-Treasury Secretary
Timothy Geithner didn’t meet with new Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Blanche Lincoln
(D-Ark.) before considering revisions to her derivatives reform bill. Proof of gender bias on the Hill? [
Politico
]
-More
congressional gender inequality
: Female staffers account for only 41 percent of House members’ chiefs of staff and just 36.5 percent of their directors. And those numbers aren’t rising. [
Politico
]
-
Machiavellian personality traits, more prevalent in men
than women, may account for men being paid more than women, but
they don’t make people more productive
. [
New York Times
,
Salon
]
-
Europe’s thriving hymen-reconstruction business
reveals the degree to which young
Muslim women-and men-still believe brides must prove their virginity
on their wedding nights. [
Jezebel
,
BBC
]
-The
mistress-to-wife missive
, a
history
. [
The Daily Beast
,
TMZ
]
