The Chivalry Trap. Schools forces girls to take pregnancy tests... and then kicks them out if they are positive or refuse. By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 08:50 GMT, 7 August 2012 | Updated: 09:29 GMT, 7 August 2012 A public school has sparked outrage by forcing its female students to take pregnancy tests - and then kicking out those that come back positive or refuse to do so.
Delhi Charter School, in Delhi, Louisiana, has come under fire for its policy that campaigners say is 'clearly illegal under federal laws'. Under the new rules, a teacher can 'require' a student to have a test if they suspect she could be pregnant. Under fire: Delhi Charter School's policy to make female students take pregnancy tests is 'clearly illegal under federal laws' say campaigners (file picture) If the test comes back positive, the policy states: 'The student will not be permitted to attend classes on the campus of Delhi Charter School. 'She will be required to pursue a course of home study. Controversial: Delhi Charter School's student pregnancy policy has drawn criticism for 'breaching the law'
Why Women Still Can’t Have It All - Anne-Marie Slaughter. The culture of “time macho”—a relentless competition to work harder, stay later, pull more all-nighters, travel around the world and bill the extra hours that the international date line affords you—remains astonishingly prevalent among professionals today.
Nothing captures the belief that more time equals more value better than the cult of billable hours afflicting large law firms across the country and providing exactly the wrong incentives for employees who hope to integrate work and family. Yet even in industries that don’t explicitly reward sheer quantity of hours spent on the job, the pressure to arrive early, stay late, and be available, always, for in-person meetings at 11 a.m. on Saturdays can be intense. Indeed, by some measures, the problem has gotten worse over time: a study by the Center for American Progress reports that nationwide, the share of all professionals—women and men—working more than 50 hours a week has increased since the late 1970s.
Revaluing Family Values. 99-problems-jerseys. Israelis Invent Anti-Date Rape Straw. One in six women will be sexually assaulted in her lifetime.
That's a staggering number, and one of the most common places where women will be victimized is in nightclubs. Ever since date rape drugs have become easy accessible, women have had to be on high alert whenever drinking in public, otherwise someone could easily slip an odorless and tasteless drug that can render a person unconscious and put them in a position to be taken advantage of. An israel professor of Tel Aviv University, Fernando Patolsky, and his partner Michael Ioffe, have invented what will hopefully become a common sight in bar and clubs around the world, an Anti-Date Rape Straw. The straw can currently detect the two most common drugs being used, ketamine and gamma-hydroxybutyric acid, of GHB. Patolsky and Ioffe are working on adding more drug detection abilities, including rohypnol, aka ruffies.
Patolsky and Ioffe hope to commercialize the product within a year.