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Fraud alert: I am not a woman

November 29, 2012 |

“Women aren’t women anymore,” at least according to Suzanne Venker. In a Fox News article not-so-subtly titled “The War on Men,” Venker argues that women “have been raised to think of men as the enemy.

Editorial Cartoon

October 18, 2012 |

Women in politics

November 07, 2011 |

Tuesday, Nov. 8, Missouri will hold special elections in four districts. Nine candidates are running, among them, four are women. In the most recent Student Union elections on our campus, women nearly achieved parity: Women secured four of the 10 Treasury positions and three of the eight College of Arts & Sciences Senator positions.

‘The Vagina Monologues’ challenges social norms

February 11, 2011 |

By presenting dramatic, emotional, humorous and honest accounts of real women across the globe, the actors in Vagina Monologues hope to encourage audience members to have more open conversations about female sexuality and to feel secure enough in their own sexualities to speak about sex and vaginas in an honest, and even celebratory, way.

Breaking down gender barriers as WU’s first female ROTC battalion commander

October 22, 2010 |

Senior Rachel Atkins has challenged the male dominated Army establishment with her appointment to cadet battalion commander for Washington University’s Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC). Atkins is the first female to attain the rank in the Gateway Battalion’s history.

Hands-on learning expands into St. Louis

October 18, 2010 |

The Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies Department (WGSS) is expanding its course offerings to include many more community-based learning classes.
Although service-learning classes are offered in many different areas through all of Washington University’s schools, WGSS is specifically institutionalizing community-based learning in its curriculum.

Top 10 spring 2010 trends for women

February 19, 2010 |

Good news, everyone: You don’t have to wait until spring to begin shopping for this season’s most coveted items. Here’s a countdown to this spring’s number one fashion trend:

Administration should reflect diversity

September 10, 2008 |

We are seeing something unprecedented on the national stage: women and people of color in real positions of leadership. Whether we agree more with the politics of the right or the left, it is clear that a transformation in the American polity is at hand. Not only are the two national parties touting gender and [...]

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