Women’s Issues

Anita Hill, Sandra Fluke and Garry Trudeau Speak before NWLC

Anita Hill, Sandra Fluke and Garry Trudeau Speak before NWLC

Law professor Anita Hill, women’s rights activist Sandra Fluke and cartoonist Garry Trudeau spoke to journalist Michel Martin at the National Women’s Law Center annual dinner on November 14, 2012. They talked about their various experiences in the media spotlight on women’s rights issues, and how far we’ve come (and not come) since the Clarence […]

Women score a huge victory with the ouster of Rep. Joe Walsh

Women score a huge victory with the ouster of Rep. Joe Walsh

Women turned out to be big winners during the election with the defeat of misogynist candidates such as Todd Akin, Richard Mourdoch, Roger Rivard, John Koster and Joe Walsh. All pro-life and anti-woman, these candidates made bizarre controversial remarks about women and rape at one point during their campaigns. As a result, Republican Joe Walsh […]

American Misogyny Peaks As 12 Year Old Sex Abuse Victim Is Blamed

American Misogyny Peaks As 12 Year Old Sex Abuse Victim Is Blamed

We have heard a lot this year about the so-called “War On Women”.  Conservatives on the one hand want to say there is no war, liberals strongly state the opposite. Personally, I find it incredible that anyone c0uld deny such a war exists with all the recent legislation regarding women’s reproductive healthcare services, comments by bloviating ignoramuses […]

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