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Back after The Force Awakens was released, a handful of fans used the term to describe her; meaning a female character for whom things come easily. Speaking in an interview shared by YouTube account Jar Jar Abrams, she said: “I don’t buy the Mary Sue thing anyway. I find the term sexist in itself because […]
Sexism is based on many factors, but one of the simplest metrics to follow is the gender pay gap. And now research by job search-engine Adzuna has revealed the cities in the UK with the largest divide in earnings between the sexes. The study, conducted in October 2017, analysed over 155,000 CVs of recent jobseekers […]
First, some background: James Toback is a B-list writer/director who’s managed to maintain a high profile thanks in part to the high quality of his early work (which includes The Gambler and Fingers), but mostly due to his friendships with several high-powered Hollywood figures, including Warren Beatty, Robert Downey Jr., and Alec Baldwin. And last […]
The 28-year-old is in hot water after his comments to a female reporter caused controversy in a press conference on Wednesday. Newton made a sexist remark toward a female reporter, saying it was “funny to hear a female” ask a tactical question about route running. And Dannon, maker of the Oikos yogurt brand, have now […]
Behind every powerful woman are legions of disgruntled male trolls trying to tear her down. It’s unfortunately a common sight on the internet: a female writer, social media personality, or women in the limelight find themselves subject to increasingly violent threats for a misspoken statement or badly-received work. It’s even worse when it’s in a […]
Published time: 25 Aug, 2017 21:44 Artificial intelligence programs designed to assess candidates for university places and bank loans may be inherently racist and sexist, according to technology experts. Researchers believe that machine-learning algorithms, far from making the world more equitable, are now mimicking society’s inequality by discriminating against women and ethnic minorities. “This […]
Journalist Harriet Minter suggested that women and girls are conditioned by advertisers to like certain things and not like certain things. “What’s strange is when we say that advertising is completely harmless,” she explained. Harriet added: “Marketing targets things like trucks at boys not women.” However, the debate became extremely heated as Piers, 56, asked […]
Pool/Getty Images The majority of American voters think President Donald Trump is reckless, sexist, and thin-skinned, according to a new Morning Consult/Politico poll. Asked for their opinion on whether a list of both positive and negative descriptors applied to the president, 59% of those polled said the president is reckless, 55% said he is sexist, and 53% […]
It didn’t take long for Uber to jeopardize whatever goodwill the company had earned by announcing a series of new initiatives aimed at increasing the hiring and retention of women and minorities. On Tuesday afternoon, the company published a series of initiatives it would be implementing to make the company’s culture more welcoming. By early […]
Uber board member David Bonderman resigned from the company’s board on Tuesday after making a sexist comment during a company meeting earlier in the day. Bonderman’s attempt at a joke, which played on a stereotype that women talk too much, came amid a discussion about the steps the ride-hailing company plans to take to address complaints about […]
