Mansplaining, Female Donors and More: Gender News Weekly

In This Election Women are Donating More Than EverIn an election year where women will be a crucial force women are donating more than ever to political campaigns a fact that holds true across every level of political giving and across both parties The New York Times reports According to an analysis of Federal Election Commission data 43 percent of all contributions to federal candidates have come from women and women have a provided a fifth of individual contributions to super PACs up from 1 percent in 2010 amp160Hillary Clinton has been a large driver of this increase with nearly 60 percent of her 70 million in contributions coming from women according to Crowdpac While the increase in female donors is more pronounced on the left even among Republicans female donors are on the rise and playing a powerful role In interviews with the New York Times female donors in both parties expressed the reasons for their increased involvement in political giving Their rising rank in the workplace increases in their personal wealth and strong influence over their familyamp8217s wealth management Even with an increase in womenamp8217s contributions men still donate considerably more to federal candidates with about two thirds of all donations raised in 2016 coming from male candidates amp160amp8220Thereamp8217s an expectation even among women that other women are not donors Weamp8217re still that much of an anomalyamp8221 North Carolina lobbyist Theresa Kostrzewa told the New York TimesThe Fight Against MansplainingIn light of the TrumpClinton gender wars that have escalated in the past few weeks many women across social media have asked Donald Trump to mansplain their amp8220womenamp8217s cardamp8221 Capitalizing on this brewing tension a new video from ATTN which went viral this week calls attention to the prevalence of amp8220mansplainingamp8221 in the news media If youamp8217re unaware of the term a simple definition of mansplaining is when a man explains something to a woman in a patronizing way often about womenamp8217s issues Through clips of popular news programs the video exposes how often women are interrupted disregarded and silenced by men on talk shows and discussion panels According to the video studies show that men dominate 75 of conversation in decisionmaking groups and if a woman is talking she is much more likely to be interrupted than if a man is speaking amp8220Itamp8217s time to stop talking over womenamp8221 ATTN concludes Watch the full video hereHollywood Studios Facing Gender Bias InvestigationIn the past year Hollywood has been abuzz with discussions of diversity equal pay and gender bias brought to the forefront by prominent actresses including Meryl Streep Jennifer Lawrence Viola Davis and Patricia Arquette Perhaps long overdue a federal investigation of gender discrimination in the industry is underway announced the American Civil Liberties Union on Wednesday The Daily Beast reports The investigation will be done by the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and begin with interviews of female directors studio executives showrunners male directors and agents In their announcement the ACLU cited a studies that found that women represented only 14 percent of television directors and a dismal 19 percent of directors of the 100 highest grossing films in 20132014 Across all studio films women make up roughly 4 percent of directors and nearly all of those women are movie stars or relatives of movie moguls ie Angelina Jolie Drew Barrymore and Sofia Coppola Maria Giese a female director who has spearheaded the investigation told the Daily Beast If the EEOC finds evidence of widespread discrimination they could potentially sue individual studios or explore solutions that would increase the hiring of women across the industryMen Are Turning to Womenamp8217s Beauty Products With shifting attitudes toward male grooming in the past few years men are increasingly turning to products formulated for women to meet their skincare needs whether thatamp8217s by borrowing products from their wives or girlfriends stealing or buying the products themselves the Independent reports Right now maleoriented products make up only 5 percent of the global skincare market and men cost their significant others an estimated 330 per year in replacement amp8220borrowedamp8221 skincare With a huge potential to convert men to traditionally female brands this trend is causing skincare and beauty companies to move toward unisex products packaging design and marketing Cramp232me de la Mar for example was one of the first brands to cross over to men rebranding their moisturizers skin oils and shaving products for a unisex appeal While according to studies men typically are most concerned about convenience when it comes to skincare products there is also huge potential as male grooming becomes more culturally acceptable amp8220The impact of this means that itamp8217s more common for men to be aware specific skin concerns such as pigmentation premature aging and visible pores resulting in them seeking out more specialized and premium productsamp8221amp160Julia Stewart National Training Manager at Shiseido told the IndependentMore Headlines this WeekThe Gender Gap is Getting Worse amp8211 So How Do We Get More Young Men Into Higher Education4 Influential Women in Media on How the Industry39s Changing and How Far It Has to GoGoogle Presents Professional Women Emoji to Support Gender EqualityThereamp8217s a Huge Gender Pay Gap for STEM Careers amp8212 Just One Year after GraduationHarvard Wants Secretive Male Clubs to Go CoEd AllFemale Groups are Being Punished in Their WakeMeet the Female Mechanic Trying to Disrupt the MaleDominated Auto Industry for GoodIs It Time to Give Up on Chief Diversity OfficersSheKnows Says 46 of Women Consider Themselves Feminists and It Has the Content to Reach ThemMonica Abbott Scores Biggest Deal in the History of US Womenamp8217s SportsThe opinions and points of view expressed in 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