http://www.newser.com/2008 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorMon, 06 Oct 2008 13:56:59 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/38035/no-skirting-the-issue-politics-now-womens-game.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThis election is all about women—and Sarah Palin and Hillary Clinton can't take all the credit, Sarah Hughes writes in the Independent . The candidates are the most visible, but female commentators, comedians, and protesters have set the tone and are asking the difficult questions. "The good ol' boys are still there, hollering," says Hughes, but it’s the likes of MSNBC's Rachel Maddow leading the pack.http://www.newser.com/story/38035/no-skirting-the-issue-politics-now-womens-game.html?refid=rss_all_defaultMon, 22 Sep 2008 13:57:03 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/38077/salary-gender-gap-may-be-all-in-your-head.html?refid=rss_all_defaultNot only is the gender gap in pay persistent, it affects men as well as women. Men with traditional views on a woman's place in the world earn, on average, $12,000 more per year than men who believe in egalitarian business practices, the Washington Post reports. Traditionally minded women make the least of all, according to a new study.http://www.newser.com/story/38077/salary-gender-gap-may-be-all-in-your-head.html?refid=rss_all_defaultMon, 22 Sep 2008 8:57:19 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/37414/will-women-abandon-palin-too.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWhen Geraldine Ferraro joined Walter Mondale's ticket in 1984, Ronald Reagan got a boost from women voters who may have felt threatened by Ferraro's personal and professional success. Nearly 25 years later, the effect of Sarah Palin joining John McCain contrasts sharply with Ferraro's fortunes, and prompts Newsweek to take a look at feminism and sexism today.http://www.newser.com/story/37414/will-women-abandon-palin-too.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSun, 14 Sep 2008 9:48:20 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/36865/tiny-trig-palin-a-vital-player-in-moms-political-life.html?refid=rss_all_defaultBaby Trig is a key part of Sarah Palin's campaign story, underlining her real-mom image and her stance against abortion. But Palin kept the pregnancy under wraps until the seventh month, "struggling to accept that her child would be born with Down syndrome" and fearing it could undermine her popularity as governor, the New York Times reports. The paper reconstructs Palin's handling of the surprise pregnancy and delivery that bloggers have had a field day challenging.http://www.newser.com/story/36865/tiny-trig-palin-a-vital-player-in-moms-political-life.html?refid=rss_all_defaultMon, 08 Sep 2008 6:11:28 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/35103/pakistani-salon-hires-fire-acid-attack-victims.html?refid=rss_all_defaultPakistani women disfigured by acid and fire attacks have found a second life—as beauticians, the AP reports. The head of a well-known Pakistani salon chain discovered 5 years ago how commonly women are maimed by crazed or spurned lovers. With the aid of an Italian surgical nonprofit, she has helped many heal and put them to work.http://www.newser.com/story/35103/pakistani-salon-hires-fire-acid-attack-victims.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSun, 17 Aug 2008 13:25:19 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/34383/breakfast-with-billie-jean-king.html?refid=rss_all_defaultAs her book Pressure Is a Privilege hits shelves, tennis legend Billie Jean King discusses life as a feminist icon and her "Battle of the Sexes" victory over Bobby Riggs with Vanity Fair. "It caused social change, that tennis match. It was about Title IX," King says of the 1973 event. "Before 1972 a woman could not get an athletic scholarship."http://www.newser.com/story/34383/breakfast-with-billie-jean-king.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFri, 08 Aug 2008 8:38:17 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/33897/hookups-wont-ruin-her-life.html?refid=rss_all_defaultNew books are urging girls in the "hookup generation" to stay chaste, but Tracy Clark-Flory trumpets the virtues of casual sex in Salon. While abstinence authors rate women as whores or angels, the 24-year-old argues that hookups help women vet partners physically and emotionally. Today's females take a feminist approach to sex, "claiming the traditionally male side of the stud/slut double-standard."http://www.newser.com/story/33897/hookups-wont-ruin-her-life.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFri, 01 Aug 2008 7:46:56 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/33289/lieberman-50-returning-to-wnba.html?refid=rss_all_defaultHall of Famer Nancy Lieberman is headed back to the WNBA at age 50, reports ESPN, which is losing her from its airwaves to the Detroit Shock, a team she played for and coached. Lieberman signed a 7-day contract to help a team hurt by injury and looming disciplinary action; she’ll be the league’s oldest player ever—breaking a record she set in 1997, at 39.http://www.newser.com/story/33289/lieberman-50-returning-to-wnba.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 24 Jul 2008 12:27:58 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/32459/title-ix-turns-to-science-where-are-the-women-physicists.html?refid=rss_all_defaultTitle IX, the federal mandate that requires gender equality in education funding, has been applied mostly to sports teams, but recently a new push has begun to apply it to university science departments. Decrying a dearth of women in physics and engineering programs, some women's groups and members of Congress have called for compliance reviews. But reviews haven't yet turned up hard evidence of discrimination, the New York Times reports.http://www.newser.com/story/32459/title-ix-turns-to-science-where-are-the-women-physicists.html?refid=rss_all_defaultTue, 15 Jul 2008 6:42:43 CDT