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	GENDER: TOP STORIES THIS WEEK MAY 3RD, 2012
	Woman in Jail for Shooting at Abusive Husband: Why Didn't Stand Your Ground Laws Apply to Her? There are major inconsistencies in applications of "Stand Your Ground" laws. READ MORE Maurice Garland / The Loop 21 Act Like a Lady? 7 Romantic Comedies Stuck in the 1950s Why are rom-coms so regressive? READ MORE Julianne Escobedo Shepherd / AlterNet Meet the Group That Gives Addicts Drug Money to Get Sterilized -- and the Right-Wingers That Fund Them For years, Project Prevention has been paying poor, addicted women not to procreate -- now, with money from the far right, it's going global. READ MORE Jed Bickman / The Fix -- - Why Women (and Men) Get "Baby Fever" Could there be real science behind the old cliche of a woman's biological clock? I didn't believe it -- until now. READ MORE By Tracy Clark-Flory / Salon - He-Men and Virginity Pledges? Obama Administration Quietly Endorses Absurd Anti-Sex Curriculum The administration has succumbed to the political pressure of social conservatives, allowing ideology to prevail over the health and well-being of the nation's youth. READ MORE By Debra Hauser, Monica Rodriguez, Elizabeth Schroeder, Danene Sorace / RH Reality Check - "Whores' Glory": A Riveting Look at Sex Work in 3 Countries A daring, novelistic and unforgettable account of the real lives of female prostitutes in three very different countries and social contexts. READ MORE By Andrew O'Hehir / Salon - How Equality In Sports is Undermined by Compulsory Heterosexuality Dispelling the pervasive hidden ideology that women in sports must appear feminine. READ MORE By Leanne Norman / Feministe - 'We Don't Go to Work to Be Touched': Sexual Harassment in the Warehouse The same industry structure that allegedly allows for widespread violations of labor law also contributes to a climate of unchecked sexual harassment and retaliation. READ MORE By Kari Lydersen / In These Times - New Equal Employment Rulings Help Transgender, Ex-Offender Workers Get & Keep Jobs This week, the EEOC ruled that transgender workers are protected under the Civil Rights Act and laid out guidelines restricting criminal background checks. READ MORE By Josh Eidelson / In These Times Maddow Defends Women's Rights on Meet The Press, Calls Out GOP Panelist for Being "Condescending" By Julianne Escobedo Shepherd | AlterNet   Why Men Tweet Their Penis Pix: A Theory on Gendered Effects of Insecurity By Marianne Møllmann | RH Reality Check   Feminist Advocacy and Social Media (or How We Achieved Critical Mass) By Echo Zen | Feministe   Time Magazine Names First Female Nobel Prize-Winner in Economics to 100 Most Influential List By Lynn Parramore | AlterNet   Two New Ads Hit GOP Hard Over "War on Women" By Sarah Seltzer | AlterNet   How Giving Teens Honest Information About Sex is Lowering the Teen Pregnancy Rate By Caperton | Feministe   War On Women: New Bill Would Slash Abortion Access for Low-Income Women in 17 States By Digby | Hullabaloo   UN Adopts Landmark Resolution on Youth Sexual, Reproductive Health By IPPF/WHR You are subscribed as: trrytrvrs@gmail.com --
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