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If you believed in going pink, here is a bike that actually exemplifies what pink actually stands for. A motorcycle is usually a macho symbol, and almost a phallic symbol. In order to remove this gendered image of a bike, you could paint it a garish pink. Nevertheless, a bike would always remain a symbol of virility and power, and thus the Theresa Honeywell [...]

The Nike Woman campaign for Nike Women is truly inspirational for all those women who are made to feel weaker gender. Campaign designed by Ogilvy, Johannesburg depicts differences between men’s world records and women’s world record as small ignorable ‘distances’. It will motivate sportswomen to wear smart sports shoes and head for training. What [...]

Sex appeal in advertising is really a gender linked appeal. That is why much of the ethical debate revolves around the hue and cry of the female sector and the concerned groups that champion the cause of gender insensitivity and gender inequality. The campaign against sex appeal advertising is really a campaign against the discriminatory and exploitative [...]

According to a complaint of Amnesty International (AI), women in Iraq suffer from systematic discrimination and violence directed against them specifically because of their gender. AI has also noted that Iraqi law allows ‘honorable motives’ in murder cases of women by their husbands, parents, and teachers. These result in exemption from criminal [...]

Mahasweta Devi’s ‘The Hunt’ is a story of gender roles and their reversal as a form of seeking justice to gender inequality and oppression. It is also a story of one woman’s triumph over her vulnerability in a patriarchal system and male-dominated society. At the most, it is a critical response to a macho culture. The oppression of woman in [...]

Conflict resolution, a resultant and logical step to address the inescapable reality of conflict, is a must to move the team forward. Conflict resolution is a dynamic and pro-active endeavor that serves to find a commonality among the diversity in team membership. If there is no resolution to conflicts, the uniqueness of the individual cannot have [...]

This is a story of gender in the Hebrew bible. The benchmarks of gender stereotypes, as well as gender politics and situations when gender rears its ugly head are found in this Judges story. More than a story of gender, this is a statement on gender. Sisera, a Canaanite commander, is the quintessential male warrior. His chariots had been his pride [...]

The democratic system works in that a ‘black’ man is now U.S. president, but the real proof for the system to show that it is, indeed, working depends on what the ‘black’ president can and will do in terms of correcting the racial, gender, and class inequalities in American society. The election of a ‘center-left’ African-American president [...]

Tzipi Livni’s Kadima party enjoys a slight victory over the rival Likud party of Benjamin Netanyahu. Could gender have played in the battle of perception that led to Livni’s victory? On the crucial days just before elections in Israel, Livni went techno dancing in a noisy women’s rally in Jerusalem with the transsexual singer Dana International. [...]

One year ago Pakistan lost one of its biggest political leaders on this day. Benazir Bhutto was brutally assassinated while she was returning from a political campaign. Assassinations and executions are not a new reality for dictatorial regimes. But it is rather intriguing that three members of Bhutto family should meet such an unnatural death. Benazir [...]