Harriet Tubman, Stay-at-Home Dads and More: Gender News Weekly

Harriet Tubman to Replace Andrew Jackson on the 20 BillAfter almost a year of public comments over the removal of Alexander Hamilton from the 10 bill the Treasury Department announced Wednesday that Hamilton will remain and antislavery activist Harriet Tubman will replace slave owner Andrew Jackson on the front of the 20 bill Tubman will be the first woman to appear on a US banknote inamp160more than a century Many cite the overwhelming popularity of the Broadway musical quotHamiltonquot as one of the main reasons for keeping the founding father on the bill The announcement comes on the heels of quotHamiltonquot and its creator LinManuel Miranda winning the Pulitzer Prize for drama earlier this week The new currency designs which will feature other depictions of women and civil rights leaders will be made public in 2020 to celebrate the centennial of women39s suffrage and the 19th Amendment the New York Times reportedNewsweek Tackles Period Stigma Head On in Bold New CoverWith a bold and blunt cover declaring quotThere Will Be Blood Get Over Itquot Newsweek39s latest cover story tackles the shame surrounding women39s periods and the negative impact this lasting stigma has on women39s lives quotLet39s begin with the obviousquot the article beginsamp160quotEvery woman in the history of humanity has or had a period This process is as natural as eating drinking and sleeping and it39s beautiful too There39s no human race without itquot And yet we treat menstruation as if it is an illness the author continues ignoring women39s discomfort and pain not making sanitary products easily accessible in schools and taxing tampons and pads in many states In addition the FDA does not require companies to list the ingredients used in these products which some researchers claim can contain quotresidue from chemical herbicidesquot meaning women aren39t aware of potential health consequences However last year fueled by activists menstruation started to become a public topic causing trending hashtags of TheHomelessPeriod HappyToBleed PeriodsAreNotAnInsultamp160and FreeTheTampons NPR called 2015 quotThe Year of the Periodquot There has also been a rise in periodrelated product innovations THINX a company that made headlines when the MTA refused to run its advertisements due to the use of the word quotperiodquot offers leakproof underwear that allows women to skip the use of a tampon and Whoopi Goldberg is launching medical marijuana products to ease menstrual cramps While most of us loathe talking about periods the author concludes its about time that we change the conversationWhat39s It39s Like When a StayAtHome Dads Goes Back to WorkIn a commentary in the Harvard Business Review this week author and leading management thinker Whitney Johnsonamp160chronicled the difficulties her husband Roger faced as a stayathome dad and when he decided to relaunch his career In 2012 because she was a working mother who travelled frequently Johnson and her husband decided that he would pause his career to care for their two childrenamp160 At the time only 21 of the twoamp160million stayathome dads in the United States were home solely to care for children The family greatly benefitted Johnson admits but her husband39s career suffered while women have an arduousamp160but doable path back to work men face different obstacles including a longlasting stigma about outofwork husbands suggesting that there must be something wrong with a man who chooses his family over his work Additionally while stayathome moms typically have a strong support network stayathome dads lack similar support which can take a substantial emotional toll Johnson writes Media images and public perceptions also don39t help the transition Men are often portrayed as buffoons who can39t do basic housework and are mocked and emasculated for taking primary responsibility for childcare quotNo one benefits fromamp160a dialogue that demeans the work of anyone who chooses to be a career parentquot Johnson concludesquotThe Unacceptable Acceptance Lettersquot amp8211 New Campaign Combats Campus RapeA new campaign from Goodby Silverstein ampamp Partners and production company Prettybird which aims to raise awareness of sexual assault on campus has begun running print ads of mock acceptance letters that take a disturbing turn halfway through Adweek reports In the middle of the letter the admissions department apologizes to the student for the sexual assault that they will likely face on campus quotWe know you will make lifelong friends and memories here on campus We39re sorry that one of these memories will include being raped by someone you thought you could trust You39ll fear him the night he presses you against the wall and every day after thatquot the letter reads The ad then cites the statistic that one in five women are sexually assaulted in college proposing to its readers quotIf they accept you don39t accept thisquot An accompanying online campaign features video spoofs of the reactions of students getting the acceptance letters You can check out the campaign at DontAcceptRapecom and watch a few of the video companions belowVideosamp160More Headlines this WeekI Was a Men39s Rights Activist One Man39s Journey from Misogyny to FeminismNeil French Enters Sexism in Adland Debate with Post Suggesting Cindy Gallop quotProtests Too Muchquotamp160Over Sexual Harassment ClaimsSocial Club at Harvard Rejects Calls to Admit Women Citing Risk of Sexual MisconductWomen Won39t Have Equality Until Dads Stay HomeVoices If We Had Parental Leave Our Sons Might Still Be Alive TodayDiscourse About Gender and Diversity in Advertising Is Reaching a Crescendo But Real Change Starts at the TopquotWe Want to Lead by Examplequot Twitter39s GenderNeutral Parental LeaveThe 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 Inc management or associated bloggers Photo courtesy of Women on 20 amp160amp160

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