All posts tagged "Jennifer Heard"

  • frosh
    the frosh rape chant that shook a country

    By Jennifer Heard.   Most Canadians reacted with shock and outrage when students screamed an offensive rape chant as part of the hijinks of university frosh week on campuses on both coasts of the country. Some of...

    • Posted September 18, 2013
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  • familyshoes
    parental benefits: strengthening a nation

    By Jennifer Heard.   Cultural icons may have changed – we’ve moved from June Cleaver to Buffy the Vampire Slayer – but our cultural conditioning about the gender-based division of labour has evolved much more slowly. Until...

    • Posted August 12, 2013
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  • lingerie football — really? women and gender inequity in sport

    By Jennifer Heard. When you ask Canadian women about gender equity in sports, they will immediately start talking about such outstanding female stars as Christine Sinclair, Hailey Wickenheiser, Rosie MacLennan, or Jennifer Heil. Yet, in the overall...

    • Posted July 29, 2013
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  • flag at my house
    oh, canada: pay inequity from sea to sea

    By Jennifer Heard. Why would a woman need pay equity when she can just marry a rich man? This sexist joke sparks anger because it suggests that: 1.) a woman, if beautiful and smart enough, will find...

    • Posted July 23, 2013
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