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How Pay and Boots Reflect the World Cup Gender Gap

Through Women’s World Cup football, we can see how a male bias created a gender pay gap and shoe discomfort.

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How Gender Parity Starts With Toys and Ends in the Executive Suite

Empowering women, gender parity in California’s toy aisles could ripple to MBA programs and the top of the corporate suite.

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Pink It, Shrink It, and Gender Design Discrimination

For years, women have needed sweaters, jackets, even snuggies at work. The reason takes us to some solid science…for men. Our story starts with a 154 pound man in a business suit. Decades ago, the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating…