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Pages in category "Pejorative terms for women" The following 55 pages are in this category, out of 55 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Baby mama;
poster from 1943. " We Can Do It! " is an American World War II wartime poster produced by J. Howard Miller in 1943 for Westinghouse Electric as an inspirational image to boost female worker morale. The poster was little seen during World War I. It was rediscovered in the early 1980s and widely reproduced in many forms, often mistakenly called ...
The #MeToo movement has helped expose sexual harassment in the workplace, but the difficulties that women face on the job are by no means limited to unwanted advances or inappropriate remarks. On ...
bottle of spirits ("a fifth of bourbon"), traditionally 1/5 of a US gallon, now the metric near-equivalent of 750 mL. to "plead the Fifth (Amendment)", i.e. refuse to testify against oneself in an incriminating manner. filth. (the filth) the police (derogatory slang) dirt, disgusting substance. obscene material.
In honor of Women's Equality Day Wednesday, we're highlighting three notable women making strides for females in the workforce. Sheryl Sandberg is COO of Facebook and the author of "Lean In: Women ...
In 1966 the National Organization for Women (NOW) was founded by a group of feminists including Betty Friedan. The largest women's rights group in the U.S., NOW seeks to end sexual discrimination, especially in the workplace, by means of legislative lobbying, litigation, and public demonstrations.
But women still face all sorts of obstacles in the workplace, and subtle biases are a big problem. About 38% of working women experience comments or interactions that call their competence into ...
Importantly, the hostile work environment is gender neutral, that is, men can sexually harass men or women and women can sexually harass men or women. Likewise, a hostile work environment can be considered the "adverse employment action" that is an element of a whistleblower claim or a reprisal (retaliation) claim under a civil rights statute ...