David Bowie, Jaden Smith and More: Gender News Weekly

Two Female NBA Analysts Make Broadcasting HistoryAfter announcing last week39s Charlotte HornetsPhoenix Suns game Fox Sports commentators Stephanie Ready and Ann Meyers made broadcasting history becoming the first female duo to call aamp160NBA game The Huffington Post reports It wasn39t the pair39s first time making sportscasting history in a business long dominated by men a former NBA DLeague coach Ready was the first women to coach a men39s professional sports teamamp160and Meyers is a broadcasting veteran and Basketball Hall of FamerIn other sports news former Olympic softball player Jessica Mendoza the first woman to call aamp160MLB game has been hired as a fulltime analyst for ESPN39s quotSunday Night Baseballquot NPR reports quotI39ve been the girl always trying to play with the boys you know I played baseball with all boysquot she told NPR quotIt39s the story of everything I39ve donequotJaden Smith Becomes Star in Louis Vuitton39s New Womenswear CampaignJaden Smith the seventeenyearold son of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith and known champion of the gender fluid movement is making waves again after Louis Vuitton39s newest campaign video was posted online this week The video shot for the brand39s spring collection and titled quotThe Heroinequot features three female models and Jaden donned in stereotypicalamp160women39s clothing amp160a skirt and ragged tank top This advert and Jaden39s past social media posts of him in womenswear have led many to praise him for defying gender stereotypes and binaries including genderfluid actress Ruby Rose the Independent reports Watch the video below to see for yourselfSixty Percent of Women in Tech Admit They39ve Been Sexually HarassedA new survey called quotElephant in the Valleyquot has revealed many of the issues that women face in the maledominated tech industry TechCrunch reports The researchers asked over 200 women with at least ten years of experience in tech most located in Silicon Valley about their workplace experiences focusing on feedback and promotions unconscious biases harassment motherhoodamp160and safety Of those surveyed 60 reported that they39ve faced sexual harassment from male colleagues with one in three having felt afraid for their personal safety The researchers also collected anonymous stories from respondents which along with other survey results can be read online Along with other disturbing stories one woman shared quotExperiences included being groped by my boss while in public at a company event After learning this had happened to other women in my department and then reporting the event to HR I was retaliated against and had to leave the companyquotAverage Age of US Moms Continues to ClimbEvery year moms are waiting longer and longer to start a family according to new research from the National Center for Health Statistics Fifteen years ago a firsttime mom39s average age was 249 which increased to 263 in 2014 NPR reports While researchers admit that a difference of 14 years may seem insignificant they emphasized that an increase to one degree or another occurred across all states and all racial and ethnic categories meaning this trend is likely to continue The data also indicates the number of teen moms has been decreasing among all racial and ethnic groups over the past fifteen years the percentage of firsttime mothers under age 20 dropped from 23 percent to 13 percent Researchers point to more contraception as a key factor in limiting teen pregnancy noting that abortion rates have also declined since the 1990sDavid Bowie amp8211 The Champion of Gender OutlawsWith the news of David Bowie39s passing this week many admirers have reflected on his genderfluid personas and performances and perhaps it is not surprising that quotandrogynousquot was trending on MerriamWebster on the day of his death the Independent reports In an era where gender fluidity was much less accepted than it is today Bowie defied the norms of gender and sexuality dazzling audiences with androgynous flamboyant characters such as Ziggy Stardust and becoming an icon for many uncertain about their identity or sexuality quotWhile Bowie39s personal life and orientation were subject to much public curiosity his performanceamp160of gender was the most consequential part of his art and his legacy And perhaps ironically that performance helped inspire very real social change for young queer and gender nonconforming peoplequot Vox reportsMore Headlines this WeekWhy Mark Zuckerberg39s Paternity Leave Is Beneficial for All Working Dads And MomsEmma Watson39s Feminist Book Club is HappeningThe Gender Wage Gap Isn39t Just Unfair It Also Ups the Odds Women Get Anxiety or DepressionIt Will Take More Than 40 Years to Reach Gender Parity on Corporate BoardsFour Startups Helping Companies Successfully Implement Parental LeaveImage courtey of Corbis The opinions and points of view expressed in this commentary are exclusively the views of the author and do not 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