is Not the Way to Keep Women Safe

The threats to women’s safety are posed by men, not trans women. So why should trans women suffer for those sins?

Apr 21, 2016 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Women Won’t Have Equality Until Dads Stay Home

Women Won’t Have Equality Until Dads Stay Home Women Won’t Have Equality Until Dads Stay Home

Here’s how it works.

Apr 20, 2016 / Editorial / Bryce Covert

Kobe Bryant After Last Game

Wrestling With Kobe Bryant’s Forgotten Apology Wrestling With Kobe Bryant’s Forgotten Apology

After being cleared of rape charges in 2003, the basketball star conceded that the absence of consent may have occurred. Here’s why that matters.

Apr 19, 2016 / Dave Zirin

Crumpled dollar

The Average Woman Loses Over $10,000 Dollars Every Year to the Gender Pay Gap The Average Woman Loses Over $10,000 Dollars Every Year to the Gender Pay Gap

It’s 2016 and women are still earning just 79 cents for every dollar made by men.

Apr 15, 2016 / Michelle Chen

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