By Roxane Gay — 2021
Legal protections against pregnancy discrimination are one thing. Actual feelings of security are another.
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Writing in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, Dr. Felicia H. Stewart and Dr. James Trussell have estimated that there are twenty-five thousand rape-related pregnancies each year in the United States.
With her play and her talk, did the soccer star inspire us to redefine the meaning of sports? She tried.
Women with disabilities are often doubly penalized—for being women and for being disabled.
Feminism, when you look at it as Gloria Steinem does, as the recognition of the full humanity and full equality of both men and women, is peace work
Black women are 37 cents behind men in the pay gap—in other words, for every dollar a man makes, black women make 63 cents.
The constant scrutiny into the runner’s medical history reveals what happens to women who don’t conform to stereotypes.
It can’t be about “empowerment” any longer. To make real progress, it has to be about power—using and growing the power we women already have.
Evidence shows that women are less self-assured than men—and that to succeed, confidence matters as much as competence. Here's why, and what to do about it.
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We are told female athletes are paid less than men because they generate less money. But that will always be the case if women’s sports aren’t marketed properly.
On Friday, the US Women’s National Soccer Team sent a powerful message, using the backdrop of International Women’s Day and filing a lawsuit that accused the governing body for US soccer of gender discrimination.