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Carrie Gracie donates backdated BBC pay to help other women fighting for equality

sudshr47 June 29, 2018

Carrie Gracie — the BBC journalist who resigned after learning she was paid 50 percent less than her male colleagues — has donated her backdated pay from the BBC to other women fighting for equality.

In a joint statement, the BBC and Carrie Gracie announced they had “reached an agreement to resolve their differences.” Per the statement, the BBC has apologised to Gracie for underpaying her, and she has received backdated pay.

In January, Gracie resigned her post after discovering what her male colleagues were being paid. “With great regret, I have left my post as China Editor to speak out publicly on a crisis of trust at the BBC,” wrote Gracie at the time. Read more…

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Two surfers, same waves. But people aren’t cool with the difference in pay.

sudshr47 June 28, 2018

Over the weekend, surfers competed in the Ballito Pro, which takes place in South Africa’s east.

In the Billabong Junior Series, the under-18 mens winner was Indonesia’s Rio Waida, while the womens competition was won by South Africa’s Zoe Steyn.

While the news would invite congratulations, a Facebook post showing the two winners has angered people.

As the photo shows, Waida received 8,000 SAR ($577), while Steyn — who was standing right beside him — received exactly half of that. It’s… not a good look.

“Did the girls surf a different ocean that was easier we don’t know about? This is pathetic,” reads one comment. Read more…

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Spain’s new female-dominated government has just made history

sudshr47 June 8, 2018

Spain’s new government has only just been sworn in, but it’s already made history. That’s because the women in this cabinet outnumber the men.

King Felipe VI of Spain swore in the new government on Thursday, with women occupying 11 of the 17 cabinet posts.

That equates to 61.1 percent women—the highest proportion of women in government since the country became a democracy in 1978.

Carmen Monton is sworn in as Spanish Health Minister, next to Spain's King Felipe VI at La Zarzuela Palace, in Madrid. — Carmen Monton is sworn in as Spanish Health Minister, next to Spain’s King Felipe VI at La Zarzuela Palace, in Madrid.

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Professor ranks ‘Star Wars’ movies for female character screen time and the results are very telling

sudshr47 May 31, 2018

A film studies professor ranked the Star Wars movies based on the screen time of female characters and, well, the results weren’t great.

Dr Rebecca Harrison — a lecturer in Film and Television Studies at the University of Glasgow — undertook the somewhat mammoth task of analysing the screen time of female characters in the Star Wars franchise. Harrison’s findings revealed A New Hope was the worst movie for female character screen time, while The Last Jedi ranked best.

Harrison told Mashable the idea for ranking the movies came when she was doing a research project looking at how the Star Wars franchise has used coding and software in the development of the movie. “As part of that I’ve been thinking about how gender and race play a part in who gets to make the films and what they look like,” Harrison said. She was also inspired by the man who edited out all the women characters in The Last Jedi due to the film “having so many women characters.” “So, I was partly inspired by the angry guys who hate Star Wars being about women!” Read more…

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Emilia Clarke says she was always paid equally on ‘Game of Thrones’

sudshr47 May 16, 2018

It shouldn’t be that hard to pay women the same amount as men for equal work, but Hollywood – and, you know, every other industry – continues to struggle with itMashable first noted the lack of pay gap on Game of Thrones in 2017, and Emilia Clarke confirmed at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival that this has always been the show’s standard.

“On Game of Thrones, I have always been paid the same amount as my male costars,” Clarke told Glamour. “It was my first job, and I was not discriminated against because I was a woman, in my paycheck.”

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82 women walked this year’s Cannes red carpet in protest, calling for gender equality in the film industry

sudshr47 May 14, 2018

Cate Blanchett and Agnès Varda led a women’s march on the Cannes red carpet. The 2018 Cannes Film Festival is the first to happen after the Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse allegations came out and the 82 women participating in the protest called fo…

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Benedict Cumberbatch takes a strong stand on equal pay

sudshr47 May 13, 2018

If you have a role for Benedict Cumberbatch but his female co-stars aren’t receiving equal pay, he’s going to say no.

The Doctor Strange and Sherlock star is using his sizable platform to push for positive, necessary change. He said as much in a recent interview with Radio Times, during which he articulated his thoughts on gender equality very clearly.

“Equal pay and a place at the table are the central tenets of feminism,” he said. “Look at your quotas. Ask what women are being paid, and say: ‘If she’s not paid the same as the men, I’m not doing it.'” Read more…

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Culture Gender Equality Orgasm Sex Sex And Relationships

Actual things you can do to bridge the orgasm gap in your own bedroom

sudshr47 March 21, 2018

Your sexual partner just jubilantly crossed the finish line, but you’re still running a race with no end in sight. It’s frustrating. And, for an alarming number of heterosexual women, it’s the infuriating reality of sex. Metaphors aside, we’re talking about the gender orgasm gap—the disparity between men and women’s sexual satisfaction, and a struggle that many of us know all too well.

64 percent of men have an orgasm during sex, but only 34 percent of women can say the same, according to the Durex Global Sex Survey which surveyed nearly 30K adults worldwide. Women who identify as heterosexual are the demographic that have the fewest orgasms, according to a study by Indiana University. That same research also revealed something that many women are already fully aware of: penetrative sex alone simply doesn’t cut it for most women. And, that women need oral sex and clitoral stimulation if they’re going to stand any chance of coming. Read more…

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