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Adieu to ‘Mademoiselle’: French Town Bans ‘Sexist’ Term

First, a ban to the term mademoiselle, next a movement to do away with gendered nouns? People struggling to learn French can only hope.

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#Mencallmethings: Twitter Trend Highlights Sexist Abuse Online

What is it about the Internet that makes these abusive comments so prevalent?

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Baking Battle: Student Group Under Fire For Its Anti-Affirmative Action Bake Sale

A student group at UC Berkeley cooks up controversy with its anti-affirmative action bake sale.

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JCPenney Yanks ‘I’m Too Pretty To Do Homework’ T-Shirt After Online Outcry

JCPenney has just pulled an offensive t-shirt from its website after social-media backlash.  Aimed for girls ages 7 to 16, the shirt reads “I’m too pretty to do homework so my brother has to do it for me.”  Uh, seriously?

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Study: For Women, Skinnier Figures Can Equal Fatter Paychecks

Ladies, are you feeling bad about those extra five pounds? This might just make you feel worse. (Sorry!)

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A Name of One’s Own: Why Japanese Women Are Suing for Their Surnames

Four women and one man are fighting a 19th century law that effectively prevents Japanese women from keeping their birth names post-marriage.

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TNT Is Sorry Tracy Morgan Made Offensive Comments About Sarah Palin

TNT was quick to issue an apology after comedian Tracy Morgan aired his views on the former Governor of Alaska on Thursday’s Inside the NBA pregame show.

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Soccer Sexism: Sky Sacks Andy Gray

The first casualty has been brought about by the Sky Sports soccer sexism controversy and it’s the termination of main commentator Andy Gray’s lucrative million pound contract.

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Behind Britain’s Sordid Soccer Sexism Controversy

Now this is what is referred to as an own goal.

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Piers Morgan to Condi Rice: ‘Do You Dream of a Fairytale Wedding?’

Dr. Rice also fielded questions like “are you romantic?” and “If you were cooking me a meal, what would you cook?”