Why ‘Professor Watchlist’ Gets My Teaching Values Completely Wrong

By Robert Jensen Nov 30, 2016 I have been named as one of those college professors who, according to the Watchlist's mission statement, “discriminate against conservative students, promote anti-American values and advance leftist propaganda in the classroom.” Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

The Many Ways Women Are Beaten Down in America

By Paul Buchheit Oct 5, 2015 Despite all the successes of women, and despite their having earned the right to economic equality, the white male establishment has prevailed, like a schoolyard bully muscling lunch money from the smarter but weaker kids. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Building Walls

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Truthdigger of the Week: ‘India’s Daughter’ Filmmaker and Activists Protesting the Documentary’s Ban

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Mar 15, 2015 The documentary "India's Daughter," about the gang rape and evisceration of 23-year-old medical student Jyoti Singh in Delhi in 2012, has burst into the media spotlight because of a ban on the film in India. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

On Nerd Pain

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jan 2, 2015 In response to a vulnerable personal comment on "nerd trauma and male privilege" published by MIT professor Scott Aaronson, New Statesman editor and columnist Laurie Penny wrote a compassionate and highly desirable essay on the experiences of pain, frustration and loneliness common to both nerdy males and females in general. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Machismo and Married Men Spread HIV in Mexico

Staff / Truthdig Sep 18, 2013 Sexist behavior is nothing new in Mexico, but perhaps what some don’t realize is the effect it's had on female health as men refuse to use condoms, and women, fully dependent on their partners, are left without a choice. In the state of Chiapas, the most common way to contract HIV is from a lifelong partner or husband. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

There’s Just No Way Patriarchy’s Dead

Staff / Truthdig Sep 14, 2013 Writer Hanna Rosin’s new epilogue to the recently released paperback edition of her 2012 book "The End of Men," claims that misogyny is defunct and begs feminists to accept this supposed fact, because obviously things have improved enough. In other words, quit your whining women and get with the program: Feminism is futile. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Men Who Kick Down Doors

By Ann Jones, TomDispatch Mar 21, 2013 Picture this. A man bursts into a living room not his own. He confronts an enemy. He barks orders. He throws that enemy into a chair. The invader isn’t an American soldier leading a night raid on an Afghan village, nor is the enemy an anonymous Afghan householder. This warrior is just a guy in Ohio named Shane, and he’s doing what so many men find exhilarating: disciplining his girlfriend. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

The Brain-Vagina Connection

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Sep 8, 2012 In the course of writing her new book, “Vagina: A New Biography,” author and activist Naomi Wolf discovered research in neuroscience that strongly suggests that “the vagina is not just a sex organ at all, but a powerful mediator of female confidence, creativity and the sense of the connections between things.” Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Egyptian Women Protesters Assaulted in Tahrir Square

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jun 9, 2012 In what looks to be an attempt to keep females out of Cairo’s political life, hundreds of men assaulted about 50 Egyptian women and their male supporters as they marched against sexual harassment in Tahrir Square on Friday. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Washington: Still a Boy’s Town

Staff / Truthdig Jul 18, 2011 Women's lib hasn't made it through Washington yet. Micah Zenko at Foreign Policy magazine looked at the percentages of females holding leadership roles related to foreign policy and national security and found that women remain vastly underrepresented among our nation's policymakers. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Gender Inequality 101

Staff / Truthdig Aug 19, 2009 Conservatives love to claim we live in a post-racial or post-gender world, but researchers in England are reminding us of the persistent examples of inequality that mark our society. A new study demonstrates that women are less likely than men to be offered enrollment at England's prestigious Oxford University despite having the same grades as, or even better grades than, their male counterparts. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )