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celticeagle @celticeagle (189957) • Boise, Idaho 6 Apr 23

It wasn't until 1920 and the 29th Presidential election that women were granted the right to vote. Florence Harding was the first First Lady to be able to vote for her husband. This was due to the ratification of the 19th...

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More trouble for Twitter - Gender Bias case

Pitstop @pitstop (15551) • Australia 8 Dec 22

With Twitter being shaken up after Elon Musk took over, there seems to be a mix of bad news and rapid changes happening. A lot is being done in the name of free speech and financial restructuring. It all started off with a...

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Large UK companies held to account over salary gaps between male and female workers

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382440) • Rockingham, Australia 11 Mar 22

I’ve just written about how Australia is tackling inequality between cultures and genders. Another interesting article turned up on much the same subject. We have just had International Women’s Day (IWD) when there is much pomp...

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Gender Sensitive Planning

Laureen @BH0elmereen (826) • Baguio, Philippines 18 Jul 18

Currently attending a planning review with Gender and Development Attribution Any thoughts or experiences on how Gender Sensitive your workplace is? Image credit to https://issuu.com/

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Poetry: A Girl's Plight.......

DJ @Daljinder (23193) • Bangalore, India 23 Jan 16

I wanted to be a doctor I was told I was off my rocker “Money is not grown on trees” “Who is going to pay your fees?” “We are saving for your brother” “Oh girl, you shouldn’t even bother” I wanted to join politics But was...

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Preference for bay boy

shalini626 @shalini626 (56) • India 10 Mar 11

Girls are born, you take care of them. They grow up and them she has to go away to start her new life. Still girls are more affectionate and caring to their parents even from miles away. Its difficult for parents to let there...

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Do some majors have a gender bias?

Michaelyou @Michaelyou (182) • China 23 Apr 10

Hi malottors, Have you ever come across this situation? Some majors attract more women, and some attract more men. Perhaps it's genetically predisposed or a result of genderbaised education. What is your attitude towards...

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Sotomayor made same comment in 1994 as 2001

AnjaP @Rollo1 (16676) • Boston, Massachusetts 4 Jun 09

Well, now we know that Judge Sotomayor's comments in 2001 about making better judgements than a man were not just a bad choice of words. She said nearly the same thing in 1994, which means that Obama is wrong that she probably...

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Why is there no male equivalent to the following?

wheel416 @wheel416 (1019) • Canada 19 Dec 08

OK, as frequently happens this question came out of me getting all riled up about another discussion here on Mylot. So here's the deal, I'm irked today by an apparent gender bias we have in our society. Why are there no male...

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Are female jockeys as good as the men?

grandpa_lash @grandpa_lash (5225) • Australia 1 Nov 08

I will state right up I am firmly in favour of female jockeys and consider them just as good as men, despite the fact they do not get the same chances. What prompted this discussion was the running of the VRC Derby today in...

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Girl of Qatif

johndavid0314 @johndavid0314 (6) • South Africa 16 Nov 07

People of all nation can you believe this story? In my point of view this is a bias decision. When they give judgement to people, do they look at their gender or just the offense. Is the judge gay? why is he weighing down the...

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Can creative writers develop "Androgyny" within themselves while writing?

multisubj @multisubj (451) • India 14 Apr 07

S.T. Coleridge and Virginia Woolf propounded and popularised this idea. Briefly: General belief is that male writers have a "male outlook and point of view" and female writers a "feminine outlook and a feminine point of view". The...

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If you were to become parent, which woulf you prefer? boy or girl?

nicolai @nicolai (288) • Philippines 3 Feb 07

there are so many parents whom they wishe their child was a boy or a girl in your preference, which would you choose, boy or girl?

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Where does gender bias come from?

surfincypherz @surfincypherz (490) • United States 1 Jan 07

Throughout history there have been biases between the sexes. Man are lazy and women are b*tchy. Women are sl*ts, but men can sleep around all they want, and they are all the more cool for doing so. Men must be the bread winners...

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