Category Archives: Sexism in the Media

Watch this toy commercial from the 1960s all the way through and see if it makes you want to bonk your head on your computer monitor. Don’t miss the final chilling sentence. Via Sparkle*Matrix.

After noting that the jacket blurb for Louann Brizendine’s book, The Female Brain, said: “Brizendine reveals the neurological explanations behind why [a] woman uses about 20,000 words per day while a man uses about 7,000…” as was mentioned in this … Continue reading →

Melinda Gates, Bill’s wife. And while I applaud the work that the Gates Foundation is doing, I do have to wonder why she outranks the women who are running large companies. –Ann Bartow

I’ve made no secret of my contempt for Go Fug Yourself, and today I experienced a fresh resurgence of loathing. Here are just a few of the choice comments that site has recently had for actor Lindsay Lohan: … We’ve … Continue reading →

Part 1 is here. Now this: Full advertisement visible here. Blech! This demonstrates worst taste than the actual beverage, which is basically “pink carbonated essence of bathroom cleanser.” Via Counterfeit Chic.

Not according to the U.S. Marines. Jenna Jameson apparently does not exude the solemn patriotic dignity that the Marines’ invited speaker “Ultimate Fighting Championship brawler Tito “The Huntington Beach Bad Boy” Ortiz” does, and for some reason the Marines couldn’t … Continue reading →

I know why you run photographs like this: I know why you titled the associated article: “Good Girls Go Bad, for a Day.” What I don’t understand is why the caption beneath the picture is: POST-POST-POST-FEMINISM? –Ann Bartow

Today’s NYT features an Op-Ed entitled “Halloween on Heels” by Allison Glock, who went shopping for a Halloween costume and notes: I walked past the displays for the sexy devil and the sexy bunny and the sexy leopard : which, … Continue reading →

As a follow up to this post, I followed a link at the Dees Diversion that reported on the male to female writer ratios at “liberal” magazines (those are generalization quotation marks – not “scare quotes” – in acknowledgement of … Continue reading →

This time it’s Keith Olbermann with the tee-hee sexism, calling Paris Hilton a slut, and mocking her for alleging that she got punched in the face. Yeah I know, I’m just humorless. Via Feministing. –Ann Bartow Update: See also.

At WomenTK.com, Ruth Konigsberg noted: I started this website in the fall of 2005 because I’d been noticing a lack of female voices in what are supposed to be general-interest (and therefore gender-neutral) magazines. I wanted to find out if … Continue reading →

Above is a photo that accompanies a NYT story entitled: “Thailand Tourists: ‘Coup? What Coup?’” The thesis of the article is that tourism is still thriving in Thailand, but the unsurprising subtext is that Thai tourists are sort of clueless … Continue reading →

Though it is somewhat limited in scope, empirical research on the differences in in-class participation rates between female and male law students (both “observed” and self-reported) consistently suggests that males volunteer and speak more than females do. (See e.g. this … Continue reading →

From the Feminist Weekly News: Media consolidation cuts out women and minority television broadcast stations owners, according to a report released on Wednesday by Free Press, a nonpartisan media reform organization. The report, Out of the Picture: Minority & Female … Continue reading →

This article describes a sexual harassment suit filed by a waitress (this is the noun used by the author) against a restaurant in NYC that formerly employed her.   The title frames the suit as “swat[ing] back” and notes that … Continue reading →

“When White Males Attack: Larry Flynt, Racism and The Left” is the name of an article written by Jennifer McLune. Be forewarned that accompanying this article are reprints of very racist, sexist, truly horrible cartoons copied from the pages of … Continue reading →

Here’s the prediction . . . “People are going to be watching [Couric] with a critical eye,” Schano said. “They are going to watch and say, ‘Oh, what about her makeup. Hmmm, do you like that haircut? Did anyone comment … Continue reading →

From this article: After a lifetime of undressing beautiful women, Playboy now has a new cause — dressing men. Seeking to expand its lucrative licensing business, Playboy Enterprises Inc. has launched a line of menswear that represents a hip departure … Continue reading →

Blogger Tom Watson writes: “I never had Maureen Dowd pegged as a woman-hater – until Saturday. That’s when MoDo unleashed the worst in a long series of attacks on Senator Hillary Clinton that was, frankly, a pathetic scattering of weak, … Continue reading →

Michael Noer, Forbes.com’s executive editor for news, wrote an opinion column for Forbes.com that started out like this: Guys: A word of advice. Marry pretty women or ugly ones. Short ones or tall ones. Blondes or brunettes. Just, whatever you … Continue reading →

Or so the as the NYT advises in yet another breaking news story that comes helpfully illustrated with what it denotes as “Graphic: The Eyebrow Chronicles: A Tale of Pluck and Daring” (click the link for a larger rendering, or … Continue reading →

Here she is fighting crime in a very short skirt, and miniscule underwear, if any. Here she is taking off her jacket to go through airport security. Hope that’s not a gel bra. Here she is fighting “Power Girl,” who … Continue reading →

A bikini model who is also an engineer? Or a mainstream comic strip that doesn’t take cheap shots at women?