By Witch Hazel
I come from a long line of witches. My mother had an uncanny knack for knowing exactly what I was planning to do. I remember the
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By Katrina Boydon
The Charter of the United Nations is based on the principles of the dignity and equality inherent in all human beings. On January 4, 1969, the
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By Katrina Boydon
Today, I happened upon "Gender Equality Gobbledygook" by Janice Shaw Crouse. She was writing about the Children's Fund (UNICEF) report, "The State of the World's Children 2007".
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By Katrina Boydon
I believe very firmly that women should be paid and rewarded in exactly the same way as men for equal jobs. However, I do not believe that
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By Katrina Boydon
Apparently, I do not associate "male" with "career" any more (or less) than I associate "female" with "career". Neither do I have an automatic preference for white people
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By Katrina Boydon
By Angela Nouvel
My seventh grade English teacher, Mrs. Turner, paired us up to practice our listening skills. She emphasized that it was important to maintain eye contact, appear
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By Katrina Boydon
The image of a woman "wearing the trousers" in a relationship isn't a pretty one. This description is usually an insult to the man and a
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By Katrina Boydon
A father and son are in a serious car accident. The father dies en route to the hospital but the son is rushed into the operating
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By Katrina Boydon
A long time ago in a galaxy very near to home (the one we live in, in fact) it was thought that evil spirits were "allergic" to
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By Katrina Boydon
In 1920, women were granted the right to vote in the first milestone marking equality of the sexes. Forty-three years later, in 1963, the Equal Pay
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By Katrina Boydon
My online education is not complete. There are, apparently, 10,500,000 (that’s ten and half million) web pages devoted to hilarious gags about men and women (search
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By Katrina Boydon
A 30-year old man is hospitalized with a severe head injury and has to undergo psychological assessment. The psychologist shifts uncomfortably and says gravely, “I’m afraid
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By Wendy Croix
You don't need an emotional intelligence test to tell you that people aren't all the same. Some of us march to the beat of a drum
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By Tamise Van Pelt
Wrap a baby in a pink blanket and adults coo and smile, speaking softly and sweetly to the little "girl." Wrap the same baby in a blue blanket
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By Katrina Boydon
Apparently, my ideal career is in Human Resources. I am really more of a follower and I don't have the killer instinct to reach my goals.
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By Katrina Boydon
23% of men access porn sites on company time either on purpose or "by accident" (yeah, yeah). Only 12% of women admit to having viewed porn
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By Katrina Boydon
Women have always been "the fairer sex" and, no doubt, many arguments can be made on the esthetics of beauty for and against this. However, when
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By Katrina Boydon
Apart from the obvious musical challenges, it's hard to imagine Tammy Wynette's famous ballad as, "Stand by your Systemizer." Just think of her belting out the
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By Katrina Boydon
Would you be surprised to know that it is in countries where women don't go to work that birth rates are lowest? You might think it
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By Sonja Albrecht
You've discovered your empathizing and systemizing quotients--but wait, there's much more to you than that! What about your impeccable ear for musical registers? Your sense of
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By Sonja Albrecht
One of my stranger job interviews began with a question I hadn't thought to address in the cover letter: If I were an office supply, which
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By Katrina Boydon
Career discrimination on the basis of gender has been illegal for decades. These days, we see women entering previously male (and highly paid) professions in droves.
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By Katrina Boydon
Does Britney Spears have a pink personality? Is Angelina Jolie more of a fox or a weasel? Maybe Brad Pitt has the same personality profile as
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