Day 64: Tighten This Up

Miss Congeniality's male colleague slaps her ass and says "tighten this up"

Also in Miss Congeniality, the main character calls a blonde woman barbie and says "go have fun at the mall" and other put downs, suggesting femme women are less than her. 

Miss Congeniality treats the main character as invisible at the beginning, other than her screwing up. She actually fetches coffee for the entire office, and then when she tries to get people's attention, they ignore her. Or when she does come up with an idea, her male counterpart is given the credit. It doesn't feel like this is deliberately trying to commentate on female law enforcement, more so that it's trying to make us laugh at what's going on and not in a satirical way. 

"A caste-based role, manual scavenging condemns mostly women to clean excreta from dry latrines with their hands and carry it on their heads to dumps. Men from the community clean open gutters and sewerage lines, often with no protective gear."

A Voice for Men says that approximately 43 - 50% of all rape allegations are false.

"Yet another lawmaker is now claiming rape doesn’t lead to pregnancy"

"This is the same complaint people make about every comic book mythology, which reboots itself every, oh, three months or so, and every video game, even though video game stories are generally afterthoughts at best. And yet the complaint about preserving the source material only shows up when we talk about adding women and minorities. I've pointed this out before. Here are more pictures of pandas."

"A complaint all female-lead movies get: Pandering. It seems that everything is pandering. The Oscars were pandering. So are the Marvel movies and Batman v. Superman and politicians and comic books and video games that feature women and I am falling the fuck asleep typing this. The word "pandering" gets puked up all over our pop culture so much that I don't even hear it as a word anymore. It just makes me think of pandas."

Indianapolis man won't go to jail for molesting his daughter who has cancer.

White background, black text: "172 women have now been killed in Australia since January 2014. 95% by men. Almost two women a week for two years."

Tweet: When you have to be nice to creepy guys not to get murdered.

"A company that owns several popular restaurant chains across the country has changed a new uniform policy that forced female servers at Bier Markt locations to wear revealing dresses to work after Go Public made inquiries."

"A new startup is reinventing smartphone design, turning phones from rectangles to circles. The circular smartphone, called Cyrcle, is aimed at women, whose smaller pockets often can't accommodate large phablets.

The brightly-coloured rounded flip-phone is an aberration in a market of mostly rectangular devices, and is supposed to have a more "sensual" form, resembling a women's compact mirror."

A woman talks about a man wanting into a female and nonbinary space on Bunz, wondering why men feel a need to invade these spaces.

A client tells me that male lawyers repeatedly ignore female lawyers and won't listen to them.

A client tells me how some cops she has to work with never respect her as a woman, and question her constantly about if she actually knows what she says she knows. 

On workplace harassment: "I really put my job and my reputation on the line because he had so much say over what happens to my career," Veronica said. "I was afraid of saying something because I knew he wanted me to stay quiet. No one seemed to care about that part."

""I couldn't believe it," Laura told me. "I went to HR for help keeping him away, but he actually just got angrier. I wish I hadn't involved them at all."

For some people who've been harassed in the workplace, the process only gets more complex from there. For instance, according to Michael, if the complainant opts to skip the mediation session, the next step is to file a formal complaint, which will be reviewed by the administration and remain in the complainant's HR file. In most workplaces, this is a required step to open an investigation to determine if the sexual harassment complaint holds water."

"They called me the complainant," Veronica said. "I know that's the formal word that they have to use, but when I told them, 'Hey, my supervisor grabs my boobs whenever we're alone and it scares me,' I thought they'd take it more seriously than just a complaint. They basically called me a complainer."

"Although workplaces with less than 15 employees are not required to have sexual harassment policies in place, the vast majority are required to provide training on prevention and intervention of sexual harassment. The process of actually filing a complaint of sexual harassment and seeking protection from an employer, however, remains flawed."

"Mae* came to my office in a rape crisis center seeking psychotherapy. She had experienced sexual harassment by her boss at the small college where she worked, and she needed help.

"I know sexual harassment isn't as bad as rape," she said, "but I feel so undone by it and I can't figure out why." Mae came to treatment with symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) — hyper-vigilance, flashbacks and nightmares."

""Slapping with tongs, snapping bras, relentless grabbing — women chefs learn quickly to crouch, never bend over, when picking up a pot," she wrote in an op-ed in the New York Times."

"Toronto pastry chef Kate Burnham grabbed headlines in 2015 when she spoke out about her alleged sexual harassment while working in the kitchen of a popular downtown restaurant, Weslodge.

Burnham's case nabbed the attention of Toronto-based restaurant owner Jen Agg, who took to Twitter to say sexism and sexual harassment are major issues in the industry."

"Allison believes wearing high heels for long, demanding shifts is one of the reasons she now has painful hip, foot and back problems. "I have one foot that has a bone that's permanently out of place," she says."

"I was often told that I needed to show more skin. I was 17 years old. No 17-year-old should be getting in trouble for not showing enough skin," one woman wrote about dress codes for restaurant work.

"Should you have to dress sexy to keep your job? Many women working at some of Canada's popular restaurant chains say they do."

Women Could Not Complain About Workplace Harassment until 1977

Married Women Could Not Use Contraceptives In Every State Until 1965

Women Could Not Box In The Olympics Until 2012 

Women Could Not Attend Most Ivy League Schools Until The '70s

Married Women Could Not Own Credit Cards Under Their Own Names Until 1974 ‪

Women Could Not Have Abortions Throughout The United States Until 1973‪#‎yourdailysexism‬

Poster at College and Dovercourt in Toronto: "Hey ladies, You are not getting dates? Can't afford high condo fees on your own? You are 30 and still not married? How is feminism working for you? You want some answers? Go towww.avoiceformen.com"

60 percent of women experience pain from wearing bras. ‪

Day 63: Your body is sacred

Two dude bros have their legs in the aisle of the streetcar. 

Sorry. Make that three sets of male legs in the aisle on the streetcar and people must move around them. 

Ghostbusters: White Feminism (TM) The Movie

A client talks about her coworker, who's ex is stalking her. The man showed up at the woman's work, tried to get the florist there (a coworker of the woman he's stalking) to make her a floral arrangement so he could bring it to the woman's house.

A friend and I talk about smiling at men who ask for us to, just because it's easier than the ensuing harassment after if we don't.

A conversation about how 50 Shades of Grey, regardless of what was going on, seems to very much acknowledge that Christian Grey isn't a good man and is very scary.

"When activist Jennicet Gutiérrez raised her voice at the White House in June 2015, demanding that President Obama end the deportations of trans women and address the disproportionate violence inflicted upon them in immigration detention centers, her action was met with animosity." 

"Yesterday, the Supreme Court heard Whole Woman’s Health vs. Hellerstedt, a challenge to Texas’s HB2, a wide-ranging bill whose purpose is largely to regulate abortion providers into non-existence. From requiring clinics to abide by the same building codes as a surgical center, to requiring physicians to have admitting privileges in nearby hospitals, the TRAP laws have been successful with its intended goals; before HB2 went into effect Texas had 41 clinics, it now has 18. At stake yesterday was whether or not HB2 went too far, placing an “undue” burden on the women of Texas, many of whom drive hundreds of miles and take days off of work because the state’s mandatory waiting period."

"It felt as if, for the first time in history, the gender playing field at the high court was finally leveled, and as a consequence the court’s female justices were emboldened to just ignore the rules. Time limits were flouted to such a degree that Chief Justice John Roberts pretty much gave up enforcing them. I counted two instances in which Roberts tried to get advocates to wrap up as Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor simply blew past him with more questions. There was something wonderful and symbolic about Roberts losing almost complete control over the court’s indignant women, who are just not inclined to play nice anymore." ‪

"On Tuesday, Facebook user Heather Smith received a death threat on the social media platform from a Houston-based user who called himself Matt Walters. The lengthy message listed in gruesome detail how Walters planned on kidnapping, torturing and murdering Smith.

But when Smith turned to Houston police for help, they "brushed [her] off," according to a series of screenshots she publicly posted to her Facebook profile. Smith also implored readers to share her post for fear that "he might try to do this to another black woman.""

"advertising is unfortunately one of the worst offenders when it comes to gross sexism and nonsense. You become better at reading the subtle signals encoded in ads — why do women want dishwashers and men want cars? Why does every woman have to be young, thin, and white? Why are our bodies so frequently sexualized as vehicles for selling completely unrelated products? And why do female razors cost so much more than male one

"Feminism creates an interesting slant on how to change the world: a focus on empowering women. The stats don't lie: women who are more educated and have more control over their lives and decisions result in healthier, wealthier populations. Philanthropic ideas like micro finance and Kiva, which give micro-loans to people attempting to start small businesses, tend to appeal to feminists, as do ones that fund girls' education."

"See #7. History is dominated by powerful men making decisions, running amok, and generally taking up all the conversation. It's often not completely possible to correct this, because 1) women often weren't given enough responsibility to do anything world-changing, and 2) nobody wrote it down if they did. But history is also written and studied, and feminism might give you a push towards prioritizing the stories of women who did make it into the history books (hello, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Hatshepsut, and Joan of Arc)."

Tweet: "Because women are taught to hate themselves if men reject them, and men are taught to hate women if women reject them."

A woman writes: "Thanks to the guy who called me fat when I didn't want to go out with him."

A woman writes about her experience: "I once got hit on at the train station. Besides the awkward conversation, the guy kept pushing it after I said no to a date. "It doesn't have to be right now, give me your number" no "Are you a lesbian???" To get rid of the guy, i said yes I only date girls, bye. And even after that, he kept asking and told me that he could make me straight again."

Another on rejection: "I rejected a guy, and he told me I was unexceptional physically and described how he'd like to rape me and wouldn't care if I died."

A friend's daughter tells her mom that girls speak quietly.

"A former WestJet flight attendant is suing the airline, alleging that it failed to protect her from being sexually assaulted by a pilot who was known to have previously assaulted another woman, that its officials did not discipline her alleged assailant and that she was fired when she tried to find out how the company had responded to her complaint." ‪

Trump tells a breastfeeding mom that she's disgusting. ‪

Tweet: "Girls! Leave something to the imagination. Boys don't want to marry girls that all the dudes are lusting after. Your body is sacred."

A warning with a photo of an uber driver who locked a woman in his car until she gave him her number.

A project to anonymously add on a map where you've experienced street harassment to see how many people are impacted. 

Image of an eclipse. Text: Never give up on your dreams you fucking cry baby pussy.

Day 62: Eat a dick and die

Green background, white text: "behind every 'crazy bitch' is just a sweet woman who got sick of everyone's crap."

The Nibovian Wife comes up from Numenera.

A friend talks about finally being comfortable in her skin as a nerd girl, and how awful it was being a nerd girl before nerdiness was popular

"Ohio Class Teaches Children that Men Think and Women Feel"

"Dress codes put the onus on students — usually girls — not to look "distracting," rather than teaching students to develop the discipline not to be distracted by them. In sending this message, schools also teach students — particularly boys — that women's bodies are inherently provocative, rather than teaching them not to sexualize women."

33% of Ontarians believe that the victim is responsible for what happens to them if they return to their abuser.

Zara Adel was murdered as was her children when she went home to her abuser.

Women won't leave an abusive situation if they think it's their fault, and society places that blame on them, such as seen in the Ghomeshi trial.

Interval House does a survey to see how Ontario does on Victim Blaming. 66% of Ontarians believe that women who say they are abused are lying or exaggerating. 

Eat a dick and die. 

Pink background, black text: "I see, so if I don't have sex with you i'm a prude bitch, if I use the pill I'm a slut, if I get pregnant I'm an idiot, and if I choose abortion I'm Satan. Yay."

"you're a girl. so act like one."

A discussion about the rape joke in Avengers 2.

Text reads:
"She was looking for it"
rape in France in 3 numbers

27% of French people feel that the rapist is less responsible if the victim was wearing something sexy.

20% think that a 'no' can often mean 'yes'.

30% of people aged 18-24 are sure that "women can get pleasure out of being forced during sexual relations" 

"The same survey also found that even if women do come forward, 66 per cent of Ontario residents believe they can be lying or exaggerating. This, despite the fact that 43.5 per cent of people surveyed know someone who has been abusive towards a romantic partner."

"Nearly half of Ontario men believe victims of abuse are to blame if they choose to stay in a violent relationship.

That statistic was released by Interval House on Tuesday. Interval House, the first centre for abused women and children in Canada, commissioned the survey after several high-profile abuse cases made the news.

According to the survey conducted by Angus Reid, more than 37 per cent of Ontarians believe that a person is responsible for the consequences if they choose to stay in a violent relationship. This belief is higher among men (46 per cent) than women."

"The treatment of British costume designer Jenny Beavan as she won her Oscar for Mad Max: Fury Road was profoundly awful. A series of men in the seats lining the long walk to the stage — important men are always given easy access — stared at her with open loathing, refusing to applaud.
Spotlight director Tom McCarthy, 49, openly laughed at her. Best Director (The Revenant) Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, 52, drew his eyes up and down her entire body, looked repelled and kept his arms crossed. Steve Golin, 60, a rich man, producer of The Revenant and Spotlight, studied her and remained frozen.
Beavan is 66, heavy-set, with frizzy hair and little makeup, if any. In a Mad Max tribute, she wore leather jeans, a leather jacket with jewelled skull on the back, heavy scarf, and chunky jewelry. She looked brassy and cool, in other words a person who has worked on the signals, purpose and esthetics of film costuming for decades. Clothing sends out a declaration: hers said, “I’m the real thing. I design. I am not to be consumed.”"

The first time I got engaged, I wanted my partner to ask for my mom's permission because my dad was dead. 

"A groom asking the father-in-law for permission to marry his daughter comes from a time when women had little autonomy. “As love became more important to marriage than money, this tradition has continued, although it is not nearly as common as it once was, at least in middle-class America,” an etiquette guide from The Knot says. “Today, when a man asks his girlfriend’s father for her hand in marriage, he does so more out of respect than anything else.”"

"Also this week, Jade Roper of The Bachelor franchise revealed her own history of sexual assault inspired by Gaga’s performance." 

"Following Lady Gaga’s Oscar performance, Jaime King revealed that she is a survivor of sexual abuse on Instagram this week. Underneath a childhood photo, the 36-year-old actress shared that the abuse began when she was 12.

The caption reads, in part:

“Thank you to myself to not choosing to not make this a cover story though that was what was suggested to me, but to express from my heart to you all personally which felt the most honest way for me to speak.

Thank you for the switch that went off inside finally when I realized my silence said I cannot help nor change and that is not who I am. I love you all very much for creating a safe space. The time is now. I was about 14 here, it started at 12. Peace Be Still.”"

""No, we aren't going to the high school musical! I don't care if your friend is the lead role."

"You're not allowed to hang out with other guys, I don't care if you've been friends with them since first grade."

"I'm out of work early, leave your friend so we can spend time together... WE HARDLY GET TO SPEND TIME TOGETHER, LEAVE SO WE CAN HANG OUT."

...but he never hit me."

Where I grew up, a nice guy was the guy who didn't hit you. He could say or act however he wanted, but he was a good guy if he didn't hit you.

""I might kill myself if you leave me, I don't know what I would do without you."

"You're an adult, what your parents say doesn't matter."

"You are not allowed to go to parties at school unless I'm there."

I was in an emotionally, psychologically abusive relationship for two years of my life. Why wouldn't I leave? Because he never hit me."

Day 61: Fuck Em and Feed Em

A hospital patient describes her experience having chest pain, going to an Emergency Room, and being told it was all in her head. That since she has had panic attacks in the past, she must be stressed, and she shouldn't waste the doctor's time. Turns out she was having a heart attack.

"This correlation between atheism and feminism for me, and for many other women, is why we are so dismayed by the misogyny rampant in today’s atheist movement. Writing in Salon, Katie Engelhart ascribes the misogyny in New Atheism to the movement’s exclusively male leadership—who also happen to be men notorious for their sexism."

"The latest high-profile example of this hypocrisy is Richard Dawkins’s recent Twitter debacle, in which he tweeted a video mocking feminists and Muslims and then got called out by Lindy West. Then there was neuroscientist and New Atheism leader Sam Harris’s declaration back in 2014 that the movement’s supposedly hard-hitting, critical approach is “to some degree intrinsically male,” as if to confirm that atheism has always been a “boys’ club.”" Article about sexism in Atheism.

" it shouldn't come as a surprise that a number of marriage traditions enforce rape culture. Marriage, after all, is a patriarchal institution originally created for political purposes, including the transferal of ownership of a woman from her father to her husband. Only in the '70s could a married woman even get a credit card in her own name, and it was also not acceptable until recently for women to retain their own names after marriage. Since its creation, marriage has become more of a symbolic act to express commitment and less of a way for a woman to become her husband's property, but vestiges of misogyny still remain within the institution."

"It has long been expected that men propose to women, not the other way around — with the exception of today, actually, because "leap day" is the one day a year when women are allowed to propose to men. This expectation is just part of a set of expectations that men make the first move when it comes to sex and romance. The stereotype that men try to get women to date them or marry them or sleep with them and then women respond can be problematic, not just because it discourages women from going after what they want, but also because it encourages men to pursue what they want at a woman's expense. Men often feel as if it is their job to make the first move even if they're not sure if a woman wants it — and that if she says "no," she's just saying it because it's unladylike to pursue someone. By putting what men pursue over what women want, this dynamic perpetuates rape culture."

"A white dress is supposed to symbolize "purity" aka virginity — because a woman who has not had sex is deemed "purer" than one who has, and therefore more valuable or desirable. "

"The notion that a father can "give away" his daughter at her wedding hinges on the belief that a woman belongs to her father in the first place — and then to her husband. "

"When you go to a wedding, it's practically common courtesy to comment on how beautiful the bride looks — and how lucky the groom is to be marrying someone so beautiful."

"Though women might choose to keep their last names or take their husbands' for all different reasons nowadays, the original intent of the tradition was to make a wife her husband's property. This is also reflected in the fact that until 1993, there were states in which spousal rape was not illegal. Any tradition that considers a woman her husband's to do what he wants with perpetuates rape culture."

"The idea that the only valid couples are heterosexual couples is closely linked with the notion that two people in a relationship should play complementary roles. This means that one does the dishes and takes care of the kids while one is the breadwinner. It also means that one is dominant while the other is submissive, and one is the sexual initiator while the other is the gatekeeper whose desires aren't considered." 

"Under a federal law called the Lautenberg Amendment, if you’ve been convicted of a domestic violence misdemeanor, you can’t own or buy a gun. If you’re caught with one, as Voisine was, you can face up to 10 years behind bars. In 2011, Voisine was charged with unlawful possession of a firearm by a prohibited person.

On Monday, he and another Maine man with a similar story are taking their case to the Supreme Court. Lawyers for the two men are arguing that their convictions for violating the amendment should be reversed -- because they never should have lost their gun rights to begin with.

Both men were convicted of domestic violence under Maine statutes that include "reckless" conduct. Their lawyers argue that the men acted in the heat of the moment and their impulsive, reckless acts of domestic violence are not serious enough to qualify under the federal gun ban.

In essence, as The Trace explains, they're arguing for a hierarchy of domestic violence offenses. In their estimation, not all domestic violence convictions should result in a gun ban. Instead, they say, only intentional, purposeful acts of violence should trigger the loss of gun rights under federal law."

"The problem here occurs when people use it to lash out at men. "Dude, quit being such a p*ssy" translates to, "Dude, quit being so weak," insulting his manhood while simultaneously implying that vaginas are weak."

"Regardless, we so carelessly and dismissively toss this word around to describe women — yes, mainly women — who are "pickier" when it comes to sex. She dated a guy for a month and still wasn't ready? Prude. He took her out to dinner and she didn't put out? Prude."

"My wife and I married in August of last year. Like many, we delayed our honeymoon for scheduling and financial reasons. We’ve heard the “sisters question” our whole relationship. But now that we are spouses, married in the Episcopal Church (recently sanctioned by the worldwide Anglican Communion for their performance of same sex marriages), it sits much more awkwardly. We get asked on elevators, in grocery store checkout lines, and at restaurants. Well-meaning congregants ask us on Sundays at church."

I've given up correcting people on calling me Mrs or Kate Taylor. Why? Because people look at me like I'm the bitch for correcting them, not that they've invalidated my experience as a person.

A group of married women talk about how people refuse to acknowledge their name and title choices.

A dear friend is experiencing body image issues. I tell her that this is normal for all women.A man lectures a woman on the streetcar and repeatedly wags his pointing finger in her face. When she looks at her phone instead of at him he touches her chin to make her look at him.
The male gaze is heavily present in Fright Night. Heavily. ‪
A vampire lifts up a girl and carries her to the vip part of the club. A man yells "That's what I'm talking about!" ‪

Bro asks main character as main character's girlfriend is walking away: "How'd you get a piece of that?" 

Drama Queen.

Anyone I've asked about Fuller House just keeps commenting about Stephanie Tanner's boobs. How big they are. And how very present they are.

An ad for the 31 sexiest movies. It shows the lower half of two people, a male and female, with the woman hoisting her leg up and the man grabbing on to it. You can see how shapely her butt is. 

"Combating racism is never an excuse to perpetuate sexism. And acting as though Hillary Clinton is one and the same as Bill Clinton is sexism. If this election is going to become a reckoning with and rejection of the political paradigm of Clintonism, then we must hold all parties accountable for the ways they perpetuated that narrative." 

"Hillary Clinton Is Held to a Higher Standard on Race Because She's a Woman
The ‪#‎WhichHillary‬ hashtag questions whether Clinton has really changed in 20 years, but the same could be asked of Bernie Sanders."

An ad telling me how to get kissable lips. All the people in the ad displaying these kissable lips are women.

Picture of a woman in a white tank top and tight hot pink short things. The text says: "A real woman never lets her man leave home hungry or horny!"

"Holy shit balls, this lady does squats, heavy squats, if I saw her doing squats I'd have to go and lie down and calm down a bit"

"A wise person once told me if you want to maintain a happy and healthy relationship the key is to fuck em and feed em"

"Those women (the ones who don't let their men leave hungry or horny) get bigger diamonds and never cheated on."

"Keep his pecker hard and his stomach full." This is the key to long successful marriages.

March 1st is the anniversary of the salem witch trials. 

"A woman is laughing, head tossed back, focused on something over her right shoulder. A man stares at her, unsmiling. The caption reads: Spike your best friend’s eggnog when they’re not looking.

This advertisement, part of Bloomingdale's new holiday catalog, inspired instant backlash on the Web."

“It’s sending the message that it is it okay to have sex with people who are incapable of consent," she said. "These are decisions that should be made consciously and willingly.” About an ad promoting the spiking of drinks.

I continue to get called "little bitch" in fallout 4 pretty constantly.

A woman's car breaks down. A female mechanic shows up. The woman says that she's unhappy with a female mechanic because women know nothing about cars. 

Lady Gaga opens up about her own assault. "In the post, Gaga described the reactions of two family members--her aunt and her grandmother--the morning after her performance of her Oscar-nominated anthem “Til it Happens to You,” a song about sexual assault featured in the documentary The Hunting Ground, at the 88th Academy Awards."

People calling Ted Cruz a pussy.

"New moms at the Oscars were forced to pump their breasts in the bathroom -- something workers are protected against doing under federal law."‪#‎yourdailysexism‬

Day 60: When You Put Her in the Trunk

Dear Girls: Don't be afraid of your inner bitch, there are moments when you need her wisdom and bravery.

A friend posts asking people not to tag her in pictures of her or the kids so her ex can't find her.

Another friend talks about why she didn't leave her abusive ex until now, pointing out that she must now constantly look over her shoulder and live in a new type of fear. 

Last night a friend talked about getting her friend out of a situation where the woman was being choked by her partner in front of her toddler.

Pussy Power as a symbol of feminism.

american apparel starts airbrushing away women's pubic hair.

"On the one hand, I actually felt extra confident and attractive with the heavier makeup on. It's not that I'm preaching that all women should put on a full face everyday, but I must admit that I felt like a totally revved-up version of myself. But on the other hand, I realized that most of the comments regarding my looks came from guys."

Portugal has made street harassment a crime

"Male customer hands me money to pay for both him and the woman in front of him. She firmly says no, she doesn't want him to pay and hands me her cash. The man tells me not to accept it. He says to me, "Come on. I'm the MAN. I have to pay." I quietly apologize, but accept her money for her order because she clearly doesn't want him to pay for her.

A moment after I accept the money from her, the man says, "I hate your guts right now...And I was going to give you a really big tip." I thought maybe he was joking, but he just continued to remain angry despite being jolly and friendly with me just moments earlier AND HE DIDN'T TIP US despite ordering both a sandwich and a blended drink."

A person posts a joke about a drunk husband who comes home and beats his wife, and she goes to doctor who prescribes her special tea to hold in mouth when husband comes home drunk. In a week she comes back to doctor, happy and all that she doesn't get beaten anymore. And the doctor says "see, how helpful it is to shut your mouth sometimes?"

Prepare your daughter for working life. Give her less pocket money than your son.

A video on 7 ways to compliment boobs. 

"Last month, a Saudi prince made headlines the world over when he was accused of sexually assaulting a maid and threatening to kill those who refused his advances. When asked to stop, the prince allegedly screamed, "I am a prince and I do what I want."

Planned Parenthood Shooter: 'I Killed Three and Saved 3,000 Babies'

"While three out of the eight Best Picture nominees star women (four, if you count the ensemble drama Spotlight), the majority of the films that won at Sunday night's show had male leads: The Revenant, Bridge of Spies, The Big Short, Spectre, etc. Sure, some female-led movies picked up prizes, like Room and Amy, but, like most years, the Oscars felt predominantly male-oriented — that is, until Mad Max came into the picture. The Charlize Theron-starring action film (let's face it, Tom Hardy played second fiddle) picked up a whopping six Oscars, along with four more nominations. That's the largest number of Oscars won by any movie at the 2016 show, even The Revenant or Spotlight — and they went to a film all about women, made by a largely female crew."

" Fairygodboss also determined the worst industries for women to work in, and they're not exactly stereotypical either. While tech and finance offices may be known as breeding grounds for bros, those were both in the middle; the worst were the aerospace, industrial, and automotive industries." ‪

An add for having more volume in my hair. The model is topless with her arms over her chest and her fingers in her hair.

"Clue, a new app designed by Ida Tin, wants to help women remove the stigma of how women talk about and perceive their periods. According to research from the app and the International Women’s Health Coalition, a large majority of women still use euphemisms to describe their menstrual cycle. “Aunt Flo” and the Clueless-inspired “riding the Crimson wave” are likely the most familiar to the English-speaking world"

"In a new post on her blog on Monday, Jade Roper revealed that she was raped as a teenager. She decided to tell her story after Lady Gaga's moving Oscars performance of "Til It Happens To You," and admitted that she wasn't surprised at all about the statistics that were shared during the performance about the frequency of sexual assault. Since this is something Jade has never talked about before, it's pretty shocking news"

"You were raped months ago. It can't possibly still bother you."

"Last May, O’Reilly’s daughter told a court that she saw Bill choking his wife and then dragged her down the stairs. Bill O’Reilly attempted to smear his wife by calling her an “adulterer” and also told his daughter that spending time with her mother would ruin her life. Bill and his wife divorced in September 2011."

Image of a woman's legs with a man holding her up behind. Text: "Every girl wants to be swept off her feet it's when you put her in the trunk she starts to freak out."

The vice president called himself “the least qualified man” in the room and introduced Lady Gaga before she sang her song ‘Til It Happens to You,” which is featured on the documentary “The Hunting Ground.”

“Too many men and women around the country are still victims of sexual abuse,” Biden said. “We must and we can change the culture so that no sexual abuse survivor thinks they did anything wrong.”

Gaga's candid, emotional performance was a significant moment in Oscar history."

Dear Girls: Don't be afraid of your inner bitch, there are moments when you need her wisdom and bravery.

A friend posts asking people not to tag her in pictures of her or the kids so her ex can't find her.

Another friend talks about why she didn't leave her abusive ex until now, pointing out that she must now constantly look over her shoulder and live in a new type of fear. 

Last night a friend talked about getting her friend out of a situation where the woman was being choked by her partner in front of her toddler.

Pussy Power as a symbol of feminism.

american apparel starts airbrushing away women's pubic hair.

"On the one hand, I actually felt extra confident and attractive with the heavier makeup on. It's not that I'm preaching that all women should put on a full face everyday, but I must admit that I felt like a totally revved-up version of myself. But on the other hand, I realized that most of the comments regarding my looks came from guys."

Portugal has made street harassment a crime

"Male customer hands me money to pay for both him and the woman in front of him. She firmly says no, she doesn't want him to pay and hands me her cash. The man tells me not to accept it. He says to me, "Come on. I'm the MAN. I have to pay." I quietly apologize, but accept her money for her order because she clearly doesn't want him to pay for her.

A moment after I accept the money from her, the man says, "I hate your guts right now...And I was going to give you a really big tip." I thought maybe he was joking, but he just continued to remain angry despite being jolly and friendly with me just moments earlier AND HE DIDN'T TIP US despite ordering both a sandwich and a blended drink."

A person posts a joke about a drunk husband who comes home and beats his wife, and she goes to doctor who prescribes her special tea to hold in mouth when husband comes home drunk. In a week she comes back to doctor, happy and all that she doesn't get beaten anymore. And the doctor says "see, how helpful it is to shut your mouth sometimes?"

Prepare your daughter for working life. Give her less pocket money than your son.

A video on 7 ways to compliment boobs. 

"Last month, a Saudi prince made headlines the world over when he was accused of sexually assaulting a maid and threatening to kill those who refused his advances. When asked to stop, the prince allegedly screamed, "I am a prince and I do what I want."

Planned Parenthood Shooter: 'I Killed Three and Saved 3,000 Babies'

"While three out of the eight Best Picture nominees star women (four, if you count the ensemble drama Spotlight), the majority of the films that won at Sunday night's show had male leads: The Revenant, Bridge of Spies, The Big Short, Spectre, etc. Sure, some female-led movies picked up prizes, like Room and Amy, but, like most years, the Oscars felt predominantly male-oriented — that is, until Mad Max came into the picture. The Charlize Theron-starring action film (let's face it, Tom Hardy played second fiddle) picked up a whopping six Oscars, along with four more nominations. That's the largest number of Oscars won by any movie at the 2016 show, even The Revenant or Spotlight — and they went to a film all about women, made by a largely female crew."

" Fairygodboss also determined the worst industries for women to work in, and they're not exactly stereotypical either. While tech and finance offices may be known as breeding grounds for bros, those were both in the middle; the worst were the aerospace, industrial, and automotive industries." ‪

An add for having more volume in my hair. The model is topless with her arms over her chest and her fingers in her hair.

"Clue, a new app designed by Ida Tin, wants to help women remove the stigma of how women talk about and perceive their periods. According to research from the app and the International Women’s Health Coalition, a large majority of women still use euphemisms to describe their menstrual cycle. “Aunt Flo” and the Clueless-inspired “riding the Crimson wave” are likely the most familiar to the English-speaking world"

"In a new post on her blog on Monday, Jade Roper revealed that she was raped as a teenager. She decided to tell her story after Lady Gaga's moving Oscars performance of "Til It Happens To You," and admitted that she wasn't surprised at all about the statistics that were shared during the performance about the frequency of sexual assault. Since this is something Jade has never talked about before, it's pretty shocking news"

"You were raped months ago. It can't possibly still bother you."

"Last May, O’Reilly’s daughter told a court that she saw Bill choking his wife and then dragged her down the stairs. Bill O’Reilly attempted to smear his wife by calling her an “adulterer” and also told his daughter that spending time with her mother would ruin her life. Bill and his wife divorced in September 2011."

Image of a woman's legs with a man holding her up behind. Text: "Every girl wants to be swept off her feet it's when you put her in the trunk she starts to freak out."

The vice president called himself “the least qualified man” in the room and introduced Lady Gaga before she sang her song ‘Til It Happens to You,” which is featured on the documentary “The Hunting Ground.”

“Too many men and women around the country are still victims of sexual abuse,” Biden said. “We must and we can change the culture so that no sexual abuse survivor thinks they did anything wrong.”

Gaga's candid, emotional performance was a significant moment in Oscar history."