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California lawmakers join chorus of boos for Seth MacFarlane’s Oscars jokes

By: Katy St. Clair 02/27/13 1:42 PM

Seth MacFarlane continues to be hammered by women and the press for his barrage of base humor as the Oscars host Sunday night. The Huffington Post reports that now two California legislators have entered the fray, penning a letter to the Academy president outlining their disappointment. Read More

Chinese view of gender, sexuality probed

By: Murray Paskin 11/14/12 3:46 PM

“Women,” a show of contemporary works by 13 male and female artists from China and America addressing issues of gender and sexual identity, is particularly bold and unusual. On view at the Chinese Cultural Center in The City through Dec. 15, the varied display — of video works, installation art, drawings, paintings and photographs — deals with feminism, sexuality and homosexuality with an openness rarely seen in Chinese art exhibitions. Read More

Number of San Francisco women becoming parents in their late 30s increasing

By: Sara Gaiser 11/20/11 5:00 AM

Kelly White never planned to wait to have a child until she was 37. It just happened that way.When she was in her 20s, White, now a 38-year-old attorney and artist with a 5-month-old son, said she was busy working to establish her career and build a relationship that didn’t include kids. Read More

Woman flogged, not fined, for driving in Saudi Arabia

By: Staff report 09/27/11 11:41 PM

WHAT: A Saudi woman was sentenced to be lashed 10 times with a whip for defying the kingdom’s prohibition on female drivers, the first time a legal punishment has been handed down for a violation of the longtime ban in the ultraconservative Muslim nation. Read More

Chechen officials ordered to shoot women with paintball guns for not wearing headscarves

By: Staff report 03/11/11 12:28 AM

Chechnya strongman Ramzan Kadyrov ordered security forces to shoot paintball guns at women who were not wearing headscarves. A Human Rights Watch report this week condemned Kadyrov’s imposition of a strict Islamic dress code as a flagrant violation of women’s rights. The watchdog group interviewed dozens of Chechen women who experienced or witnessed attacks and harassment for not complying with the dress restrictions. Read More

Troops open fire on all-female protest

By: Staff report 03/04/11 12:19 AM

WHAT: Soldiers backing Ivory Coast dictator Laurent Gbagbo sprayed gunfire on thousands of women gathered for a peaceful all-female protest, killing at least six.WHY IT’S OUTRAGEOUS: The massacre shocked this African nation where women’s marches have historically been the last resort against a notoriously trigger-happy army. Read More

Team USA settles for silver

By: Brian McNally 02/26/10 2:00 AM

Canada tops U.S., 2-0, to capture gold medal It is one of the top rivalries in sports. Like a pair of teenage sisters, the women's hockey teams from the United States and Canada fight over everything -- Olympic gold medals, world championship titles, even meaningless exhibition games played during off years. Read More

Exporting American anti-Americanism

By: Staff report 10/28/09 12:00 AM

I have always viewed push-up bras as false advertising, but does wearing one deserve a whipping because of their “deceptive” and “un-Islamic” nature? I don’t know, but the controlling Islamist Shabaab party of Somalia seems to think so. Read More