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A decision by the US Department of Justice last Friday not to support Obama-era policies on transgender school bathrooms suggests that the LGBT activists are out in the cold. Mr Obama’s Attorney-General, Loretta Lynch, made a promise to transgenders, especially students in public schools: “The Department of Justice and, indeed, the entire Obama administration
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Trader Joe’s is an American grocery store chain known for its good prices but also, uniquely for a grocery, for paying their employees well enough that they seem to enjoy their work. This makes for a distinctly upbeat atmosphere that adds to the charm of the low-priced organic food. My husband and I enjoyed chatting
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A few days ago, I came across a tweet predicting that the “brilliant intrepid scientist” who discovers a coronavirus vaccine will enjoy only “3 minutes of global admiration before people start combing through his old tweets to see if he ever said something problematic.” Can’t wait for some brilliant intrepid scientist to announce the cure for Coronavirus
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The ongoing battle over gender equality has turned the question of the relative pay of women and men into quite the political football. Over the last few years, defenders of markets, including me, have been on the offensive, arguing that the gender pay gap is in some sense a “myth.” More recently, critics have replied
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While Western aid organizations advocate for sanitary, sex-segregated bathrooms in developing nations, here at home, legislators are turning their backs on protections for women and girls. In fact, the worldwide effort to destigmatize menstruation and women’s hygiene has seemingly reversed course in the U.S. and UK. Developed nations are making a U-turn on toilet facilities,
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There’s a big trend these days for individuals to challenge the preconceived – and allegedly outdated – lens through which they view society. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the differences between the genders. Gender, we are told, is a social construct. As such, there is really no difference between the male and female
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