Stories Gender from June, 2008

Global: “I'm Voting Republican”

  June 19, 2008

“I'm Voting Republican“, a short film created by Charlie Steak and SyntheticHuman Pictures, has quickly gone viral and created quite a stir on the internet. A sample quote from the parody:   I'm voting Republican because I think new drugs should be made available immediately, whether they've been tested properly...

Global: Michelle Obama – No Baby Mama

  June 13, 2008

On Wednesday, June 11, Fox News aired a segment in which anchor Megyn Kelly and conservative blogger Michelle Malkin discussed conservative attacks on Michelle Obama, Senator and Presidential hopeful Barack Obama's wife. While the segment aired, a caption appeared along the bottom of the screen reading: “Outraged liberals: Stop picking...

Why Women don't get into politics

  June 4, 2008

Don Boudreaux has an interesting explanation : Women are more decent than men. Fewer women than men itch to lord it over others. Also, women are less willing than men to perform the countless asinine stunts and soul-shriveling pandering necessary to win political office. [link] Hmm. It's a question I've...