Soccer hair-pulling fuels debate over sport sexism

The vicious hair-pulling of an opponent was inexcusable. But prominent advocates of women's sports say that so, too, has been much of the commentary generated by the popular video of college soccer player Elizabeth Lambert's combative tactics in a recent game.

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Analysis: McCain camp plays sexism card for Palin

John McCain's campaign could be panicking or politicking with its claim that sexism lies beneath any questions about Sarah Palin's past.

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Clinton barbs resonate among working women

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.

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Sexism, Racism: Which Is More Taboo?

Expressions of sexism and racism emerging from the contest between Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama have been blatant, subtle and perhaps sometimes imagined, and they are renewing the national debate over what is and isn't acceptable to say in public.

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Ex-Borgata Waitresses Sue Casino for $70M

Two former Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa cocktail servers have filed a $70 million sex discrimination lawsuit against the casino, saying it humiliated costumed "Borgata Babes" by imposing weight limits, encouraging breast augmentation surgery and emphasizing looks over job performance.

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Are you a Democrat or Republican (Simple Test)

This has been floating around emails for years, but it is still applicable and funny. Scary too:

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A number of blogs have been picking their Top 10/Top 20/Top 105 Vintage Sexist Adverts.

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She's posing in her old office clutching two Blackberries and leaning on an American flag. This was an OK photo for Runners World, she says, but not for a serious news story. It's sexist and out of context.

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What on earth was Sarah Palin thinking when she posed in a pair of teeny-tiny gym shorts for a photograph that ended up on the cover of Newsweek -- a cover she has called "sexist"? Perhaps she was thinking that her image would only appear in the magazine she was posing for, Runne …

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A SINGLE-sex travel company for women who want to avoid boozy, bed-hopping mixed tour groups has been grounded. A judge ruled that former tour guide Erin Maitland cannot advertise women-only holidays because it could breach the human rights of men.

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There are a lot of legitimate reasons to criticize Sarah Palin, her new book, and her policies, but you don't have to stoop to sexism to do it. Newsweek's November 23 issue, however, does just that

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Palin herself blasted the "out-of-context" cover as "sexist". Originally published in the August 2009 issue of Runners World, the photo features the former Alaska governor in short runner's shorts.

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You've got to hand it to the folks at Newsweek. They have accomplished being biased and sexist at the same time. Quite a feat. This cover has got to be a new low right? They don't use a photo of Palin on the campaign trail. No instead they take the sexy Runners World photo.

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"You've lost the warrior instinct," explained my friend's boss as he fired her after years of 100-hour work weeks.

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When Alan Grayson called a female corporate lobbyist a "K-Street whore" -- and was attacked as crude and sexist at the same time that he was lauded as gutsy and honest -- he played a role in a familiar script: hero of the left (MSNBC's Keith Olbermann, Bill Maher) attacks female  …

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Hey ladies! Congressman Pete Sessions of Texas thinks you should pay more for your insurance because you chose to have all that crazy plumbing with its nook and crannies down there instead of a good old fashioned American penis.

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When the editors of the trade publication Publisher's Weekly announced their list of the 10 best books of the year on Monday, outrage flared across the Internet: Not a single book by a woman made the cut.

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So, in the U.K., men, not just husbands, but doctors or any man, should be out of the delivery room.

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Much has changed for women since Sept. 16, 1910, the day that Bessica Raiche, a 1903 graduate of Tufts University School of Medicine and one of the first female OB/GYN specialists in the United States, went down in history.

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A slew of recent cases reveal a persistent paternalistic treatment of pregnant women by overzealous prosecutors and judge

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At this moment, there are more females serving on the United States Supreme Court than there are writing for Late Show with David Letterman, The Jay Leno Show, and The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien combined.

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"Women may soon be banned from wearing tight trousers in parts of an Indonesian province that practices strict Islamic law, and offenders could see their attire cut up.

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Crime fiction has become so violently and graphically anti-women that one of the country's leading crime writers and critics is refusing to review new books.

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A Saudi court on Saturday sentenced a female journalist to 60 lashes after she had been charged with involvement in a TV show in which a Saudi man publicly talked about sex. Rozanna al-Yami, 22, is believed to be the first Saudi woman journalist to be given such a punishment,

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Is science fiction "feminized"? Do women exist to destroy all that is cool and inspiring about space opera? That's what one blogger argues in a post that's stirred up controversy this week. But is his opinion really the problem?

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HALLANDALE BEACH - South Florida Republicans held a weekly meeting at a gun range, shooting at targets including cut-outs of a Muslim holding a rocket-propelled grenade launcher. The GOP candidate to replace U.S. Rep.

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LOS ANGELES -- An apologetic David Letterman trotted out before the cameras Monday night with a quip that raised questions and fetched laughs: "There's a possibility," he said, "that I'll be the first talk-show host impeached."

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Two days after Republicans issued a call for Gen. Stanley McChrystal to put Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi "in her place," Pelosi is telling them she's already there. On Thursday, she said of NRCC's comments, "I'm in my place. I'm the Speaker of the House.

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"Recently, Glenn Beck has claimed that his audience has seen an increase in its proportion of women and has promoted the website AsAMom.org -- a "Network of principled mothers, grandmothers, daughters, & guardians of our nation's children dedicated to" the 9 Principles & 12 Value …

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Many women notice but don't challenge sexist culture, afraid to seem 'uptight'. Now it's time to expose the misogynists

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