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[Link] Harassment at a Bitcoin Conference Highlights Problems of ‘Vicious’ Industry Sexism

Read: 10/5/2022 www.vice.com

At Bitcoin 2022 in Miami, an attendee broke the code of conduct that started a wave of harassment — and a renewed discussion about sexism in the crypto industry.

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[Link] Men take time from female partners for exercise, Australian study finds

Read: 6/5/2022 www.theguardian.com

Australian men are more likely to take time from their female partners for exercise, which women are not afforded equally in return, research suggests.

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[Link] Japanese Schools Are Still Banning Ponytails Because They Could ‘Sexually Excite’ Men

Read: 13/3/2022 www.vice.com

From the length of students’ socks to the color of their underwear, Japanese schools are infamous for their strict requirements on what pupils can wear. But one rule has drawn criticism for not just its absurdity but also the reason behind it.

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[Link] The Taliban Have Wished Women a Happy International Women’s Day

Read: 9/3/2022 www.vice.com

The Taliban have wished women across the world a happy International Women’s Day, despite spending the last 6 months in power repressing Afghan women and crushing any dissent.

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[Link] Citipointe churchgoers give standing ovation for under-fire principal

Read: 8/2/2022 www.theguardian.com

The head of Brisbane’s Citipointe megachurch has told worshippers to lobby MPs about proposed religious freedom and sexual discrimination laws, after the church school’s failed attempt to introduce enrolment contracts with anti-gay and anti-trans provisions.

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[Link] The Taliban has Decreed that Men and Women ‘Should Be Equal’

Read: 6/12/2021 www.vice.com

The Taliban has banned forced marriage in Afghanistan, decreeing – for the very first time – that “both (women and men) should be equal,” that women should not be considered “property” and that “no one can force women to marry by coercion or pressure.

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[Link] What toxic men can learn from masculine women

Read: 7/11/2021 www.theguardian.com

Turn on the TV, watch kids’ cartoons or most films, and you won’t have to look hard for the message that nice guys finish last, while tough guys get the girl, and, more importantly, gain the respect of other men.

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[Link] Inside the Facebook Group that Sexualises Pregnant Women

Read: 2/11/2021 www.vice.com

The group, whose name in Malay “Koleksi Mak Buyung Malaysia'' translates to “My Collection of Pregnant Women,” attracted at least 5,000 members before it was removed on Monday evening for “violating site policies”.

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[Link] Two-thirds of Australians think government more interested in protecting itself than women – poll

Read: 31/10/2021 www.theguardian.com

Two in three respondents in the latest Essential poll believe the government has shown more interest in protecting its political interests than the interests of women who have made rape and sexual assault allegations.

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[Link] Las Patronas: The Rise of Female Drug Bosses in Latin America

Read: 26/10/2021 www.vice.com

VICE World News brings you exclusive reporting from Latin America’s criminal underworld on the boss women you’ve never heard of. MEXICO CITY, Mexico — She told me her name was Brenda. When I met her, she had been in the Pavón prison on the outskirts of Guatemala City for 20 years.

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[Link] Netflix Isn’t Backing Down on Dave Chappelle and Neither Are Its Workers

Read: 20/10/2021 www.vice.com

Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. Employees have pledged to walk out of work on Wednesday, including the LGBTQ+ storytelling team and its head of queer editorial.

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[Link] Intersex people undergo surgery when too young to give consent, inquiry told

Read: 19/10/2021 www.theguardian.com

Intersex people have endured controversial surgeries and treatments, often when they were too young to provide consent, an inquiry by the Australian Human Rights Commission found in a report that recommends new legislative protections for children.

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[Link] Lego to remove gender bias from its toys after findings of child survey

Read: 12/10/2021 www.theguardian.com

Lego has announced it will work to remove gender stereotypes from its toys after a global survey the company commissioned found attitudes to play and future careers remain unequal and restrictive.

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[Link] Women can continue working in Afghan government, say Taliban

Read: 1/9/2021 www.theguardian.com

Women can continue to work in government in Afghanistan but are not guaranteed cabinet or other senior positions, a Taliban spokesman has said.

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[Link] Social networks struggle to crack down on ‘incel’ movement

Read: 18/8/2021 www.theguardian.com

Despite years of strict moderation from major social networks, the “incel” community remains as influential as it was in 2014, when an English 22-year-old killed seven people on the streets of Isla Vista, California, motivated by his hatred of women.

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[Link] This Taliban directive is a stark warning of what lies ahead for Afghan women and girls

Read: 16/8/2021 www.abc.net.au

Since the withdrawal of American and NATO forces from Afghanistan in July, the Taliban have swiftly taken control of large parts of the country. The president has fled and the government has fallen.

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[Link] Being made redundant has turned me into a better dad

Read: 15/8/2021 www.sbs.com.au

In early March, I took a redundancy from my paid work. The whole process happened suddenly, and I experienced mixed emotions dealing with its effect on my life. On one level, I felt like absolute crap, feeling rejected with a palpable sense of professional defeat.

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[Link] Activision Blizzard’s QA Department Seems Like A Hellhole

Read: 15/8/2021 kotaku.com

Long hours. Low pay. Tremendous instability. Working in quality assurance (QA) for a video game studio is notoriously difficult and painstaking enough as it is without factors like these complicating matters.

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[Link] Home and Away's Mat Stevenson adopts trans daughter’s best friend

Read: 14/8/2021 au.lifestyle.yahoo.com

Former Home And Away star Mat Stevenson has adopted his transgender daughter, Grace Hyland's best friend, Belle Bambi. In a video shared to Grace's TikTok account, she shows her dad - who is known for playing Adam Cameron on the soap during the 1990s - holding up a signed adoption certificate.

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[Link] Women often play support — does it really matter?

Read: 7/8/2021 www.destructoid.com

Can boys play support? Versions of this question headline Reddit posts from the past few years: “Do girls always play [Overwatch support character] Mercy?,” “Why do women usually play support?,” “Why is the support role considered ‘feminine’?”

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[Link] #MeToo Hits One of China’s Biggest Celebrities. The State Is Taking Credit.

Read: 7/8/2021 www.vice.com

A megastar fell from grace over rape accusations. Now China is scrambling to steer the narrative in its favor. Until recently, Kris Wu was one of China’s most adored pop singers, swamped by screaming fans wherever he went.

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[Link] She Called Out Her Teacher’s Rape Joke on TikTok. Now She’s Being Sued.

Read: 6/8/2021 www.vice.com

In April, the 17-year-old student took to TikTok to share her account of a male teacher who made a rape joke during a gym class.

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[Link] Reddit just took out its MGTOW subreddits like the trash they are. Sorry, were.

Read: 5/8/2021 wehuntedthemammoth.com

Well, it took them long enough. Today, at long last, the Reddit admins banned the Men Going Their Own Way subreddit for promoting hate; they also dropped the ban hammer on MGTOW2, the main subreddit’s purportedly hate-free alternative.

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[Link] At This Japanese All-Girls Esports Club, Members Learn More Than Headshots

Read: 4/8/2021 kotaku.com

Jin-Ai Girls’ High School, which resides in the city of Fukui, established an esports club last October. It’s even garnering national media attention. As Mainichi reports, such clubs aren’t unusual among school boys in Japan, but are rare at all-girls institutions.

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[Link] Celebratory Cannon Salute at Baby Shower Ends in Death, Police Say

Read: 10/2/2021 www.nytimes.com

The authorities are trying to determine why a device exploded, hurling shrapnel into a Michigan backyard. The man, Evan Thomas Silva, a guest at the party, was about 10 to 15 feet from the device when it blew up in the backyard of a home. Metal shrapnel hit Mr.

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