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“The Myth of Wealthy Men and Beautiful Women”
<p>This article at The Atlantic is kind of funny “there’s a lot of these guys who are partnered with women who are better looking than them, which is just because, on average, women are better looking. Men are partnering ‘up’ … <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2014/07/the-myth-of-wealthy-men-and-beautiful-women/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>
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Jul 15, 20141 min read


“No Ifs, Ands, or Butts”: What does the objectification of male soccer players show us about difference in men’s and women’s athletics?
<p>Many posts on this blog have dealt with the omnipresent problem of the objectification of women in our society and around the world. Feminists of all stripes agree that this is a problem, though what exactly constitutes “objectification” and what … <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2014/07/no-ifs-ands-or-butts-what-does-the-objectification-of-male-soccer-players-show-us-about-difference-in-mens-and-womens-athletics/">Continue reading <span class=
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Jul 15, 20145 min read


IJFAB Essay Prize: Call for Nominations
<p>IJFAB invites nominations for the IJFAB Essay Prize. The Prize will be awarded annually to recognize excellent scholarship in feminist bioethics by a graduate student or recent PhD. The winning essay will be published in IJFAB, and the author will … <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2014/07/ijfab-essay-prize-call-for-nominations-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>
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Jul 14, 20142 min read


<i>IJFAB</i> Essay Prize: Call for Nominations
<p>IJFAB invites nominations for the IJFAB Essay Prize. The Prize will be awarded annually to recognize excellent scholarship in feminist bioethics by a graduate student or recent PhD. The winning essay will be published in IJFAB, and the author will … <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2014/07/ijfab-essay-prize-call-for-nominations/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>
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Jul 14, 20142 min read


“Playing Hardball Against Women’s Rights: The Holy See At The UN”
<p>Who needs facts or even common human decency if you have power? The Holy See’s modus operandi has been to impose its conservative social ideology at the UN via relentless pressure—evident ever since it gained semi-official standing there in 1964. … <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2014/07/playing-hardball-against-womens-rights-the-holy-see-at-the-un/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>
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Jul 14, 20141 min read


“Should We ‘Fix’ Intersex Children?”
<p>M was born with genitals that were not clearly male or female. Also known as disorders of sex development (DSDs), the best guess by researchers is that intersex conditions affect one in 2,000 children. The response by doctors is often … <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2014/07/should-we-fix-intersex-children/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>
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Jul 10, 20142 min read


Gay Teacher Fired for Getting Married
<p>“I was told very specifically I didn’t do anything wrong, that there were no parent complaints, no student complaints, but regardless, I would not be returning,” Dollar says. “I’m still kind It is a order cialis from canada condition in … <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2014/07/gay-teacher-fired-for-getting-married/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>
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Jul 9, 20141 min read


Does a womb make you a woman?
<p>By Katy Fulfer and Angel Petropanagos At the recent FABWorld Congress in Mexico City, a panel on Ethics of Uterine Transplantation outlined three ethical challenges. Ariel Lefkowitz and Jacques Balayla, authors of the Montreal Criteria for Ethical Feasibility of Uterine … <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2014/07/does-a-womb-make-you-a-woman/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>
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Jul 9, 20144 min read


Boob Jobs and Feminism
<p>In her article “I’m a Feminist and I Got Breast Implants” (full article here), beauty expert and journalist Grace Gold asks, “Why are women judged and even ostracized by both feminists and the greater public at large if they choose … <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2014/07/boob-jobs-and-feminism/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>
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Jul 8, 20142 min read


“ASU professor encourages students to defy body hair norms”
<p>Female student participants stop shaving their legs and underarms for ten weeks during the semester while keeping a journal to document their experiences. For male students, the assignment is to shave all body hair from the neck down. “There’s no … <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2014/07/asu-professor-encourages-students-to-defy-body-hair-norms/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>
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Jul 7, 20141 min read


PURO VALOR MEXICANO EN EL MUNDIAL DE FUTBOL
<p>En la copa mundial de de Brasil vimos algo más que futbol. Entre la emoción de ganar y la decepción de perder presenciamos la actuación de los mexicanos, no solo de los futbolistas, sino de nuestros compatriotas mostrando que en … <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2014/07/puro-valor-mexicano-en-el-mundial-de-futbol/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>
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Jul 7, 20143 min read


This July 4th, Here’s Hoping For More Freedom To Access American Healthcare Options
<p>International readers will, I hope, both forgive and find value in this Amerocentric reflection on health care and freedom as America celebrates its Independence Day this July 4th (and the day after, and the day after that). It bears reflecting … <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2014/07/this-july-4th-heres-hoping-for-more-freedom-to-access-american-healthcare-options/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>
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Jul 6, 20145 min read


Minimally Conscious States
<p>One typically thinks of advances in medical science and technology as unalloyed benefits. The ability to cure illness, mitigate pain, and make more accurate diagnoses are some of the uncontroversial results of medical progress. Yet as a new study of … <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2014/07/minimally-conscious-states/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>
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Jul 3, 20143 min read


“Why I Went To The Men’s Rights Conference”
<p>From feminist journalist Kelsey Miller: As a web writer and a feminist, I can’t avoid reading about the Men’s Rights Movement, nor the vitriolic and often violent discourse that’s risen up around it. In the years since it’s gained footing … <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2014/07/why-i-went-to-the-mens-rights-conference/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>
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Jul 2, 20142 min read


The Pendulum Swings? Spain faces a return to an era of very restricted access to abortion
<p> In 1985, Spain passed laws restricting a woman’s right to abortion, the so-called “Organic Law” governing reproductive health and abortion. Under this law, abortion was legal in only three cases: serious risk to physical or mental health of the … <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2014/07/the-pendulum-swings-spain-faces-a-return-to-an-era-of-very-restricted-access-to-abortion/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>
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Jul 2, 20148 min read


Ontological Confusion in the U.S. Courts
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Jul 1, 20141 min read


Health Reforms in Mexico
<p>I’m winding down my time in Mexico City at the FAB conference and the International Association of Bioethics — my first ever on both counts. It was exciting to meet so many folks in person, especially at my first meeting … <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2014/07/health-reforms-in-mexico/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>
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Jul 1, 20145 min read


The Commercialization of Feminism?
<p>This advertisement for Always feminine hygiene products has been getting lots of positive attention on social media the past few days: A major company is investing its advertising dollars into empowering girls. Fantastic! (Even if, as one Facebook commenter noted, … <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2014/06/the-commercialization-of-feminism/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>
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Jun 30, 20142 min read


The Supreme Court Speaks: What Now?
<p>The Hobby Lobby Decision The Public-Sector Unions Decision Depression is a disease that can catch shop viagra pdxcommercial.com up anyone. In androgenic alopecia, testosterone is converted in DHT due to hormonal and enzymatic changes; therefore, higher the levels of neurotransmitters … <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2014/06/the-supreme-court-speaks-what-now/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>
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Jun 30, 20141 min read


Male Models of Misogyny: Examining Sexist Representations of Women in the Media
<p>Whenever I teach a unit on the representation of women in the media in an undergraduate course, I inevitably have students read John Berger’s chapter on the nude in Western art in Ways of Seeing in conjunction an online essay … <a class="more-link" href="https://www.ijfab.org/blog/2014/06/male-models-of-misogyny-examining-sexist-representations-of-women-in-the-media/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p>
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