Gender

Why Feminists Should Be Wary of the Obsession With the Glass Ceiling

By Laura Gottesdiener / AlterNet

Is the goal of breaking the glass ceiling preventing feminism from achieving its larger goals?

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How Pussy Riot's Protest Recalls the Spirit of Mary, Mother of Jesus

By Ray McGovern / Consortium News

How My Church Tried to Make Me Hate Gay People

By Kate “Sierra” Townsend / Patheos

Why Boycotting Hyatt Is More Than Just a Union Issue: An Interview With Activist Cleve Jones

By Amy Dean / TruthOut.org

The 8 Worst Things Republicans Have Said About Rape, Sex and Women's Bodies

By Sarah Seltzer, Lauren Kelley / AlterNet

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

Why "Mansplaining" Is Still a Problem

Rebecca Solnit / TomDispatch

Looking to Mexico for an Alternative to Abortion Clinics

Reynaldo Leal / New America Media

16-Year-Old Girl Dies of Cancer After Being Refused Treatment for 3 Weeks Due to Pregnancy

Robin Marty, Jodi Jacobson / RH Reality Check

Why Are No Women Celebrity Stoners Willing to Come Out of the Greenhouse?

Greta Gaines / AlterNet

The Shocking Second HIV Epidemic Among U.S. Gay Men That No One Is Talking About

Michael Bouldin / AlterNet

Ryan Sponsored Abortion Bill That Would Make Romney's Kids Criminals

Stephanie Mencimer / Mother Jones

The Bible Says More About Unicorns Than Fetuses -- Maybe Anti-Choice Christians Should Take a Closer Read

Lynn Beisner / Role Reboot

4 News Stories That Probably Make the Rest of the World Think Americans Are Gun-Crazed Bigots

Lauren Kelley / AlterNet

A Fascinating History of the "C Word"

Lindsay Zoladz / Bitch Magazine

Returned Badges, Presidential Opposition: Backlash to the Boy Scouts' Anti-Gay Policies

Ted Cox / AlterNet

I Hooked Up With a Gay Evangelical Christian -- Here's Why I Outed Him

Azariah Southworth / Salon

Nuns' Group Targeted by Vatican Refuses to Back Down, But Won't Break Away

Adele M. Stan / AlterNet

The Media's Problem With Gay Rappers

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd / AlterNet

One Mom's Effort to Dampen Down the Media's Empty Nest Hysteria

Michele Weldon / AlterNet

11 Ways Men Can Be Better Feminist Allies

Ozy Frantz / Role Reboot

7 Things the Media Missed About the Chick-fil-A Saga

Kristin Rawls / AlterNet

Why Do Men Have Such Trouble With Intimacy?

Dr. Bill Cloke / The Good Men Project

5 Moments Young Women Kicked Ass

Sarah Seltzer / AlterNet

How a Group of Women Sails Past Countries' Restrictions on Reproductive Rights

Claire Glass / AlterNet

Why Machismo Can Be Deadly For Gay Latinos

Erika L. Sanchez / AlterNet

We Never Said "We Wanted it All": How the Media Distorts the Goals of Feminism

Ruth Rosen / Open Democracy 50.50

Breaking the Glass Hurdle: Women's Firsts in the 2012 Olympics

Danette Rivera / Breaking Muscle

5 Reasons the 'Pray Away the Gay' Movement Is as Vile as Ever

Kristin Rawls / AlterNet

The War on Workers' Religious Liberty

Amanda Marcotte / RH Reality Check

Inside the Mind of a Serial Rapist

Mary Elizabeth Williams / Salon

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