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Research into Sex Differences – Carrots and Sticks
<p>In this piece from Scientific American, R. Douglas Fields argues that the new US National Institutes of Health policy, which is intended to drive research in sex differences, is a major step in the wrong direction. The new policy requires … <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2014/09/research-into-sex-differences-carrots-and-sticks-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>
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Sep 23, 20143 min read


AIC goes to Hollywood: Why We Should Watch MTV’s Faking It
<p>MTV’s half-hour romantic comedy series, Faking It, will feature a character with an intersex condition (or DSD) this season (see the Hollywood Reporter story here). This is not the first time a character with Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome (AIS) has appeared … <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2014/09/why-we-should-watch-mtvs-faking-it-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>
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Sep 22, 20143 min read


AIC goes to Hollywood: <br>Why We Should Watch MTV’s <i>Faking It</i>
<p>MTV’s half-hour romantic comedy series, Faking It, will feature a character with an intersex condition (or DSD) this season (see the Hollywood Reporter story here). This is not the first time a character with Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome (AIS) has appeared … <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2014/09/why-we-should-watch-mtvs-faking-it/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>
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Sep 22, 20143 min read


“Remember #BringBackOurGirls? This Is What Has Happened In The 5 Months Since”
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Sep 17, 20141 min read


“‘Why Didn’t You Just Leave?’: Six Domestic Violence Survivors Explain Why It’s Never That Simple”
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Sep 12, 20141 min read


“Time to End Sex-Testing of Female Athletes”
<p>Because of an International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) and International Olympic Committee (IOC) policy, Dutee Chand, an 18-year-old Indian sprinter, was blocked from competing at the 2014 Commonwealth Games because her body makes too much testosterone. She has been … <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2014/09/time-to-end-sex-testing-of-female-athletes/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>
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Sep 12, 20141 min read


“A Raised Hand: Can a new approach curb domestic homicide?”
<p>Dorothy Giunta-Cotter knew that someday her husband, William, would kill her. They met in 1982, when he was twenty and she was fifteen: a girl with brown eyes and cascading dark hair. Over the course of twenty years, he had … <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2014/09/a-raised-hand-can-a-new-approach-curb-domestic-homicide/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>
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Sep 10, 20141 min read


Visual Critique: Illustrating the Issue of Street Harassment
<p>Over the last couple of months, various artists have spoken out against the phenomenon of cat-calling. Last year, Buzzfeed released a list of “18 Kickass Illustrated Responses to Street Harassment,” but I only recently noticed many more such responses on … <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2014/09/visual-critique-illustrating-the-issue-of-street-harassment/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>
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Sep 8, 20143 min read


“Get Stolen Naked Photos Off the Web: Congress needs to change the law to force Reddit and 4Chan to do the right thing.”
<p>It’s time to extend the protections copyright offers to victims of involuntary porn. These images are clear invasions of privacy, and it’s not hard to judge whether there is value in making them public (as it might be for a … <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2014/09/get-stolen-naked-photos-off-the-web-congress-needs-to-change-the-law-to-force-reddit-and-4chan-to-do-the-right-thing/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>
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Sep 5, 20141 min read


“Monument Seeks to End Silence on Killings of the Disabled by the Nazis”
<p>The first to be singled out for systematic murder by the Nazis were the mentally ill and intellectually disabled. By the end of World War II, an estimated 300,000 of them had been gassed or starved, their fates hidden by … <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2014/09/monument-seeks-to-end-silence-on-killings-of-the-disabled-by-the-nazis/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>
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Sep 4, 20141 min read


In Memoriam, Anne Donchin
<p>Anne Donchin 1930-2014 Co-Founder, International Network on Feminist Approaches to Bioethics Professor Emerita of Philosophy (Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis) Professor of Philosophy, Philanthropy, and Women’s Studies, 1982-2001 (IUPUI) Director, Women’s Studies, 1990-1992 (IUPUI) Coordinator, Women’s Studies, 1983-1985 (IUPUI) Ph.D. (University of Texas, 1970) M.A. … <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2014/08/i
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Aug 29, 20143 min read


<i>In Memoriam</i>, Anne Donchin
<p>Anne Donchin 1930-2014 Co-Founder, International Network on Feminist Approaches to Bioethics Professor Emerita of Philosophy (Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis) Professor of Philosophy, Philanthropy, and Women’s Studies, 1982-2001 (IUPUI) Director, Women’s Studies, 1990-1992 (IUPUI) Coordinator, Women’s Studies, 1983-1985 (IUPUI) Ph.D. (University of Texas, 1970) M.A. … <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2014/08/i
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Aug 29, 20143 min read


“The Dark Side of Almond Use”
<p>Okay, so there’s nothing specifically feminist about this one, but it makes a nice point about the importance of thinking about the foods we produce and eat in broader terms than just their touted Once you have asked “Am I … <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2014/08/the-dark-side-of-almond-use/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>
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Aug 28, 20141 min read


Kidney Markets, Criminal and State-Sanctioned
<p>After seeing this New York Times’ piece last week, “Transplant Brokers in Israel Lure Desperate Kidney Patients to Costa Rica,” I was surprised to hear a transplant nephrologist on WNYC discussing the advantages of the the Iranian system, in which … <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2014/08/kidney-markets-criminal-and-state-sanctioned/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>
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Aug 25, 20142 min read


Black women’s bodies matter
<p>Check out SUNY Professor Janell Hobson’s excellent piece on female pop star videos in the context of Ferguson. What are your thoughts? … <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2014/08/black-womens-bodies-matter/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>
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Aug 23, 20141 min read


“Why Are So Many Women Dying from Ebola?
<p>Studies show that infectious disease often affects one gender more than another — but that knowledge isn’t being put into practice…. On Aug. 14, the Washington Post reported that across Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone collectively, women have comprised 55 … <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2014/08/why-are-so-many-women-dying-from-ebola/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>
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Aug 22, 20141 min read


“Ebola And The Gap Between The Haves And Have-Nots In Global Health”
<p>From philosopher Catherine Womack: In health care, we’re always looking for a magic pill or new technology to save us. But in this case, the focus on experimental drugs — who gets them, how much there is of them, when … <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2014/08/ebola-and-the-gap-between-the-haves-and-have-nots-in-global-health/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>
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Aug 20, 20142 min read


“What Is a Woman? The dispute between radical feminism and transgenderism”
<p>Michelle Goldberg’s recent article for The New Yorker, “What Is a Woman? The dispute between radical feminism and transgenderism,” is an account of the fight between certain radical feminists and transgender women over whether or not transgender women should be … <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2014/08/what-is-a-woman-the-dispute-between-radical-feminism-and-transgenderism/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>
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Aug 19, 20141 min read


Ebola, and the ethics of research in pandemics and other disasters
<p>The current outbreak of Ebola in west Africa has prompted a fair amount of debate around the ethics of epidemic control, containment, and intervention. Some of this discussion looks at what kind of intervention (use of experimental treatment? compassionate use? … <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2014/08/ebola-and-the-ethics-of-research-in-pandemics-and-other-disasters/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>
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Aug 18, 20141 min read


“When Patients Read What Their Doctors Write”
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Aug 17, 20141 min read
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