Katie Couric: Sexism in America
America’s highest paid newscaster has claimed she is a victim of sexism and that discrimination based on gender is more prevalent – and tolerated – in US society than racism. Katie Couric, the CBS evening news anchor who earns a reported $15 million a year, compared herself to failed presidential candidate Senator Hillary Clinton in […]
Why Do We Still Need Beauty Pageants?
I was channel surfing Sunday night and stumbled upon The Miss Universe Pageant Live from Vietnam. I have always found these contests to be a bit degrading and sexist. Why do we still have them, and why did nearly a billion viewers tune in worldwide? Already in progress, the hosts, Jerry Springer and Melanie Brown […]
Even as Celebrities, Women Face a Double Standard
By Vanessa Richmond via Alternet The tabloids paint Britney Spears’ as a neglectful, deranged, drug-addicted mother who frequently neglects and even endangers her children, and whose partying ways are responsible for her demise. The video and images of Amy Winehouse smoking crack cocaine have been widely circulated, along with a flurry of recent articles alleging […]
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