New report demonstrates that Canada’s gender pay gap is worth $150 billion dollars. GOP Senator Bill Cassidy argues in favour of maternity benefits, pointing out that women can’t get pregnant without men.…
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Online apps like Plastic Surgery Princess, Little Skin Doctor, and Pimp My Face make plastic surgery into a game and are being marketed to young girls, telling them surgery can stop them…
Managing director of Toronto Cosmetic Clinic, Sina Kashani, says requests for labiaplasty have increased four-fold since the clinic started offering them. CBC News reports that “the surgery is often performed on women…
Bertrand Charest, a former ski coach, has been convicted of 37 criminal offenses related to the abuse and exploitation of his young, female students 20 years ago. It’s the 45th anniversary of…
Less than a week after a judge declared a mistrial in Bill Cosby’s his sexual assault case, Cosby has announced he’s going to hold a series of town hall meetings in Alabama…
Renee Rabinowitz, an 83 year-old woman, won her case against Israeli airline El Al. The court ruled that when airline employees asked Rabinowitz to switch seats in order to accommodate the demands…
Berlin’s municipal government is moving forward with plans to ban sexist advertising. American rapper YG demanded female fans expose their breasts to him at an all-ages gig in Brisbane. The 27-year-old rapper…
Judge in Bill Cosby sexual assault trial declares mistrial due to deadlocked jury. Prosecuters say they will retry the case, but it’s looking very possible that the 79-year-old won’t be convicted. A…
In a small farming village in South Korea, a dozen or so women, ranging in age from their 60s to 80s, are at the forefront of protests against the deployment of a…
A conversation between Pamela Adlon, Minnie Driver, Kathryn Hahn, and Issa Rae in The Hollywood Reporter reveal the incredible sexism women face in Hollywood. Pamela Adlon says: “When I was 15, I…
More than a dozen women dressed in “handmaid” costumes staged a silent protest at the Ohio Statehouse in response to a bill that would ban the most common abortion procedure. Globe and…
Hundreds of Calgary women were violated through the “CanadaCreep” Twitter account, which posted secretly recorded videos and images of their bodies. The account has finally been shut down, after operating for a…
Scientists need to stop ignoring sex in their studies. Dr. Franck Mauvais-Jarvis, a physician scientist at Tulane University in Louisiana, says many scientists still treat the male as representative of the species.…
Canada’s Indigenous Affairs minister urges parliament to reject a bill that would end all sex discrimination in the Indian Act, asking for more time and consultation. The act dates back to the…
College and university student evaluations of teaching are not only unreliable, they are significantly biased against female instructors. Helen Lewis points out that London Bridge terrorist Rachid Redouane abused his wife, like…