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The 20 highest-paying jobs for women
The gender wage gap is pervasive in many industries, especially those still dominated by men.But there are some fields where women not only make up a high percentage of the workforce, but they earn...
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About 4.5 million American women have been bullied with guns by abusive partners
The least understood aspect of the role of guns in abusive relationships is also the most pervasive.An estimated 4.5 million women in the U.S. have been bullied or coerced with a firearm by an intimate...
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In the first surgery of its kind in the US, doctors have transplanted the...
A Texas hospital has pulled off four uterus transplants using living donors.This is the first time procedures using living donors has been performed in the US, Time reports. In February, the first...
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Women are dominating the most important part of the US economy
One of the big, long-term trends in the US economy has been the transition from manufacturing to services.In fact, employment in "knowledge-intensive" and service-sector sectors has doubled since 1990,...
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A new study shows that breastfeeding may actually be better for moms than it...
When making decisions about breastfeeding, women typically focus on their new baby's health. However, a recent study suggests that breastfeeding may be a lifesaver for mothers.The study, published...
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Trump has a long history of questionable treatment of women
A shocking recording of Donald Trump making lewd comments about women in 2005 emerged on Friday, according to The Washington Post.While Trump offered a statement of apology, it's clear that the...
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New York Daily News puts out stunning Saturday cover after lewd Donald Trump...
The New York Daily News published a preview of its Saturday cover after lewd audio of Donald Trump was leaked Friday afternoon.The cover features part of the Republican presidential nominee's...
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Here's how Nate Silver thinks the US election map would look if just men voted
One hypothetical forecast of voter turnout in the November 8 election would apparently turn nearly all of the United States red.FiveThirtyEight's Nate Silver published a presidential-election forecast...
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A video clip and newspaper article from the 1990s show Donald Trump joking...
More questionable footage of Donald Trump making untoward comments has surfaced as the Republican presidential nominee struggles to recover from the fallout surrounding a leaked 2005 audio recording.A...
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0 women won Nobel Prizes in 2016 and have been consistently overlooked for...
Thursday morning's announcement that singer-songwriter Bob Dylan won a Nobel Prize in literature means that all of the 2016 Nobel Prizes have been awarded.While the list of recipients represent a group...
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Critics are questioning why this year's Nobel prizes were only awarded to men
STOCKHOLM (AP) — With Bob Dylan winning the Nobel Prize in literature, this year's Nobel laureates became an all-male ensemble, something that's not unusual in the 115-year-old history of the...
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Japan is using luxurious public toilets to encourage women to join the workforce
Japan’s public toilets are notoriously luxurious. The most elegant loos in department stores, airports, and highway rest stops boast amenities such as plush couches, surround sound music, art exhibits,...
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The world has made little progress on gender equality — but the US is moving...
In the last decade, the world has made little progress toward gender equality, says the World Economic Forum (WEF) on Wednesday. Worse, the United States is moving backwards.In its annual report on the...
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The woman behind 'female Viagra' sold her company for $1 billion — that's...
In August 2015, a little pink pill designed to boost women's sex drives was approved by the Food and Drug Administration. The next day, Cindy Whitehead sold the company behind the drug to a pharma...
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'He forces himself on us': Female workers at an Indian spinning mill...
DINDIGUL, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A letter from six women at a spinning mill in southern India, describing the sexual harassment they face at work and asking for help, exposes the...
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Facebook's Global Head of Diversity Maxine Williams stopped by the Business Insider newsroom to discuss women in the tech industry with Katharine Zaleski, co-founder at CEO of PowerToFly, a platform...
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A hedge fund manager's song perfectly captures why Wall Street grosses some...
Every now and then we have to gather 'round and talk about why something someone on Wall Street did, or said, represents what makes people distrust Wall Streeters in general.We've come to one of those...
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These women were born before they had the right to vote — now they're voting...
Many young people take the right to vote for granted, as evidenced by the fact that only half of them voted in the last two presidential elections.But as older and non-white Americans know, voting...
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Stunning photos of haenyo, the last generation of deep-sea diving Korean...
The INSIDER Summary:• Haenyo are Korean women who deep-sea dive without any equipment to harvest seafood in a century-old practice.• Their numbers are dwindling quickly.• Photographer Mijoo Kim...
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After quitting her corporate job, a 30-year-old found a way to make a living...
Amy Truong, 30, is many things.She's a traveler, based in Hawaii a few months out of the year but steadily making her way across the globe. She's a blogger, sharing stories, photos, musings, and...
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