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Men and women Uber drivers prefer different locations and hours. REMY GABALDA/AFP/Getty Images Economists at Stanford University and the University of Chicago conducted an unprecedented study recently on the pay equality between men and women in the “gig economy,” where workers get to pick their own hours and get paid by project, instead of a fixed salary. The study sampled workers from one of the largest gig platforms of today—Uber. After tracking 1.8 million drivers (for Uber X and Uber Pool) nationally from January 2015 to March 2017, researchers found that male drivers, on average, make seven percent more than...

Ellen Pompeo became the highest-paid actress on a TV drama in January, signing a two-year extension with “Grey’s Anatomy” for a whopping $575,000 per episode. Pompeo revealed her $20 million payday to The Hollywood Reporter earlier this month, but now tells Jimmy Kimmel she came forward about her big salary to teach other women a lesson. “As women, you know, it’s not only about what’s done to us or what’s not given to us. It’s what don’t we ask for,” the 48-year-old told Kimmel. “… I think that as much as we can point the finger at other people and...

The state legislature is moving on an aggressive attempt to reconfigure student health centers from places of healing to abortion franchises. A move is underway to transform California public universities from institutions dedicated to educating and empowering the nation’s next generation of leaders into abortion vendors. The California state assembly is now considering SB 320, a measure that would mandate that all California state-funded universities administer RU-486, a drug designed to induce abortion, on their campuses. The idea is to have schools partner with mega-abortion providers so that students at risk from a lonely and potentially dangerous abortion can access...

Mallory Millett: How bizarre it is to have to argue the obvious; to have to prove over and over again what is self-evident so let me be as offensive as I possibly can: Men are men and women are women. They are essentially different and designed for a natural division of labor. Period. I get a kick out of the feminists’ love affair with the word “empowerment.” They have clever formulas for ensnaring hapless souls into their deceits. One of their slicker moves is to create a vocabulary designed to get around long-held beliefs, mores, taboos or fears. “Pro-choice” is...

At Jerusalem concert for female-only crowd, American-born Yonatan Razel takes drastic actionAn ultra-Orthodox singer covered his eyes with masking tape in the middle of a concert for women only in order not to see audience members who were dancing in front of the stage. Yonatan Razel was playing his keyboard and singing at Jerusalem’s International Conference Center on Sunday night when he put the tape over his eyes during one song. Video of the incident was played on Hadashot television news. Razel is an American-born musician, and one of most popular ultra-Orthodox performers in Israel. He recently released his third...

The stigma following women in Saudi Arabia whose marriages have ended has been, for the most part, eradicated. Many believed it has stemmed from the injustice endured for the duration of the marriage (Photo: AFP) Many believed it has stemmed from the injustice endured for the duration of the marriage (Photo: AFP) Jeddah: Cultures across the globe have a tradition of celebrating a marriage as it marks a new beginning for people. But while the beginning of marital life is special for most, there are those who celebrate the end of it. Saudi Arabia has seen a lot of changes...

Missouri lawmakers listened Tuesday as a woman held her infant son and told them not to ban late-term abortions. She was one of several abortion activists and pro-life advocates who testified about a bill to ban abortions after 20 weeks during a Missouri House hearing, the Columbia Missourian reports. The legislation, state House Bill 1266, sponsored by state Rep. Donna Lichtenegger, R-Jackson, would prohibit abortions after 20 weeks when unborn babies are capable of feeling intense pain. “If a nervous system is fully functional, it feels pain, so that’s why we are wanting to not have an abortion after 20...

Growing up in the Bronx in New York City with a hijab covering her head, Nazma Khan says she is all too familiar with religious discrimination from a young age. The Bangladesh native migrated to the United States at the age of 11 and was constantly bullied throughout middle and high school.

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President Donald Trump said many words during his hour and 20 minute long State of the Union address Tuesday evening, but he did not mention women once. Trump’s first year in office was a landmark year for women, as the #MeToo and Time’s Up movements shaped political and popular culture. Multiple elected and appointed officials were forced to resign after admitting to sexual harassment and assault, and more women than ever will run for office in 2018. The president, meanwhile, made several attempts to limit access to reproductive care, refused to call himself a feminist and was accused of cheating...

Formula 1 will no longer have women on the grid holding signs in front of where cars are parked on the track before races. The longstanding tradition was derided as sexist by many, especially in auto racing, the only major type of sport where women compete directly with men.

A teenager has told how a man smashed a bottle over her head in a nightclub in Malmo, Sweden, after he sexually assaulted her and she pushed him away. Sophie Johansson, 19, told Swedish media that she had never met the man before, and that she suddenly felt his hands on her bottom and between her legs on the dancefloor. She says she hit him in order to get him to stop, to which he responded by punching her in the face and then hitting her with a glass bottle.

We arrived at the forum, and straight away the story went about the neighbourhood near the forum and a huge crowd gathered. We walked up to the prisoner's dock. All the others when questioned admitted their guilt. Then, when it came my turn, my father appeared with my son, dragged me from the step, and said: Perform the sacrifice--have pity on your baby!' Hilarianus the governor, who had received his judicial powers as the successor of the late proconsul Minucius Timinianus, said to me: 'Have pity on your father's grey head; have pity on your infant son. Offer the sacrifice...

Blame the media, not the women Of all the blame dished out surrounding the resignation of Ontario Progressive Conservative leader Patrick Brown, the media seems to be getting a pass in their role in the scandal that rocked the party. Wednesday night, Brown spoke at a hastily called press conference. He had been contacted by CTV News about two hours before. He was told the network was airing a story later that night alleging he engaged in sexual misconduct with two young women years before and given the opportunity to speak to these allegations.

Darts bosses have scrapped the tradition of using walk-on girls at televised tournaments after broadcasters got cold feet - sparking fury among fans. Women dressed in revealing outfits have accompanied players to the ocre for more than 20 years in a practice that has recently drawn accusations of sexism.

"If it is unbiblical to have women as pastors, how can it be biblical to have women who function in formal teaching and mentoring capacities..." Here we go again. Theologian John Piper stirred up a hornet's nest by arguing women are not to teach men. Piper points to 1 Timothy 2:12 that churches should be led by a team of spiritual, humble, biblically qualified men. "If it is unbiblical to have women as pastors, how can it be biblical to have women who function in formal teaching and mentoring capacities to train and fit pastors for the very calling from...

The Mexican government has been sending thousands of Central American asylum seekers back to their conflict-ridden countries where they fear persecution, a new Amnesty International report claims. The report, based on a survey of nearly 500 people, said Mexico's National Migration Institute, INM, is violating the non-refoulement principle, an international law which bars a country to send back the asylum seekers in fear of persecution. Nearly 40 percent of those detained were in violation of non-refoulement, Amnesty International said in its report, whereas 75 percent of those detained by the INM were not informed of their right to seek asylum...

Editor’s note: This article contains adult content, due to the nature of signs and words used as part of the Women’s March. Women wearing pink cat hats descended on the nation’s capital Saturday for a second time to march for women’s rights and protest a president they believe is disrespectful toward women. “There’s a lot of inequality, especially when it comes to access to birth control, or health care, or abortion, or just women’s rights in general,” said one attendee from Minnesota who held a sign that read, “Saturdays are for the girls.” As for President Donald Trump, she added,...

Someone should tell the that the Women’s March is typecasting them as #Monster Mommies It’s not taking a look in the mirror that the ‘Mean Girls’ out on the latest Women’s March need to do, as Fox News Insider Tomi Lahren suggests. The ‘Mean Girl’ marchers should take the time to look into the faces of their own children when they’re out on the rampage. Children, including toddlers in strollers, are being dragged out on these marches where thousands of women—and men—take to the streets to screech out their rage over Donald Trump having ben elected president.

Some of you misguided young women (the non-misguided ones can ignore me) will resist the obvious fact that you need the romantic advice of a married, 53-year old retired Army officer who identifies as male. Well, judging from that Aziz Ansari story in babe.net, many of you sure need some guidance from someone. And since your fathers apparently went AWOL – or maybe you just didn’t listen – I’ll step in to help. Because I’m a helper. And because since so many of you are so utterly ill-equipped to interact with men, maybe you need a man to mansplain things to you.I know what’s...