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A former Kleiner Perkins partner claims she was harassed by the same person...
Former Kleiner Perkins partner Trae Vassallo testified in court on Tuesday that she was harassed by the same partner that Ellen Pao named in her discrimination lawsuit against her former employer.Both...
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A brand ambassador for the 'world's slimmest smartphone' has quit after the...
Camilla Hansson, brand ambassador for British smartphone company Kazam — and the current Miss Sweden— has quit after one of the company's TV ads was banned in the UK for "objectifying women."The ad,...
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John Doerr: Here's how we handled a workplace affair at Kleiner Perkins
Kleiner Perkins partner John Doerr took the stand in Ellen Pao's discrimination suit against the firm on Tuesday, where he discussed Kleiner's handling of a workplace affair between Pao and another...
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Months after the 'Spider-Woman' butt fiasco, the writer behind the series has...
Once more, here's the "Spider-Woman #1" alternate cover that made the internet go crazy:This erotic image by artist Milo Manara set off a thousand blog posts about sexism, resulting in Marvel canceling...
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The word 'pineapple' is one CEO's creative solution to sexism in the office
Sexism in the office — whether overt or subtle — is a reality.Moving towards a more equal workplace requires action from both men and women, but oftentimes men don't speak up enough, says Nancy Lublin,...
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Female Silicon Valley CEO: Marissa Mayer's view on gender in the workplace...
Leila Janah is the founder and CEO of Sama Group, a nonprofit business that connects impoverished women to jobs in tech. Writing on her LinkedIn page, she says she admires Yahoo boss Marissa Mayer for...
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This image shows why women have so many clothes
@bfwriter tweeted us a link to a college design student’s photograph that has gone viral. Rosea Lake posted the image to her tumblr and it struck a chord.What I like about the image is the way it very...
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A software project full of 'male anatomy' jokes is going crazy right now
There's no question that the tech world is an overwhelmingly male place.There's legit concern that tech is run-amok with "brogrammers" that make women programmers feel unwelcome.On the other hand,...
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Former Yahoo CFO on Pao trial: Most women I know, including me, face sexism...
Sue Decker, a former Yahoo exec and Wall Street analyst, says she's been "obsessed" with the Ellen Pao trial.Decker's storied career, which included being CFO during Yahoo's heyday, has turned her into...
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Instagram censored a photo of a woman on her period and the internet isn't happy
An artist called Ruki Kaur posted a photo on Instagram that shows a patch of period blood. It captures the 22-year-old fully clothed on a bed, facing away from the camera, during menstruation. Soon...
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U. Maryland president says sexist, racist fraternity email doesn't violate...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The University of Maryland's president is calling a sexist and racist email by a member of a campus fraternity reprehensible but says it did not violate school policy and is...
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Sexist things I hear from investors while I raise money for my startup
Thanks to Ellen Pao's lawsuit against Kleiner Perkins, we’ve all been talking about the male-dominated venture capital culture.But sexism in tech is not a new subject, particularly the challenges women...
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Fox's Megyn Kelly blasts Rand Paul's critics for their 'sexist' defense of...
Fox News host Megyn Kelly has a message for the men accusing Sen. Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) of sexism: "Butt out."In an Wednesday night interview with Paul, Kelly slammed Paul's male critics who have...
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A woman says she was turned down from a job at a tech startup because she...
A woman claims in a Facebook post she was turned down from a technical job at Cleveland-based software startup OnShift because she was dressed too provocatively in her interview — despite the fact she...
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'Mad Men' provides a fascinating glimpse into the ongoing battle for...
Spoiler alert: This article contains details from the twelfth episode of "Mad Men" from season seven. We'd be remiss if we lauded the most recent episode of "Mad Men" as the singular depiction in the...
View ArticleWelsh bus company pulls 'Ride me all day' topless photo ads after it's...
A bus company based in Cardiff, Wales, has been forced to pull ads on its buses featuring topless female and male models holding signs reading "Ride me all day for £3" after it was accused of...
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These 2 startup founders walked away from a $50,000 check after entering a...
Before his hand would land on her, Emma Tessler was already silencing the alarm bells going off in her head.It was Y Combinator's Demo Day in 2014, and Tessler's co-founder Lauren Kay had pitched their...
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A new survey just revealed shockingly sexist rules for working on Capitol Hill
Some female staffers working on Capitol Hill say they aren't allowed to meet privately with their male bosses to avoid even the appearance of impropriety in an age of salacious political sex scandals....
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It takes just 2 years before corporate America drains women of their ambition
Everyday conversations with managers have a big impact on how people view their future at a company — and that turns out to be a bad thing for women in the workplace.A new report out from Bain &...
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Austin's city government provides training on how to deal with women —...
The news that Austin's local government arranged a training session on how to deal with powerful women, which included that they ask a lot of questions and don't want to hear financial arguments, has...
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