Gender

NC GOP Declares War on Women's Bare Breasts

By Alex Kane / AlterNet

6 months in prison for a woman who exposes her breasts? A bill to outlaw topless women is headed for approval in the North Carolina legislature.

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When Prostitution Wasn't a Crime: The Fascinating History of Sex Work in America

By Melissa Gira Grant / AlterNet

Extremists Hold a Mock Memorial For Woman Who Died From Abortion Complications

By Steven Hsieh / AlterNet

Oscar Pistorius Accused of Murdering His Girlfriend -- Latest Reminder That Athletes Don't Always Make for Good Role Models

By Laura Gottesdiener / AlterNet

India Leads the Day of ‘One Billion Rising’ to Fight Rampant Sexual Assault of Women

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Men Step Up to Support Women's Rights and Fight Violence ... Stars and Regular Guys Say They Are Ready to Show Up

Top General's Unbelievably Idiotic Comment About Rape in the Middle of Military Rape Epidemic

The Growing Cost of Having Kids Is Tipping More Women Towards Ambivalence about Motherhood

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Gender

Inside the Military Rape Cult

Janet Allon / AlterNet

Why the Violence Against Women Act Is Crucial for Native American Women

Winona La Duke / AlterNet

15-Year-Old Girl Raped, Police Dismiss the Case Because Victim and Attackers Have "Low IQs"

Laura Gottesdiener / AlterNet

No Wonder Rubio Was Thirsty

Annie Rose Strasser / Think Progress

Valentine's Day Is the Perfect Occasion to Fight Domestic and Sexual Abuse

Rob Okun / AlterNet

The Scams and Sexism Hidden in Your Cable Bill

Lynn Stuart Parramore / AlterNet

'60s Icon Paul Krassner Reveals His Early History with Abortion

Paul Krassner / AlterNet

How Did the Super Bowl Land on the Front Lines of the Culture War? Player's Gay Slur Ignites National Firestorm

Daniel D'Addario / Salon

One Billion Rising: 'It's Like a Feminist Tsunami'

Jane Martinson / The Guardian

A Girl Reads the New York Times: Why Are All the Front-Page Articles By Men?

Diane Wachtell / AlterNet

Popular Cosmetic Procedure Called "the Barbie" Hacks Off Women's Labia So She's Smooth Like a Doll

Katie J.M. Baker / Jezebel

When the Law Won't Call it "Rape"

Stephanie Hughes / Salon.com

One Million Moms For Gun Control: Origins Of A Movement

Lisa Belkin / The Huffington Post

Old, Female and Homeless

Rose Aguilar / Economic Hardship Reporting Project

Hate Crimes: A Rape Every Minute, a Thousand Corpses Every Year

Rebecca Solnit / Tom Dispatch

Breast-Slapping and Olive Oil Penile Injections -- the Crazy (and Sometimes Fatal) Things People Do for Beauty

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The 7 Best Right-Wing Freakouts Over Women Going Into Combat

Katie McDonough / Salon

Crazy -- Republican Lawmaker Wants to Jail Rape Victims for Ending Pregnancies

Laura Gottesdiener / AlterNet

A Fetus Is Not a Person if it Costs us Money, Says Catholic Church

Kaili Joy Gray / Daily Kos

Hillary Faces Down The Angry Men

Joan Walsh / Salon.com

About Time Women and Men Got Charged the Same Rates for Hair Cuts

Laura Gottesdiener / AlterNet

Business Owners Who Oppose Obamacare's Birth Control Mandate Want Employees Just Like Them

Howard M. Friedman / Religion Dispatches

Va. Bill Would Remove Abortion Funding for Women With Severely Deformed Fetuses

Reilly Moore / The American Independent

From Dwindling Abortion Rights to Intrusive Drug Tests: Are Pregnant Women Second Class Citizens?

Jennifer Block / AlterNet

Where We're at, 40 Years After Roe v. Wade: Many More Right Wingers Have Abortion as Single Issue, Than Do Liberals

Joshua Holland / AlterNet

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