Sexism

21 Stories

Sports

A major UW sports record* is about to fall. Why the asterisk?

The NCAA fought bringing women’s sports into the fold for a decade after the passage of Title IX
Kim Malcolm

John O'Brien
Arts & Life

Michelle Yeoh called out sexism in Hollywood. Will it help close the gender gap?

The 60-year-old best actress winner addressed the timing of her historic win, which comes decades into her spectacular career. But is the industry ready for more complicated, older female characters?
Vanessa Romo
Health

Hear it again: Defying the odds, one patient at a time

Seattle author and doctor Patricia Grayhall went to medical school in the early 1970s, when gender discrimination and homophobia were commonplace in the field. Grayhall was forced to hide her identity as a lesbian and she faced sexism from superiors and colleagues.
Libby Denkmann

Sarah Leibovitz

Noel Gasca
Arts & Life

'Relevance beyond the personal,' Seattle author recounts sexism, discrimination in medical field

As a young teenager, local author Patricia Grayhall recalls believing she was the only lesbian in Arizona. Her new memoir recounts her struggle to earn a medical degree, explore her sexuality, and weather the sexism and discrimination rampant in the medical field of the 1970s.
Libby Denkmann

Sarah Leibovitz
Arts & Life

Jess Zimmerman subverts the dominant monster myth paradigm

‘These are the bedtime stories the patriarchy tells itself.’
John O'Brien
Education

Raising boys the non-toxic way: a how-to manual

‘I want him to be able to have those qualities that I saw men wanting, but not being able to have. Like being able to cry.’
John O'Brien
Arts & Life

Becoming Rebecca Solnit: a room and a life of her own

‘I was trying not to be the subject of someone else’s poetry and not to get killed.’
John O'Brien
World

Facing Backlash For Sexist Remarks, Tokyo Olympics Chief Apologizes But Won't Resign

Yoshiro Mori, Japan's former prime minister and head of the Tokyo Olympics organizing committee, said on Wednesday that women who talk too much should have their speaking time at meetings restricted.
Rachel Treisman
Business

Top Boeing official resigns over sexist article published years ago

Boeing says its communications chief is out after half a year on the job. Niel Golightly resigned after a complaint about an article he wrote in 1987 about whether women should serve in combat.
Carolyn Adolph
Business

We’re so over women being dinged for showing emotion at work

When Serena Williams was penalized at the U.S. Open for throwing her racket and calling the umpire a thief, it got us thinking. There was something all-too familiar about the exchange: Once again, a woman was being penalized for showing anger at work.
Jeannie Yandel

Eula Scott Bynoe

Caroline Chamberlain Gomez

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