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The Young Turks founder Cenk Uygur, who is running for former Rep. Katie Hill’s (D-CA) vacant seat in California’s 25th Congressional District, posted crude and sexual “rules for women” online, which resurfaced on Friday.

There is almost no chance Apple and Goldman Sachs are discriminating against women when it comes to credit limits on the new Apple card. Yet over the weekend, both companies came under fire for allegedly doing exactly that. From the

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) took a veiled shot at Joe Biden (D) in a fundraising email on Friday, implying that his critique that the Democrat nominee should not hold an “angry unyielding viewpoint” is sexist in nature.

‘Rewrite part of a Disney story of your choice but without the sexist/racist aspects. Think about gender roles, character and story outcome/ending.’ This is a homework exercise set by a geography teacher for her class of 11-year-olds at a British state school.

A National Health Service (NHS) trust has announced that it will withdraw treatment from patients it deems to be racist or sexist.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) suggested this week that ousted Democrat Rep. Katie Hill’s (D-CA) fate was rooted in sexism, proclaiming that “this doesn’t happen to male members in the same way.”

Hong Kong’s Legislative Council (LegCo) ejected outspoken pro-communist lawmaker Junius Ho from a meeting on Tuesday after he said pro-democracy colleague Claudia Mo was “used to eating foreign sausage,” a derogatory reference to her British husband.

The UFC’s Octagon Girls are under a threat of being banned in Australia, because the tradition is “sexist” and “outdated,” according to several local politicians.

Female professors including some from UC Berkeley are wearing fake beards to protest what they call sexism and discrimination in the sciences. One professor says the project has brought out the “sisterhood” in academia.

A television advertisement featuring a mother caring for her baby while men are being adventurous was taken off air after new rules came into force banning portrayals of “harmful gender stereotypes” in commercials.

Indian authorities are investigating if illegal abortions and illicit sex-selection methods led to a lack of female births over the last three months in 132 villages in northern India, several outlets reported this week.

So you thought that “When Harry Met Sally” — the classic 80s rom-com which recently celebrated its 30th anniversary with a competition at Katz’s deli in New York to see who could do the best fake orgasm — was a triumph for its writer Nora Ephron, its star Meg Ryan, and the depiction of rounded, female characters generally?

The New York Times and Washington Post used the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 space flight and moon landing to push a “political knife fight,” said Robert Charles, spokesperson for the Association of Mature American Citizens (AMAC), in a

U.S. Women’s National Team (USWNT) star Alex Morgan, says there’s a “double standard” behind the criticism of her “tea sipping” celebration after scoring the game winning goal against France.

A 34-year-old man in Sweden has been convicted of uttering threats after telling two female police officers to submit to Islamic State or face being raped.

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Wimbledon has tinkered with its traditional naming titles for this year’s tournament.

The Dalai Lama said Wednesday that if he is succeeded in his role as Buddhist leader by a woman she must be “attractive,” despite receiving pushback for similar comments he made in 2015.

British television network ITV has banned all-male comedy writing teams from its shows at the behest of its Head of Comedy, Saskia Schuster.

Actor and rapper Common, took a swipe at critics of the U.S. Women’s National soccer team for their over-the-top goal celebrations during their 13-0 blowout of the Thailand team on Tuesday.

The U.S. Women’s National Soccer team took heavy criticism for perpetrating “classless” and over-the-top goal celebrations as they crushed Thailand 13-0 in the Women’s World Cup on Tuesday.

Madonna said she felt “raped” after reading her New York Times profile and described the publication as one of the “founding fathers of the patriarchy.”

A professor at the University of Utah was accused of creating a “hostile work environment” for his students after he assigned male authors as part of the course curriculum.

The winners of a recent squash tournament in Spain, have filed a discrimination grievance after being handed vibrators as a prize.

Polling revealed that about 60 percent of male managers are “too nervous” to interact with women in many professional settings.

This past week wasn’t the best for the abortion lobby in America. Last Tuesday, Republican Gov. Brian Kemp of Georgia signed a “heartbeat bill,” banning abortions statewide after six weeks of gestation. Next door, Alabama is on the verge of

CNN unearthed several quotes from Trump Federal Reserve pick Stephen Moore, in which the would-be Fed Reserve Board member made multiple critical comments on the role of women in sports.

Microsoft is reportedly investigating multiple sexual harassment claims made by employees which were previously “overlooked” by human resources.

HBO host Bill Maher declared Monday that those criticizing Beto O’Rourke for keeping his wife silent during his campaign announcement video should just “shut the f**k up.”

Film review site Rotten Tomatoes shows that only 36 percent of the audience liked Captain Marvel, compared to 81 percent of the professional critic class who liked it.

The Dalai Lama said Friday that more women are needed in leadership roles because they are more compassionate than men, who are valued instead for their ability to “kill.”

The star of ‘Captain Marvel,’ the comic company’s first film starring a female, has proclaimed the film to be about “intersectional feminism.”

Actress Amber Tamblyn declared in an interview that Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) is a victim of “male grooming,” citing Collins’ vote to confirm Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh in 2018.

Pop star Miley Cyrus attacked President Donald Trump in a new interview, calling his presidency “detrimental” to America.

A new lawsuit against Yale University makes the case that not letting female students in fraternities is discrimination and a violation of Title IX regulations.

Journalists from the New York Times, Washington Post, and Bloomberg promoted a “completely fake” statistic “that doesn’t seem to exist” about sexism in technology this week.

A school in Slough will no longer rent space to a madrassa after it was revealed it taught Muslim girls they should have children instead of careers and hosted speakers at events who had described non-Muslims as “pigs.”