Category Archives: Gender and the Economy

You'll Get No Argument from Me

I enjoy reading Andrew Sullivan’s blog; he’s a cogent writer, and while he’s made some catastrophic decisions during his career, he at the very least is willing to change his mind when events warrant. He’s been one of the strongest … Continue reading

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New political cartoon: Bitch If You Do, Broke If You Don't

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Lily Ledbetter Act Passes Senate

Since this has already passed the House, it’s now passed; it only needs to get signed by Obama. The legislation overrides a May 2007 Supreme Court ruling that Ledbetter, a Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company employee in Gadsden, Ala., couldn’t … Continue reading

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House passes Fair Pay Acts

Some good news from Emily at RH Reality Check:
The House passed both the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act and the Paycheck Fairness Act, restoring and establishing basic protections for employees who are subject to wage discrimination. The Ledbetter Act repeals the 180 day requirement, while the Paycheck Fairness Act protects employees from retaliation by […] Continue reading

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Gender Attitudes And The Wage Gap

The results need to be replicated. Still, this is really interesting. Men with egalitarian attitudes about the role of women in society earn significantly less on average than men who hold more traditional views about women’s place in the world, … Continue reading

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Pecah Lobang – Muslim Transexual Workers in Malaysia

This is a documentary by my wonderful friend (whom I had the honor of meeting in a mass media and law class which has developed into what will obviously be a life long friendship) Poh Si Teng.

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Cartoon: Wives At Home

My new Dollars and Sense cartoon is up! D&S editor Amy Gluckman writes: Women who came of age 20 or 30 years ago in the United States may be forgiven our surprise that the whole work-home-motherhood thing continues to be … Continue reading

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The Impact of Small Advantages

From the Dollars and Sense blog: Peter Wagner of the Prison Policy Initiative sent us this link to a recent article in Slate magazine. The article cites the curious phenomenon that professional baseball players are much more likely to be … Continue reading

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No Maternity Leave For You!

From Tapped, Dana advises pregnant workers to give written notice… of pregnancy: That’s one of the lessons in Sue Shellenbarger‘s latest Wall Street Journal column, which reports that pregnancy bias complaints to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission rose 14 percent … Continue reading

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It's Not True That Someday 100% of Women Will Have Paid Jobs (Response To Dave Sim)

Dave Sim is one of the greatest living cartoonists, and his work has been very influential on my own approach to cartooning. Over the decades he’s also become an extreme, extreme anti-feminist. In a recent discussion on the Sequential Tart … Continue reading

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