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gender politics
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Link: Lawyers Warned Wal-Mart of Risks Years Before Bias Suit
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/04/business/04lawsuit.html...
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A report prepared for the company in 1995 found widespread gender disparities in pay and promotion at Wal-Mart and Sam's Club stores.
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Link: Girls Prevail in New York City Programs for Gifted
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/01/nyregion/01gifted.html?...
Though the school system overall is 51 percent male, its gifted classrooms generally have more girls.
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Link: R. Kelly’s “If You Were A Boy”
http://gossiponthis.com/2008/11/24/beyonce-if-i-were-a-bo...
R. Kelly provides a response to Beyonce's gender-politics-lite ditty. Let's just cut to the chase, Kelly: if she were a girl, “how old are we talking?”
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Aiko the Fembot
Science Buzz Aiko is the perfect female robot: she responds to your touch, remembers your drink order, and never needs a nap. She is also fluent in English and Japanese and can balance your checkbook. A bunch of feminists will probably get upset about subservience and antiquated gender roles, etc, but honestly, I can do none of these things, so I am fine with having someone in the house who can.
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Tomboys
Culture Buzz An article in the New York Observer talks about the rising trend of the urbane tomboy - the female equivalent of the metrosexual. This isn’t so much a trend as it is an example of what media publications publish on really slow news days. Still, they make a good point about how high-maintenance androgyny can be.
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CharmingBurka
Tech Buzz Invented by a German artist, this Bluetooth-enabled burqa allows Muslim women who wear the veil to transmit an image of themselves to mobile phones nearby. While the project is meant to be experimental and provocative, many observers have expressed outrage at the idea of using innovative new technology to accommodate an archaic symbol of repression.
