Amy Schumer Calls Out Girls' Life Magazine and More: Gender News Weekly

amp160Amy Schumer and Blake Lively Call Out Girlsamp8217 Life Magazine for Sexist CoverAfter the cover of Girlsamp8217 Life magazine went viral last week Amy Schumer had something to say about it a simple amp8220Noamp8221 In an Instagram post on Wednesday she showcased the difference between Girlsamp8217 Life and Boysamp8217 Life magazines sharing a photo of their covers side by side While the Girlsamp8217 Life cover featured headlines like amp8220Wake up prettyamp8221 amp8220Your Dream Hairamp8221 and amp8220My First Kissamp8221 the Boysamp8217 Life cover read amp8220Explore Your Futureamp8221 accompanied by images of microscopes planes veterinarian equipment and police badges Simply and sadly the covers are a jarring sidebyside comparison of the outdated gender stereotypes that still exist across the country After Schumeramp8217s post Blake Lively quickly joined the conversation sharing a screenshot of her post with the caption amp8220Wow amyschumer I second that emotion Ladies letamp8217s not let this happen anymoreamp8221 Most would agree check out the two covers belowamp160amp160Emma Watson Announces HeForShe College Campus Initiative UN Ambassador Emma Watson The Daily Show host Trevor Noah and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau were just a few of the notable speakers at HeForSheamp8217s second anniversary celebration at New Yorkamp8217s Museum of Modern Art on Tuesday At the event Watson addressed the crowd reflecting on the cultural changes of the past two years and acknowledging that while there is still lack of female leaders there is hope for the future amp8220While women still only make up such a small percentage of political leadership to quote the awesome Michelle Obama amp8216Because of these women girls and boys all over the world will have real life examples that women are leadersamp8217amp8221 she commented Earlier that morning Watson announced HeForSheamp8217s new University Impact 10x10x10 Parity Initiative which aims to break down the gender gap in academic leadership and combat campus sexual assault According to a HeForShe report released Tuesday the gender gap in academia persists in the US and around the world in the US men outrank women faculty positions and outearn women at higher levels the Huffington Post reports In addition one in five US women are sexually assaulted in college Universities participating in the HeForShe initiative have made individual commitments to ending the gap in academia administration and addressing genderbased violence Watch Watsonamp8217s speeches on the initiative belowamp160amp160amp160Catfishamp8217s Nev Schulman and Laura Perlongo Discuss Parental Leave in New VideoNev Schulman known for MTVamp8217s Catfish and finance Laura Perlongo made headlines last month when Perlongo who is pregnant and in her third trimester wore an open jacket to the VMAs exposing her baby bump Now in a new video from ATTN Schulman and Perlongo tackle maternity and paternity leave in the US highlighting some pretty dismal stats For one the US is the only industrialized country that does not offer paid maternity leave Policies are even worse for new fathers the pair points out globally while moms get an average of 106 days of paid leave dads only receive an average of seven days amp8220These policies are totally sexistamp8221 Perlongo remarks in the video as she uses a power drill to put together a crib amp8220Itamp8217s basically saying that taking care of a child is a womanamp8217s jobamp8221 The couple ends the video by asking viewers to help fight the stigma of amp8220the daddy trackamp8221 and fight for paid parental leave for both sexesamp160Cosmopolitan and Seatamp8217s New Purple Car amp8220For Womenamp8221 Sparks OutrageCosmopolitan UK and Spanish car brand Seat have partnered to launch The Seat Mii by Cosmopolitan a quotsophisticated feminine and chicquot purple compact car tailored towards the publisheramp8217s female audience and women arenamp8217t too happy about it the Drum reports Featuring eyeliner headlights quotjeweled bicolor alloy wheelsquot and other components that are meant to work quotin harmony to offer a surprise sparklequotamp160the car was designed to be a amp8220fun and fearlessamp8221 vehicle that is amp8220easy to useamp8221 and amp8220adapts to todayamp8217s lifestyleamp8221 Many Twitter users were outraged that Cosmo and Seat would feel the need to release a special cutesy car for women vehemently disagreeing with the hashtag ThisIsMii that accompanied the launch noting that all cars are for women quotWowamp160thanksamp160SEATcarsUKamp160ampampamp160Cosmopolitanamp160for designing a car just for women Is the steering wheel small for my delicate handsamp160its2016amp8221 one user ventedOur brand New SEAT Mii by Cosmopolitan has been revealed What are your thoughts amp128129amp127996amp128663 ThisIsMii pictwittercom6kS1b671x8amp8212 SEAT UK SEATcarsUK September 15 2016Dear seatofficial and cosmopolitanUK women do not need a 39special39 car thisismii thisisbullshit httpstcozMmGnD4QYJamp8212 Kat Knight katkni September 20 2016Cosmo launched car with Seat for quotmodern womenquot As long as modern women only like slow shit cars httpstcoWcYqSjxmk3 mansplainingamp8212 lawrenceweber lawrenceweber September 16 2016When you make a 39car for women39 And it39s pathetically underpowered but it is PURPLEhttpstcoIk961DlwCIamp8212 Cynically PhilippaDunjay September 16 2016amp160More Headlines this WeekWhite Men in Digital Our Privilege is Blinding10 Years of AdColor Progress Setbacks and HopeUN Gender Initiative Program to Increase Number of Women in TechWith 5050 Gender Split on Board GM is in Rare CompanyAsking Women How They quotBalance It Allquot on Awards Show Red Carpets is Not OKFemale Comedy Directors Extend Historic Emmy Streak with Jill Solowayamp160RepeatFemale Scientists Turn to Data to Fight Lack of Representation on Panelsamp160The opinions and points of view expressed in this commentary are exclusively the views of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of MediaVillagecomMyersBizNet management or associated bloggersamp160

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