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Sexually Explicit Chants Land Yale Frat in Hot Water

By David KnowlesOct 19th 2010 – 1:26PM

(Oct. 19) -- It's enough to give "Animal House" a bad name. Members of Yale University's Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity find themselves facing possible disciplinary action after a group of pledges took part in an initiation activity in which they marched through campus chanting obscenities against women. On the night...

Court Rules Ladies' Nights Aren't Sexist

By Lauren FrayerSep 2nd 2010 – 8:53AM
Corbis

Corbis

(Sept. 2) -- Men sick of having to pay full price at bars and nightclubs where women get discounts on "ladies' night" have failed to win sympathy from a federal appeals court, which ruled this week that such promotions don't violate the U.S. Constitution. Corbis Party on, ladies. A federal courts says free or...

There's Something About Sarah

By Steve PendleburyNov 17th 2009 – 10:28AM
AP

AP

(Nov. 17) -- Everyone is calling this Palin Week because Sarah Palin's talk show blitz has begun and her memoir, "Going Rogue," is hitting stores now. But last week also felt a lot like Palin Week. And at this rate, next week will, too. There's always another angle to the Sarah Palin story. The week began with a slew of...

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Sexism, also known as gender discrimination or sex discrimination, is defined as prejudice or discrimination based on sex; or conditions or attitudes that foster stereotypes of social roles based on sex.

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