Friday Links Roundup

Posted on April 4, 2008 by tigtog

Some stories which this week:
Broadsheet: Breaking the mirrored ceiling
A new report by the Fawcett Society, a women’s rights organization, tackles the usual corporate culprits: the glass ceiling, the wage gap and sexual harassment. But it adds a lesser-heard complaint to the list: London’s corporate strip club culture.
In London, lap dances and stripteases have apparently become [...]

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FAQ: But doesn’t evidence show that women are just as likely to batter their partners as men?

Posted on February 8, 2008 by tigtog

A: No. This is an often repeated claim based on either faulty understanding or outright misrepresentation of a few studies made using the CONFLICT TACTICS SCALE (CTS) or similar self-report surveys. One of the authors of the original study, Richard Gelles, categorically rejects this interpretation of his research, and has done ever since these [...]

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