Category Archives: Sexism in the Media

New Documentary: “The Purity Myth: The Virginity Movement’s War Against Women”

Posted on November 30, 2011 by Bridget Crawford

The Media Education Foundation has released a new documentary film, “The Purity Myth: The Virginity Movement’s War Against Women.”  Here is a clip: The movie is based on Jessica Valenti’s book The Purity Myth. She shares writing credit on the … Continue reading →

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What Derb doesn’t get (about the reality of sexual harassment)

Posted on November 10, 2011 by Kaimipono D. Wenger

As noted in earlier discussions, conservative pundit John Derbyshire recently wrote: “Is there anyone who thinks sexual harassment is a real thing? Is there anyone who doesn’t know it’s all a lawyers’ ramp, like “racial discrimination“? You pay a girl … Continue reading →

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Documentary “Miss Representation” Tonight on OWN

Posted on October 20, 2011 by Bridget Crawford

One of the hits of the 2011 Sundance Film Festival takes to the small screen tonight.  The Oprah Winfrey Network will show the documentary film Miss Representation at 9:00 p.m. (eastern).  Here is a description of the film: Like drawing … Continue reading →

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If You Want To Insult Law Professors, Call Them Women: “Inside the Law School Scam” Edition

Posted on August 24, 2011 by Ann Bartow

After learning about its existence, I read every post at this blog as it appeared. Legal education is imperfect and could use improvement, no question. And more transparency about law school data and procedures would be very useful; no one … Continue reading →

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Red Dot In Sanitary Napkin Advertisement Makes Herstory!

Posted on July 6, 2011 by Ann Bartow

From Copyranter: NO, you don’t understand, this is a historical advertising moment, people! OK, it’s just a dot that’s representative of menstrual blood, BUT STILL. After years of TV spot after TV spot using that ubiquitous blue liquid, Look! Red! In French … Continue reading →

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“Female Armor Sucks”

Posted on June 29, 2011 by Ann Bartow
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Schwarzenegger, Strauss-Kahn, and Why Isn’t Anyone Talking About Race?

Posted on May 19, 2011 by Bridget Crawford

Former IMF head Dominique Strass-Kahn has been indicted in connection with an alleged sexual assault of a female member of the housekeeping staff at the Sofitel hotel in New York.  See, e.g., here. Former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has admitted … Continue reading →

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Erasing Women (or, Where Are the Women? Der Tzitung edition)

Posted on May 11, 2011 by Jennifer Hendricks

You may have already read about the newspaper Der Tzitung, which excised Hillary Clinton and Audrey Tomason from a White House photograph because of a religious aversion to printing photographs of women. The paper apologized “if this was seen as … Continue reading →

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What’s in a name? For married women, a lifetime of effort.

Posted on January 28, 2011 by Nancy Leong

A woman who decides to marry a man sets herself up for a lot of time spent thinking and talking about her name.  If she decides to change her name, she opts in to a lengthy bureaucratic name-changing process so … Continue reading →

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MTV Airing Abortion Special Tonight

Posted on December 28, 2010 by David S. Cohen

I’ve lamented here in the past pop culture’s lack of attention to the issue of abortion.  And MTV has been a big culprit, with not one but two shows about teen pregnancy/moms. But tonight, MTV will do a bit to … Continue reading →

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If a Woman Fears for her Life, it’s not “Boyfriend Trouble”

Posted on December 25, 2010 by Bridget Crawford

Andrea Chang, a writer for the LA Times, reported here that some Target retail stores in urban centers employ social workers to provide advice upon request to store workers.  It’s an innovative employee benefit which Target says helps combat “absenteeism … Continue reading →

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Scaring Smart Women: NYT Says Successful Women are their own Worst Enemies

Posted on December 3, 2010 by Bridget Crawford

Yes, this again, now from the New York Times (here): Dating sites seem to suggest that highly educated women have more trouble finding a partner than women in more traditionally female jobs. “Care and social professions work well; the really … Continue reading →

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Can you picture an ad for prostate cancer featuring a delicate, manicured hand squishing a dude’s junk?

Posted on October 26, 2010 by Ann Bartow

That is the question posed at IBTP in a post excerpted below: It’s breast cancer awareness month! Awesome! There is much patriarchy to blame when it comes to breast cancer awareness month. Such as Komen. Komen, as I have declaimed … Continue reading →

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On Racism and Sexism in the Case of Shirley Sherrod

Posted on July 29, 2010 by Bridget Crawford

Janell Hobson writes here at the Ms. Magazine blog about the attacks on and defenses of Shirley Sherrod.  Hobson writes that the ”conversations unfolded the way they did because a black woman was at the center.” Hobson aptly critiques both the … Continue reading →

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When the NYT wants to spark debate about cussing, it asks “Why Do Educated People Use Bad Words?” and then queries one woman and five men.

Posted on April 13, 2010 by Ann Bartow

Which makes the NYT ripe for cussing out. Impressive class bias, in addition to the sexism. Lovely quote from Timothy Jay: “This doesn’t mean the average person is swearing more. But we have recorded more women swearing in public than … Continue reading →

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Why did David Brooks feel the need to churn out another concern-trolling column urging women to choose marriage over career success?

Posted on April 2, 2010 by Ann Bartow

Historiann contemplated that question here. –Ann Bartow

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If you have forgotten for a second how much Supposedly Liberal Doods hate women, read the comments about the RNC “stripper” expenditures at any supposedly liberal blog.

Posted on March 30, 2010 by Ann Bartow

For example here, here or here.   Impressive amount of racism too. Those folks are not our allies. –Ann   Bartow

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“Chess For Girls” from SNL around 1997 – Has anything changed?

Posted on March 21, 2010 by Ann Bartow

via videosift.com

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HuffPo post asserts Stephen Colbert treated Sean Hannity “like a prostitute.”

Posted on March 7, 2010 by Ann Bartow

The post is here, along with a video clip. Below is the appalling text: Last night Stephen Colbert sat down with Sean Hannity, who “joined [him] live from stuff [he] could edit together,” and with some crafty splicing, proceeded to … Continue reading →

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The Internet Pile-on over a Woman Dean’s Paycheck

Posted on February 23, 2010 by Bridget Crawford

The legal blogosphere has been embroiled recently in a series of discussions about Karen Rothenberg, formerly dean at Maryland law.  For those living in a cave (or avoiding Above the Law as a paper-finishing strategy), the basic facts are these:  … Continue reading →

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Is the headline “SC man dies, wife injured in domestic shootings” reasonable for the facts it reports?

Posted on February 22, 2010 by Ann Bartow

Here is the text of the story as it appeared in the online version of my local newspaper: Posted on Mon, Feb. 22, 2010 SC man dies, wife injured in domestic shootings The Associated Press Police say a South Carolina … Continue reading →

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You’re Speaking My Language: United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces Finds “mmmm-mmmm-mmmm” Constitutes “Indecent Language” in Court-Martial Appeal

Posted on January 31, 2010 by Colin Miller

You are a military judge. According to a female Marine, one day she was working in an ammunition magazine with a United States Marine Corps Corporal when she began to “freak out” upon discovering that she had a bug on … Continue reading →

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From the NYT: You Dumb Women are Opposing the New Mammogram Recommendations Because You Don’t Understand Science or Math

Posted on December 14, 2009 by Ann Bartow

The contempt laden Op-Ed is here. Below is the first paragraph: In his inaugural address, Barack Obama promised to restore science to its”rightful place.”This has partly occurred, as evidenced by this month’s release of 13 new human embryonic stem-cell lines. … Continue reading →

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ATL Mocks Columbia Law School Student’s Method for Starting a Study Group

Posted on December 11, 2009 by Bridget Crawford

Isn’t English rich enough to provide ways to mock something that don’t refer to women’s genitalia? Since when is “douchetastic” a word? -Darren Rosenblum P.S. This is not an endorsement of the    student’s methodology for finding a study group! … Continue reading →

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“Shiny Suds” advert now out of circulation

Posted on December 1, 2009 by Ann Bartow

Via Jezebel: Cleaning products company Method has apologized for its controversial “Shiny Suds” video, which depicted fratboy-like chemical bubbles harassing a bathing woman, and has pulled the video from all “controlled sources.” We’ve still got it, though, plus a statement … Continue reading →

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Where are the Women? The Staff and Advisors of “Media Matters for America” Remain Overwhelmingly Male

Posted on November 20, 2009 by Ann Bartow

The list is here. I (quickly) counted 38 men and 15 women, meaning the list is about 72% male and 28% female. Same old, same old. –Ann Bartow

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“The Hard Sell”

Posted on November 13, 2009 by Ann Bartow

Check out Stiletto Revolt for a stunning collection of ads with phallic imagery. Two examples below: –Ann Bartow

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Yes the violence used by this soccer player is chilling, but her gender is what some find the most shocking.

Posted on November 10, 2009 by Ann Bartow

YouTube commenters are writing things like “I WOULD FUCK HER UP!!!!!…what a bitch!” and “Bitch. Kill her!” apparently without irony. A number of copies of this or related video clips are titled with references to “cat fights.” This NYT article … Continue reading →

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“Her Secret? Photoshop”

Posted on November 8, 2009 by Ann Bartow

Watch the actual photo shoot at this site, then see if you can figure out what has been changed. Via. –Ann Bartow

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Women, Happiness, and the Marketing of Positive Thinking

Posted on October 18, 2009 by rrobson

Barbara Ehrenreich has a great debunking of a study that purports to show that women have become unhappier since 1972 – – – as a result, most likely, of feminism.     Ehrenreich writes that the statistical variable (one percent) … Continue reading →

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The Yale Law School Information Society Project’s Upcoming Conference is Entitled: “JOURNALISM AND THE NEW MEDIA ECOLOGY: WHO WILL PAY THE MESSENGERS?” and 32 Out of 39 Listed Speakers Are Male.

Posted on October 8, 2009 by Ann Bartow

Website here, program here.   New media conference, same old YLS misogyny. Not so random aside: The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) launched an Ethical Journalism Initiative in 2008. The IFJ considers fair gender portrayal as part of ethical journalism, … Continue reading →

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The NYT Adulates Christie Hefner, Delicately Refrains From Substantively Mentioning the Hardcore Porn that Generates Most of Playboy’s Revenues

Posted on September 27, 2009 by Ann Bartow

Here’s a curious and alarming excerpt from this incredibly sycophantic article: Her father lent his support to causes like birth control and abortion rights, but activism was at her core. She campaigned for the Equal Rights Amendment and gay rights … Continue reading →

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Bud Light Lime Commercial: Sexist and Homophobic Even By Beer Ad Standards

Posted on September 21, 2009 by Ann Bartow

Ugh:

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“Maggot Lace”

Posted on September 10, 2009 by Ann Bartow

A few weeks ago I read a piece by Caitlin Flanagan in the September issue of The Atlantic, entitled: Sex and the Married Man. Like about everything Flanagan writes it was awful, full of lurid and venemous speculation about the … Continue reading →

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“Echoes: 50 Years of Progress for Women in Politics. Satisfied Yet?”

Posted on August 11, 2009 by Ann Bartow

A look at how far women have come in politics in the last 50 years, and at why we still have much further to go. From The New Agenda, thenewagenda.net. Via.

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“‘Women are getting more beautiful’ – Getting the story right”

Posted on August 11, 2009 by Ann Bartow

I blogged about this previously, and found a response by the study author, Marcus Jokela via a link to my post, the title of which is misunderstood, as I was accusing the Times Online of sexism, not the researcher. Anyway, … Continue reading →

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“REAL VS. FAKE: Photoshopped Celebrities, Before & After” at StilettoREVOLT

Posted on August 10, 2009 by Ann Bartow

Terrific post here, below is a short excerpt: [1] Jessica Alba Repositioned her head, eyes, and hair strands, Thinned waist, thighs and knees, Raised and enhanced chest/cleavage. [2] Penelope Cruz De-frizzed and repositioned hair strands, Lowered neckline, enhanced cleavage, Thinned … Continue reading →

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Glenn Beck Jokes About Poisoning Nancy Pelosi

Posted on August 10, 2009 by Ann Bartow

Via.

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Women are supposed to be sexually available to men, that’s our assigned role; if we are hot, we are supposed to put out since we are signaling we want sex, and if we are not hot, we are supposed to be so grateful for male attention we do anything the attending dood wants. Otherwise, death to us…

Posted on August 9, 2009 by Ann Bartow

Some links and post excerpts about the Sodini murders: Anna N. at Jezebel: Sodini was clearly disturbed, but his bilious diary displays an extreme version of a type of grievance misogyny that is all too common. His conviction that all … Continue reading →

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More Old-Timey Sexism

Posted on August 6, 2009 by Bridget Crawford

-Tony Varona

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God Wears a Toga in My Dreams

Posted on July 30, 2009 by Bridget Crawford

What is it about fashion designers and bondage?  The ad campaign for “Elohim by  Sabrina Goh” is both incomprehensible and entirely familiar (women in chains, bound legs, etc.).  According to her website, Goh is a self-described “Malaysian born, Singapore based … Continue reading →

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Sort yourself out!

Posted on July 14, 2009 by Ann Bartow

Via Marge Twain.

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“Women who drink alcohol, wear short skirts and are outgoing are more likely to be raped, claim scientists at the University of Leicester.”

Posted on July 7, 2009 by Ann Bartow

Actually, that isn’t at all what the scientists found. But it is apparently what a reporter and editorial staff at the UK Telegraph wished the study had determined, for some reason. An article in the UK Guardian reports: There is … Continue reading →

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Are all the pundits who matter at DailyKos male?

Posted on July 7, 2009 by Ann Bartow

Over at Daily Kos is a post entitled “Abbreviated Pundit Round-up,” by “BarbinMD” with a first sentence that touts itself as “Your one stop pundit shop.” The pundits receiving links and blurbs? William Kristol, Tony Blankley, Richard Cohen, Cal Thomas, … Continue reading →

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Seven Inches of Sexualized Sandwiches

Posted on June 25, 2009 by Bridget Crawford

“Fill your desire for something long, juicy and flame-grilled with the New BK Super Seven Incher.  Yearn for more after you taste the mind-blowing burger that comes with a single beef patty, topped with American chees, crispy onions and the … Continue reading →

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Hollywood Continues its Attack on Women

Posted on June 12, 2009 by Bridget Crawford

In this season’s finale of Desperate Housewives, Lynette discovers she’s pregnant with twins.   She and her husband Tom already have an extensive family and clearly don’t want the baby.   But the show never even raises the possibility that … Continue reading →

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“David Letterman, the voice of dude nation”

Posted on June 12, 2009 by Ann Bartow

Read Dr. Socks.

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All Latinas are not Mexican

Posted on June 8, 2009 by Bridget Crawford

A cartoonist at the Oklahoma City newspaper The Oklahoman  responds to criticism of his drawing of Judge Sotomayor as a  piñata  to be struck by waiting GOP elephants.   The cartoon by Chip Bok of Creators Syndicate ran in The … Continue reading →

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“The ‘Happily Ever After’ Complex”

Posted on June 8, 2009 by Ann Bartow

An illustrated overview of the Happily Ever After myth, monetized, here at StilettoRevolt. –Ann Bartow

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Playboy’s Misogyny More Overt Than Ever

Posted on June 2, 2009 by Ann Bartow

Playboy.com began hosting a feature on the website listing and mocking conservative women they’d like to”hate-fuck.” And at least one supposedly liberal blog (ETA: or not, some controversy on this point) picked up on it as a “lighter side of … Continue reading →

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