Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Women's Views on News

Women's Views on News

Time to change our view of the gamer

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Jem McCarron WVoN co-editor If you hear the phrase 'Social gaming' do you imagine middle -aged professional women who are happy with their lives and having lots of sex? No? Well, neither do most people, but recent research is changing the way that markets think about games and women. According to a study conducted in [...]

US senator’s humorous response to mandatory ultrasound bill

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Alison Clarke WVoN co-editor  When is it appropriate to compare a man’s erectile dysfunction to having an abortion? I ask because yesterday US state senator Janet Howell tried to amend a bill requiring women to undergo an ultrasound before an abortion, by adding a clause stating that men should have a rectal exam and a [...]

Cosmetic surgery: where will it end?

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Laura Bridgestock WVoN co-editor After the recent PIP scandal, which exposed millions of women to potentially harmful breast implants (see WVoN coverage), it is perhaps surprising to learn that the cosmetic surgery industry is set for another year of substantial growth. According to the International Master Course on Aging Skin (IMCAS) – based, like PIP, [...]

My “pink button”?

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Alison Clarke WVoN co-editor  Although I assumed that my pink button was my clitoris, according to this beauty product ad, it is none other than your labia. So what’s it for? Well, nothing really, unless you keep a check on the colour of them to know when they’re, well, off-colour. I don’t think I can improve [...]

Story links, 31 January 2012

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Every day we’ll post up a number of story links that we think are interesting. They won’t necessarily be from that day, but usually will not be more than a few days old.       Story links: Davos women minority, Bloomberg News, January 31 2012 Release woman activist accused of listening to ‘revolutionary music’, [...]

Hope for Haiti: women’s football

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Penny Hopkins WVoN co-editor In recent months the most common headline about Haiti has been along the lines of: “Where has the aid gone?” It is fantastic to be able to focus on an alternative story. The Haiti women’s football team has just competed in a tournament to select qualifying teams for the London Olympics later this year. [...]

From “plus size” to “ugly”: battling the beauty myths

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Heather Kennedy WVoN co-editor How many “plus-size” models can you name? How many non-white models? How about models who fit into both of these categories? Stumped for an answer? You’re almost certainly not alone. As a successful model of African heritage who also happens to be a size 14-16 (the UK average), Mayowa Anthea Adebiyi has [...]

Why UK women should read the Localism Act

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Denise Turner WVoN co-editor One of the UK coalition government's key strategies is embodied in the Localism Act, aimed at devolving decisions to local level. The Act has four key strands: limitation of social housing tenure; directly elected mayors; publication of local authority spending; new planning powers for communities. Additionally, the bill will award local authorities [...]

Saudi women to be allowed into sports stadiums

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Penny Hopkins WVoN co-editor  In another example of King Abdullah’s “cautious reform”, there are plans afoot to adapt some of Saudi Arabia’s most prominent sports stadiums to enable women to attend sports events. In the ultra-conservative country, dominated by the strict Wahhabi school of Sunni Islam, restrictions on women include being unable to travel or [...]