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		<title>Flow: The Cultural Story of Menstruation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The tomato soup is overcooked. The cranberry woman is coming. Jenny has a red dress on. Every country is equipped with a set of euphemisms to avoid talking about menstruation directly. When mentioned in the media, it&#8217;s usually the butt of a joke or the source of sales pitch. And you&#8217;ll be hard pressed to find a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top 10 Best Films for Women 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[2009 has provided a lot of opportunities for female filmmakers and has brought some breakout female performances in unlikely places. A variety of films addressed women&#8217;s issues with depth, clarity, and honesty this year. After watching marathons of movies, both poignant and compelling, a compilation of the best was born.
10. The Burning Plain

Director: Guillermo Arriaga
Sylvia [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Target Women: Lessons 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For more Sarah Haskins, see Current: Target Women.

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		<title>The Dangers of Prison Pregnancy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pregnant inmates have always faced incredible challenges in the American prison system. Some women claim they were neglected or denied basic health care, let alone prenatal care. There is the constant danger of miscarriage, either from neglect or from abuse by other inmates. There are several cases of inmates even being ignored during labor, left [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Resisting Female Genital Mutilation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Female genital mutilation (FGM), also referred to as female circumcision, is a common practice in Africa, as well as in some Middle Eastern and Asian regions. The procedure involves severing a girl&#8217;s clitoris, which is both painful and hazardous to her health. Removing her primary source of sexual stimulation, often against her will, is thought [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;You&#8217;ve Come a Long Way, Maybe&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Author Leslie Sanchez has made a name for herself as a political analyst and former presidential advisor. She&#8217;s been published in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal, and appeared as a pundit on ABC, NBC, CNN, and Fox News, among others. [1]

Her recent book, You&#8217;ve Come a Long Way, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Domestic Violence PSAs Only Give Half the Story</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Domestic abuse is always a touchy subject. In advertising, it&#8217;s usually only depicted for the purpose of spreading awareness, though some agencies do exploit it for shock value or dark comedy. The one common thread in most, if not all, domestic violence campaigns is that the victim is female. By looking at these ads, you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Trouble With Anti-Aging Ads</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Aging is practically a sin in America &#8211; or at least, looking like you&#8217;ve aged can be. The anti-aging industry yields roughly $20 billion annually in the U.S. alone. [1] So if they haven&#8217;t made you feel ugly yet, just give it time.

&#8220;Fight Ageing.&#8221; (sic &#8211; alternate spelling)
WHAT IT&#8217;S SELLING: Anti-aging cream (Bahrain)
 
WHAT IT&#8217;S [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Hard Sell</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dumb it down for us. When marketing to men, too many advertisers forego thoughtful or creative marketing ploys, instead opting for prepubescent humor. A symbol of all things masculine, they tack on phalluses to their products, hoping to snag the male market. Do companies really think men are this simple?

















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		<title>TIME Special Report on How The Gender Gap is Closing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[TIME Magazine&#8217;s October 26th issue featured a special report entitled &#8220;The State of the American Woman.&#8221; Their new poll suggests the gender gap is closing, especially in the workplace. &#8220;In the fallout of the Great Recession,&#8221; writes Nancy Gibbs, &#8220;what unites men and women matters more than what divides them, as old gender battles fade [...]]]></description>
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