Huffpost Women – Spoken Edition

Gretchen Carlson thinks the recent allegations against Harvey Weinstein are the “tipping point” that could finally help dismantle the culture of sexual harassment in workplaces around the country. On Monday, the news anchor and author spoke to USA Today about the dozens of accusations of assault, harassment and sexual misconduct against Weinstein. “What we’re seeing happening now with the Harvey Weinstein revelations, to me this is the watershed moment,” she said.

In a Twitter post published early Wednesday morning, Maroney detailed years of alleged sexual abuse she says endured at the hands of Nassar. The Olympic gold medal winner wrote that she was inspired to come forward after reading all of the stories women have shared with the hashtag #MeToo. “Everyone’s words over the past few days have been so inspiring to me,” Maroney wrote.

Australian radio personality Dave Hughes says he asked his bosses for a pay cut to ensure that he and his female co-host make the same amount of money. Fans are now praising Hughes for being a “real man leaning in,” but he’s been quick to point out that his co-host is the “real hero.” The story began in March, on International Women’s Day, when Hughes’ longtime co-host, Kate Langbroek, announced on air that she made significantly less than he did.

That’s blogger Anne Victoria Clark’s genius “life hack” for men “who don’t want to be accused of sexual harassment.” High-profile sexual harassment scandals, such as the one engulfing movie producer Harvey Weinstein, have led some men to shy away from mentoring women for fear of being accused of inappropriate conduct, Clark wrote in a Medium postshared online Monday.

Stevens, who was Playboy’s Miss June 1997, described the encounter on her privatesocial media pages Thursday nightafter seeing an interview with Stone published earlier in the day byThe Hollywood Reporter. In it, Stone appeared to sympathize with Weinstein, who’s been accused of sexually harassing or assaulting dozens of women, by saying, “It’s not easy what he’s going through.

The U.S. men’s national soccer team lost to Trinidad and Tobago,2-1, on Tuesday night and were eliminated from qualifying for the 2018 World Cup. The loss was a devastating upset for USMNT fans since the team has competed in every World Cup since 1986. The team only had to tie Trinidad and Tobago in order to qualify for the World Cup, which is set in Russia next year.

After actress Hilarie Burton spoke out about Affleck grabbing her breast in 2003 on “TRL,”prompting an apology from the actor for his inappropriate behavior, another video clip from around the same time made the rounds online. The video (watch above) shows Affleck getting very handsy with Losique, a French-Canadian TV host from Montreal, Quebec, during a press junket interview for the movie “Jersey Girl.

I would definitely say the first two years were extremely hard because I was just shouting out from the rooftops and going [in] on... any guy or girl that was online slut-shaming.I would kinda speak on it and try to educate them that that wasn’t right and so now it’s actually really cool to see men online saying, ‘You can’t say that’ or ‘You can’t call her a hoe’ ...they’re kinda like sticking up for us in a way .

The former secretary of state and 2016 presidential hopeful recently wrote an essay for Cosmopolitan.com urging women who want to make an impact on the world to consider running for office. During the 2016 presidential campaign, the world watched as Clinton faced subtle and overt sexism from the media and her running mates. Despite it all, she’s asking more women ― Democrat, Republican and independent alike ― to run. “One of my favorite parts of being a U.S.

As the Trump administration rolls back progress for women on equal pay,birth controland Title IX,you’d think perhaps the corporate world ― which provides a lot of lip service on feminism ― would offer up some glimmer of hope when it comes to gender equality. Forty-seven percent of entry-level workers are women, according to the data, but only 37 percent are managers.