Easy-Bake Ovens for Boys

Why does Hasbro only target girls with their Easy-Bake Ovens? 13-year-old McKenna Pope thinks that Hasbro should make gender neutral ovens to accommodate all kids who love to cook. Not only would this be a great way to break socialization barriers, but it would also be more profitable for Hasbro. Check it out.

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Our Neighbors to the North "Walk a Mile in Her Shoes"

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2012/09/27/walk-a-mile-in-her-shoes-_n_1919650.html

NFL Player's Gay Slur

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Sure, we all make the occasional-unintentional gay slur, but very seldom do we make this mistake on twitter or any other social-networking database. Tank Carter’s tweet is unacceptable. The response of the Cleveland Browns organization and many others goes to show that gay slurs are becoming widely unacceptable. Any person of high social status will be immediately persecuted for mocking the gay community. America will be a much better place once this hostility is shown toward any person who makes a gay slur, on twitter or in person.

Bounce Music

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This article, from the New York Times, introduced me to “bounce,” a style of rap that has been embraced in the culturally diverse New Orleans. The article begins by introducing Big Freedia, a popular bounce artist that performs all over the country. Big Freedia was a male, but transitioned into her preferred body through a sex change.

After describing a few of Freedia’s performances, the article explains what bounce music is all about. The twenty-year-old genre features a consistently fast beat, and lyrics that are primarily about sex and violence – so much so that bounce has not yet been widely accepted outside of New Orleans.

Seeing as we are discussing gender objectification in songs, I thought it would be a good idea to research any genres of music that pertain to this objectification. We all assume that rap is the most-guilty genre of gender objectification, but this may not hold true after listening to some bounce music.
Click here to listen to Big Freedia's "Azz Everywhere"

http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/elections-show-progress-for-gay-politicians-and-issues-9m7i4vu-177746301.html

9 Yr. Old Sam Kicks Butt at Football

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"In a week when women voters were game changers in a presidential election where some women’s rights --  such as equal pay -- were at stake, it was neat to see a spunky 9-year-old girl get recognition on a very different playing field."     Today.com

Gender Gap Persists in Cost of Health Insurance

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/19/health/policy/women-still-pay-more-for-health-insurance-data-shows.html

According to several research, women are paying more than men doin the same healthy insurance. Companies claimed that the reason for why women are charged more than men is that women tend to have more health service.

women and minorities helped Obama win

http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2012/11/07/minorities-women-helped-obama-win/?iref=allsearch

Maryland Approves Gay Marriage In Historic 'Question 6' Vote

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/07/maryland-question-6-results-2012_n_2050830.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000008


Maine Passes Gay Marriage In Historic 'Question 1' Vote

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/07/maine-gay-marriage-question-1-results_n_2050863.html?ref=topbar

Maine, Maryland, and Washington all voted in support of marriage equality last night.  Maryland is the first state below the Mason-Dixon line to legalize gay marriage.  Maine joins Massacusetts, Vermont, and New Hampshire in legalizing gay marriage in New England. 

before game, wins for women

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/14/sports/olympics/before-london-games-wins-for-women.html

A dramatic accomplishment hundreds years after in 2012 London Olympic Games was the first time that all the participating nations contain female athletes. Under the pressure of the International Olympic Committee, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Brunei said that they would send female athletes to the game which they have never did it before. Until the 1984 Los Angeles Games, women were not allowed to run a marathon. Less than 20 years ago, at the 1996 Atlanta Games, 26 countries contained no women. 

 

“With the hope of gender equality, The I.O.C. has been striving to ensure a greater gender balance from 1864, this news can be seen as an encouraging evolution,” said Jacques Rogge, president of the International Olympic Committee. 

London Olympic Comprised more than 40% of female competitors in about 10 thousand participants. As a result of title 9 which eliminates discrimination on the basis of gender, United Stated delegation field more woman athletes than man in 2012.

Women athletes in arabian countries still feel hard joining the games. “This is a breakthrough for the two women who will compete under the Saudi flag, but it raises the irony that millions of women and girls in Saudi Arabia are still denied an opportunity to participate as a matter of government policy,” said Minky Worden, the director of global initiatives for Human Rights Watch

 

 

2012 LONDON OLYMPICS becomes a milestone for having both male and female athletes from all the participating countries. You may not see the significance of this achievement, as a matter of fact, The Greek competition was a religion ceremony, so female were not allowed to participate nor watch the game at that time. In 396，a women almost lost her life dressing up like a man into the arena to see his son in the boxing.  There was no record of female playing in the ancient Olympic Games. However, women were still not able to compete since the modern Olympic Games started in 1896 until 1908 London Olmpics. 36 female athletes participated in different kinds of competitions with the approval of the I.O.C. From then on, olympics became equal.  There will be new games for female almost every olympic year. Although women are still having difficulties participating in sports, people from all over the world will continue to strive for equality.

 

 

Is There Gender Equality on the Tennis Court?

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444301704577629582300932296.html?KEYWORDS=gender

When we are having a mixed-doubles tennis game, we found that competitors serve differently to whether same gender competitors or opposite gender compeititors in speed.

Husband becomes a woman, couple endures

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2012/10/25/drew-bts-man-born-with-male-and-female-sex-organs.hln?iref=allsearch

The video talks about a man who married a woman and learnt that "he" is having both male and female organs.