The XX Factor : wage gap

Keep Your Hands Off My ... Paycheck

E.J. Graff — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 19:20:00 GMT

Jessica , Bonnie , the question about how to respond to sexual harassment is complicated; it depends on what you're trying to do. Laurie is right that companies' internal sexual harassment investigations — and the lawsuits that occasionally follow — can...(read more)

Ledbetter and Ginsburg and a Cheer for the Feisty Gals

Dahlia Lithwick — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 21:39:00 GMT

EJ , one other thing about Ledbetter: Obama’s signing of the act came just days before the announcement that Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. While Ginsburg appears to be recovering nicely from her surgery, the announcement...(read more)

Girls Just Wanna Have Funds

E.J. Graff — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 21:10:00 GMT

Sorry, Willa, to hijack your post's title for a completely different topic, but this hardly registers in today's episode of: How bad a blogger am I? I'm so bad that even though Obama signed his very first bill, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act , on Jan....(read more)

Why, Exactly, Is Sexual Harassment—er, Sexual Terrorism—OK?

E.J. Graff — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 17:16:00 GMT

Hey Susannah , sorry not to have replied earlier; I was away. I realize I'm dragging this conversation forward over a long time—lots has been said in the meantime, about other subjects—but I don't feel right letting it go. To your point: I am sorry you...(read more)

Waitress Loses Job Because She Was Sexually Assaulted. Ho-Hum, Another Day of Working While Female!

E.J. Graff — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 21:32:00 GMT

While we wonder whether our sensitivity to sexist press coverage of elite women candidates is a good or bad sign—thanks and welcome to XX Factor, Eve —ordinary working women out there are still losing their jobs because some guy thinks their breasts double...(read more)

Carolyn Maloney Does Fine on Colbert (And Why, Again, Do I Care?)

Melinda Henneberger — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:38:00 GMT

Was Carolyn Maloney not adorable on Colbert last night? She has a new book out, Rumors of our Progress Have Been Greatly Exaggerated , about how little the wage gap has narrowed over the years—and what is the glass ceiling made of, Plexiglas? But Maloney...(read more)