Tag: gender issues

A bill being considered in the state legislature would prohibit large retail stories from separating boys’ and girls’ clothing and toys. 

Every year, an average of 321,500 women are raped or sexually assaulted in the U.S. Around 750,000 teen girls got pregnant last year. Nearly 65 percent of women experienced street harassment in 2014. But there is a notable underlying problem with these statistics. They all place the focus on the women and girls who are affected, instead of emphasizing the men and boys who cause them.

I must clarify a misuse of terminology in Scott Mac Kay's column ["Affirmative action needs adjustment," Oct. 11].