Jennifer Aniston Says Enough is Enough, Emoji Equality and More: Gender News Weekly

Jennifer Aniston on Pregnancy Rumors Objectification of WomenJennifer Aniston has had enough of the pregnancy rumors and how celebrity journalism particularly tabloids treats women The New York Times reports In an essay she penned for the Huffington Post this week she writes quotFor the record I am not pregnant What I am is fed up I39m fed up with the sportlike scrutiny and body shaming that occurs daily under the guise of 39journalism39 the 39First Amendment39 and 39celebrity news39quot Aniston who39s been the subject of celebrity gossip since her quotFriendsquot days has a point amp8211 she39s been painted as everything from the quotgirl next doorquot to the hateful wife after her divorce from Brad Pitt who we should note is the one cheated on her Even if we don39t always take tabloids seriously celebrity gossip represents the prevailing and outdated ways in which we view women she notes quotIf I am some kind of symbol to some people out there then clearly I am an example of the lens through which we as a society view our mothers daughters sisters wives female friends and colleaguesamp8230 We are complete with or without a mate with or without a child We get to decide for ourselves what is beautiful when it comes to our bodiesquot Read Aniston39s full essay hereGoogle Announces Gender Equal EmojiIn a show of support for gender equality Google has given their emoji a makeover NY Mag reports Instead of the Apple emoji which tend to show women doing traditionally quotfemininequot activities such as painting their nails or dancing Android users will now be able to select from 11 emoji portraying women in various careers Preexisting emoji will also be made available in both male and female versions This comes after Unicode who designed the emoji for Apple and now Google received criticism for perpetuating outdated gender stereotypes amp8211 portraying men in all the professional and action emoji Always39 quotLike a Girlquot campaign called attention to the limitations stereotypical those emoji put on young girls To better represent women in the real world Google39s new set includes a female engineer doctor scientist and chef to name a few Check out them out belowGoogleamp8217s new professional women emoji officially on the way after approval httpstcoXKqblLqXGZ via fptechdesk pictwittercomMRgZYHfhMyamp8212 National Post nationalpost July 14 2016amp160Sexist Toyota Ad Sparks Outrage at Ski ResortAre men better skiers than women According to an outdoor Toyota ad sighted at a ski resort in Australia moms should be skiing on easier runs while dads tackleamp160the black diamond Mumbrella reportsamp160 A social media post published by a skier over the weekend shows the ad that quickly sparked outrage amp160a banner of the three symbols that signify the difficulty of the runs that portrays green the easiest as kids blue intermediate as mumamp160and black the most difficult as dad quotToyota Australia so do you mean now you are creating cars for women that are easier to drive than for menquot one social media user asked According to Toyota the campaign has been running for over a year without any other complaints Check it out and judge for yourself belowNews Sexist skiing ad from Toyota is getting serious social media heat amp8594 httpstcoJ6yu3IKmVX Skiing pictwittercom64dkZwgAImamp8212 FREESKIER Magazine Freeskier July 12 2016amp160Theresa May Becomes UK39s Second Female Prime Minister After male politicians dominated the discussion around Brexit female politicians are now taking the reigns Bloomberg reports Promising to successfully take Britain out of the European Union Theresa May has been appointed the new leader of the conservative party making her Britain39s second female prime minister But she39s not the only woman tasked with cleaning up the mess In Scotland the leaders of the three biggest parties are all women and Northern Ireland39s assembly is coheaded by a woman All will be pivotal in decisions to call for referendums for independence especially Nicola Sturgeon of Scotland As May steps into the spotlight however we are reminded of the sexist ways in which female politicians are portrayed in the media Laura Bates of the Guardian points out Take for example a recent Sun headline which reads quotHeels Boysquot and shows May39s kitten heels trampling the heads of her male opponents Have we regressed when it comes to media coverage of powerful women Read Bates39 full oped hereamp160More Headlines this WeekTheresa May39s Husband Steals the Show in Sexy Navy Suit as He Starts New Life as Firstamp160ManConvincing the VC Bronopoly to Fund FemaleFirst CompaniesHow Wall Street Bro Talk Keeps Women DownChildless Women to Marketers We Buy Things TooThe History of Sexual Harassment Explains Why Many Women Wait So Long to Come ForwardJack White Makes Plea for Gender Equality Calls Wage Gap quotEmbarrassingquot The opinions and points of view expressed in this commentary are exclusively the views of the author and do 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