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March Madness remains a cultural rite of passage. But sports media still treats the women’s tournament like an afterthought, even as its stars shine and its bracket players outperform the men by a mile. iPINIONS calls out the chauvinism, the coverage gap, and the gambling culture distorting the whole spectacle. Read my full take on… Read more.
Japan now has a woman leader. America still doesn’t. That contrast isn’t symbolic; it’s diagnostic. iPINIONS examines what Japan’s milestone exposes about US regression, backlash politics, and the hollowing out of American moral leadership. Read the full commentary on Substack:https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/japan-has-a-female-leader-america Read more.
Bobby Riggs thought he could beat Billie Jean King. This guy thinks a triathlon might be too ambitious. Meanwhile, Natalie Grabow, an 80-year-old grandmother, just completed an Ironman: swim 2.4 miles, bike 112 miles, run 26.2 miles. From STEM to military service, women keep proving they’re the stronger sex — physically, mentally, and morally. iPINIONS… Read more.
Namibia has done what so many nations only talk about — put women firmly in charge. iPINIONS asserts that its female-majority government offers a glimpse of what leadership looks like when empathy, collaboration, and competence replace ego, partisanship, and bluster. Read my full take on Substack:https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/namibia-the-blueprint-for-womens Read more.
For generations, scholars argued that white women were rarely involved in the active buying and selling of Black people. But a growing body of research is challenging that narrative, documenting the significant role that white women played in the American slave trade. Between 1856 and 1861, white women engaged in nearly a third of the… Read more.
MAGA Republicans are so obsessed with the “feminization” of America that they’re passing laws to control women in every aspect of their lives. Just yesterday, their Republican-controlled Supreme Court upheld laws gutting Title IX provisions that protect women from discrimination in schools. Trump and the White Christian nationalists behind Project 2025 for America believe women… Read more.
Here is how I had just cause to begin my tribute three years ago in “International Women’s Day: Men Should Be Barred from Politics,” March 8, 2019: _________ Men have been making a mess of politics since time immemorial. Therefore, this turnabout would be not only fair play but also consistent with the Einsteinian imperative… Read more.
I’ve been beating this drum for years: women make superior political leaders. I’ve written about cracking the political glass ceiling, argued that women make better politicians than men, and even suggested that men should be barred from politics altogether. The evidence is overwhelming. When women hold power in corporate boardrooms, family-friendly policies inevitably follow. The… Read more.
As we mark International Women’s Day 2019, the evidence against men in politics has never been stronger. Men have been making a mess of politics since time immemorial; yet the global experiment continues. Men have dominated every seat of power, from the Oval Office to parliaments worldwide. And what’s the result? Endless wars, economic crashes,… Read more.
Rafael Nadal won his 11th French Open on Sunday. But he double faulted on celebrations when he served up reportedly sexist and politically incorrect opinions on equal pay for men and women in Tennis: Female models earn more than male models and nobody says anything. Why? Because they have a larger following. In tennis too,… Read more.
