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The Lawry's restaurant chain agreed Monday to pay more than $1 million to settle a federal lawsuit that claimed it barred men from waiting tables at its high-end steakhouses.
A former pharmacist at Wal-Mart Stores Inc. who claimed she was fired after asking to be paid the same as her male colleagues is entitled to $2 million in damages awarded by a jury, the state's highest court ruled Monday.
South African track officials will meet this week to discuss the future of their president, who admitted to lying about his role in the gender-test case of runner Caster Semenya.
South Africa's national track body has called for a commission of inquiry into its handling of Caster Semenya's case.
A South African track coach has resigned, saying Monday that he and other officials failed a world champion runner by not telling her she was being subjected to tests to determine her sex.
Women athletes have far more opportunities than men to earn scholarships and to participate in many college sports, according to a study by an organization which advocates Title IX reform.
Dressing as a girl to take a high school Regents exam in place of another student landed a 17-year-old upstate New York boy in some serious detention. Deandre Ellis, 17, of Schenectady was arrested on a felony charge after the incident Tuesday. City school officials said a monitor verifying that each student was taking the proper exam suspected something was amiss when the name on the test and the person taking it didn't match.
Faced with their favorite foods, women are less able than men to suppress their hunger, a discovery that may help explain the higher obesity rate for females, a new study suggests. Researchers trying to understand the brain's mechanisms for controlling food intake were surprised at the difference between the sexes in brain response.
South Korea's official human rights watchdog urged Korean Air Lines Co. on Wednesday to stop banning male job seekers from applying for flight attendant positions, saying the policy violates a law banning sex discrimination.
There may be a perfectly good reason why Santa doesn't get lost on his annual Christmas globetrot: His flying reindeer just might be female and don't mind stopping for directions.
Turns out men and women really are different at heart: New research finds that heart transplant patients have better odds of survival and a lower risk of rejection if they get organs from donors of the same sex.
A group of South Korean lawmakers have introduced a proposal aimed at easing the country's ban on doctors telling parents the gender of unborn babies, a National Assembly aide said Saturday.
WHAT'S NEW: In tough economic times, men are traditionally the first to cut back on buying clothes, but there's been a major shift. Over the past year, men — enticed by a new slimmed-down silhouette — have been on a buying spree, while women have pulled back even more. The lopsided fortunes is creating a rare sales disparity that hasn't been seen in years.
Steve Hale has discovered a reason to splurge on clothing again: the slim silhouette in suits to shirts that's replacing the baggier fits of past years. But his wife, Cathy, has slashed her monthly apparel spending, saying she's "bored" by what's out there.
South Korea's Constitutional Court overturned a ban on doctors telling parents the gender of unborn babies, saying Thursday the country has grown out of a preference for sons and that the restriction violates parents' right to know.
From Hillary Clinton’s many campaign stops on Main Street to the executive suites on Wall Street, 2008 started off with plenty of promise for working women hoping to see their peers reach new heights.
The head of the U.S. Military Academy thinks it's time to replace the "men" and "sons" in West Point's two most beloved songs with more gender-neutral lyrics.
Snips and snails and puppydog tails ... and cereal and bananas? That could be what little boys are made of, according to surprising new research suggesting that what a woman eats before pregnancy influences the gender of her baby.
One of the most intriguing questions of the Democratic presidential contest is whether being black is a net gain for Sen. Barack Obama, and whether being a woman is a net gain for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton.
A federal judge ordered the Michigan High School Athletic Association to pay millions in legal bills, plus interest, after its scheduling system was found to have discriminated against some female student-athletes.
It seems we’ve officially left “Leave It to Beaver” behind.
When it comes to technology, female consumers can’t get too mad when they surf a Web site that’s hard to navigate or their cell phones aren’t designed to cradle easily between their shoulder and ear.
Malaysia's only state run by the Islamic opposition party will get stricter about enforcing separate lines for men and women at supermarkets, an official said Tuesday.
Women in predominantly Muslim countries are struggling to compete for jobs, win equal pay and hold political office, falling behind the rest of the world in eliminating discrimination, a report said Thursday.
A 17-year-old girl in upstate New York is forced into sex by a male teacher. Instead of sympathy, the student gets harassed for causing trouble for a popular teacher, threatened and pushed around by other girls. Just six weeks before graduation, she quits school.
Hey all of newsvine. I am a 21 year old caucasian male, college student currently working at UPS, I enjoy movies, the greatful dead, playing guitar and taking pictures.
Kansas 1906 ..No Law Against Woman Marrying Another Woman But Illegal To Wear Men's ClothingA woman was married another woman in Kansas in 1906 but could not be charged because there was no law against it. However she could be charged with wearing men's clothing because that was against the law. Today Kansas bans same sex marriage by constitutional amendment.
Church, state and gay marriage The Catholic Archdiocese of Washington is warning the District of Columbia Council that the church will stop contracting to provide social services if the city approves same-sex marriage as planned. To which the only valid response is, "OK."
Hébert: New citizenship guide: Good, bad and ugly - thestar.comMONTREAL Reading the 1995 edition of the federal Citizenship guide, an immigrant to Canada might have been forgiven for thinking he or she was signing up to join the Boy Scouts or the Girl Guides.
Gay Puerto Rican Teen Decapitated, Dismembered, and BurnedThe police agent that is handling this case said on a public televised statement that 'people who lead this type of lifestyle need to be aware that this will happen'. As If the boy murdered Jorge Steven Lopez was asking to get killed..."
India's eunuchs, transsexuals, recognised as 'others' The formal recognition, confirmed by the election commission, answers a longstanding demand by the eunuch and transgender community, known as hijiras, who are believed to number up to six million.
Indian eunuchs given separate IDsIndia's Election Commission has given eunuchs an independent identity by letting them choose their gender as "other" on ballot forms.
Before the West invented the concept of "Heterosexuality" few males, if ever cared for relationships with women.
When girls wear tuxes and boys wear heelsThe Western world has been divided into male/female for many years. This division is slowly dissolving, and not surprisingly it is our young people who are pushing this crusade.
Men More Likely To Abandon Partner During IllnessA new study examines the role gender plays in partner abandonment after the diagnosis of a serious illness.
Here's what a member of our group wrote on a discussion forum to a post by a western male on "things that make you a man" Post: === talking to all the pretty girls, is what makes me a man ===
Study: Men don't read manual before calling technical supportA study of 75,000 calls to a technical support company shows that most men, surprisingly enough, do not read the instructions before calling for support...
Can a Boy Wear a Dress to School?If the skirt is an acceptable length, can a boy wear it? Can a girl attend her prom in a tuxedo? In recent years, a growing number of teenagers have been dressing to articulate — or confound — gender identity and sexual orientation.
With victory in House, health care reform moves to Senate - CNN.comThe House of Representatives passed a sweeping health care bill Saturday night with a tight vote of 220-215, making it the biggest expansion of health care coverage since Medicare was created more than 40 years ago.
Massachusetts Man Says He Was Fired for Telling Colleague Her Gay Marriage Is Wrong A manager at a Massachusetts retail store claims he was unjustly fired after he told a colleague he thought her impending marriage to another woman was wrong. Peter Vidala, 24, told FoxNews.com he was terminated in August from his position as second deputy manager at a Brookston …
A top obstetrician on why men should NEVER be at the birth of their childSo, in the U.K., men, not just husbands, but doctors or any man, should be out of the delivery room.
AS LONG AS MANHOOD IS CHERISHED AMONGST MALES, THE MALE SPECIES WILL CONTINUE TO BE DIVIDED INTO TWO GROUPS -- one for those who want manhood. One for those who just don't fit into manhood.
UN Resolution on Traditional Values: What's at Stake for Women's Rights?On October 2, 2009, the UN Human Rights Council adopted a resolution put forth by the Russian Federation on "Promoting human rights and fundamental freedoms through a better understanding of traditional values of humankind."
Still working after 80 — Social Security and meFor the last twenty years, I have relied on my Social Security pension to pay the basics: electricity, water, phone, supplemental medical insurance (an absolute necessity) and reduced Real Estate Taxes for low income seniors.
New agreement boosts role of grassroots womenUN-HABITAT has signed a milestone agreement with the Huairou Commission to strengthen the involvement of grassroots women in projects and programmes for better housing and sustainable urban development.
Whipped for wearing a 'deceptive' bra: Hardline Islamists in Somalia publicly flog women in Sharia crackdownA hardline Islamist group in Somalia has begun publicly whipping women for wearing bras that they claim violate Islam as they are 'deceptive'.
Why Do Women Tend To Be More Religious Than Men?A new analysis of survey data finds women pray more often then men, are more likely to believe in God, and are more religious than men in a variety of other ways.
Every time a report which shows that there is a gender pay gap is released, there are plenty of people who jump to discredit it. Critics are quick to assert that there is no discrimination against women in the work place, and that there are other reasons for the gender pay gap.
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