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  Top insurance CEO says sexist jibes keep getting worse the more senior she becomes

  Fortune - Sophie Mellor

  Aviva CEO Amanda Blanc addressed the sexist remarks directed at her during the British insurance giant’s AGM, saying it has only gotten worse over …

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  Are Women Really Less Happy Than Men? - Freakonomics

  freakonomics.com - By Stephen Dubner and Angela Duckworth Produced by Rebecca Lee Douglas

  DUCKWORTH: I’m Angela Duckworth. DUBNER: I’m Stephen Dubner. DUCKWORTH + DUBNER: And you’re listening to No Stupid Questions. Today on the show: Why are …

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  Christel van der Boom

  

  Women journalists see harassment as part of the job, a new study finds

  Nieman Lab - Shraddha Chakradhar

  Male journalists face less harassment — and different types of it — but seem to see it as part of a job well done. A recent video of TV reporter Tori Yorgey being hit by a car while doing a segment on live television went viral for several reasons. Yorgey’s ultra-calm reaction was even more …

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  The women who redefined colour

  BBC Culture - Kelly Grovier

  Five years before Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Theory of Colours, the English artist Mary Gartside published her own challenge to the ideas of Isaac Newton – but, writes Kelly Grovier, she has disappeared from history. In 1805, a little-known English artist and amateur painting instructor did what …

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  Working women facing widespread burnout, report says

  The Hill - Shirin Ali | April 26, 2022

  Story at a glance The results of a new report found working women are burned out. About 53 percent of women surveyed said their stress levels are …

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  What Brittney Griner's detention in Russia tells us about basketball's gender pay gap

  NPR - Laurel Wamsley

  Basketball star Brittney Griner has been detained in Russia since February, when vape cartridges containing hashish oil were allegedly found in her luggage. "The reality is, she's over there because of a gender issue — pay inequity," said Nneka Ogwumike, the head of the WNBA players union, in an …