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Alcohol, sexist attitudes combine to increase male violence towards women,
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], April 29 (ANI): In a study of men in low- and middle-income countries, heavy drinking males were more likely to commit violence against their wives and girlfriends (intimate partner violence, or IPV) if they held sexist rather than egalitarian attitudes about women.
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Burger King UK under fire for 'Women belong in kitchen' tweet
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
London [UK], March 9 (ANI): Fast-food chain Burger King's United Kingdom division sparked an outcry on Monday as critics accused the brand of using a sexist trope as a clickbait.
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Taylor Swift calls out Netflix's 'Ginny and Georgia' for 'deeply sexist jo
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 1 (ANI): American singer and songwriter Taylor Swift recently fired back at Netflix's 'Ginny & Georgia', criticizing the show for a line in the script that was a "deeply sexist joke" about her.
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Tokyo Olympics chief Mori steps down over sexist remarks
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], February 12 (ANI): Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics organising committee head Yoshiro Mori announced his resignation on Friday over his remarks about women talking too much, which were branded "sexist" at home and abroad.
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Tokyo Olympics chief Mori to step down over sexist remarks
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], February 11 (ANI): Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics organising committee head Yoshiro Mori will resign over his remarks about women talking too much, which were branded "sexist" at home and abroad, sources familiar with the matter said Thursday, Kyodo News reported.
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Tokyo Olympics chief Mori apologises for sexist comments, will not resign
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], February 4 (ANI): Tokyo Olympic organising committee president Yoshiro Mori on Thursday apologised for his remarks that have been widely criticised as sexist and outdated but insisted that he has no plan to step down.
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Philippine President bars daughter from presidential elections, says presi
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines], January 15 (ANI): Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday made a sexist remark stating that women aren't cut out to be the president of the country and barred his daughter, Sara Duterte-Carpio from running for president in 2022 elections, reported Manila Times.
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KPCC chief Ramachandran's misogynistic statement 'shameful', says KK Shail
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], November 1 (ANI): After KPCC chief Mullappally Ramachandran sparked a row with his 'sexist' remark, Health Minister KK Shailaja hit out the Congress leader stating that "his misogynistic statement was shameful for the entire society".
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'Rape victim with self-esteem should end life': Kerala Congress chief Mull
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], November 1 (ANI): Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president Mullapally Ramachandran has stoked a controversy with a sexist remark. On Sunday at a protest meet here in Thiruvananthapuram, he accused the Left front government of relying on women
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Brinda Karat condemns BJP, Cong for 'objectionable, unacceptable, sexist a
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 22 (ANI): CPI(M) leader Brinda Karat condemned both the BJP and Congress for mudslinging in Madhya Pradesh by-election campaign and termed it utterly objectionable, unacceptable, sexist and misogynist.
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Don't read headlines, hear what I said: Gavaskar on remark on Virat Kohli
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Dubai [UAE], September 25 (ANI): Former India cricketer Sunil Gavaskar on Friday said he has not given any 'sexist comment' on Indian skipper Virat Kohli's wife Anushka Sharma and added that people should carefully listen what he said on Kohli rather than reading the headlines.
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Study finds gender harassment, institutional betrayal in high school take
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Oregon [USA], September 20 (ANI): High school students who endure gender harassment in schools that don't respond well, enter college and adulthood with potential mental health challenges, according to a University of Oregon study.
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