Issue Area: Sexism
Misogyny’s Greatest Hits: Sexism in Hillary Clinton coverage (May/June 2008) By
Clarence the Credible: How Journalists Blew the Thomas Story (Special Issue on Women 1992) By
Career Women, Go Home: Media return to a favorite obsession (November/December 2006) By
Clarence the Credible: How Journalists Blew the Thomas Story (Special Issue on Women 1992) By
Career Women, Go Home: Media return to a favorite obsession (November/December 2006) By
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Are You on the NewsHour’s Guestlist?: PBS flagship news show fails public mission (September/October 2006) By and
Sidebar: Live vs. Taped Sources (September/October 2006) By and
George Gerbner, 1919–2005: From anti-fascist fighter to cultural environmentalist (March/April 2006) By
Not a Man, Not a Story: No coming out party for Swoopes (Update February 2006) By
Failing at Its "No. 1 Goal": Lack of balance at C-SPAN’s Washington Journal (November/December 2005) By
Opinion Omission: Women hard to find on op-ed pages, TV panels (May/June 2005) By
Stand by Your Man: Mostly male pundits defend male-dominated science (May/June 2005) By and
Muting the Women's March: Media lose focus when women protest in Washington (July/August 2004) By
Power Sources: On party, gender, race and class, TV news looks to the most powerful groups (May/June 2002) By
What's Not Talked About on Sunday Morning?: Issues of corporate power are not on the agenda (September/October 2001) By and
Power Shortage for Media Women: Studies document absence from influential roles (July/August 2001) By
For Love or Money? Economics takes a backseat in network reports about working mothers (January/February 2001) By
The Press and the Patriarchy: Understatement marks coverage of the Taliban's gender apartheid (November /December 2000) By
FAIR's Response to PBS's Findings on National Desk (6/23/00)
In Rape Debate, Controversy Trumps Credibility: "Natural" sexual assault theory "irresistible" to profit-driven media (May/June 2000) By
Women Have Not Taken Over the News: TV Guide should look at the numbers before they cheer journalistic gender parity (January/February 2000) By
Rally 'Round the Boys: PBS's National Desk enlists in the "Gender Wars" (September/October 1999) By
"I'd Take Them Out With Sex": Journalists Trivialize Howard Stern's Advocacy of Rape as "Insensitivity" (July/August 1999) By
Sex Panicked: Women Unheard in Sexuality Debates (March/April 1998) By
Fear of Fat: Why Images of Overweight Women Are Taboo (July/August 1997) By
The Media and the Menopause Industry: Advertising has muted dangers of estrogen therapy (March/April 1997) By
Conservative Women Are Right for Media Mainstream: Media Have Finally Found Some Women to Love (March/April 1996) By
The Pundit Spectrum: How Many Women--and Which Ones? (November/December 1995) By
The China Syndrome: When Women Talk, Media Listen...to Politicians (November/December 1995) By
Invasion of the Magazine Snatchers: The Sassy/'Teen Merger: (November/December 1995) By
Desperately Seeking Difference:: ABC Finds Biology Is Destiny (May/June 1995) By
Desperately Seeking Difference:: ABC Finds Biology Is Destiny (May/June 1995) By
Why Read the Right?: A Feminist Perspective (March/April 1995) By
Haitian Women Are Out of Frame--: and Their Abusers Are Out of Sight (January/February 1995) By
The "Stolen Feminism" HoaxAnti-Feminist Attack Based on Error-Filled Anecdotes: From the Women's Desk (September/October 1994) By
Paula Jones and Sex Harassment:: From the Women's Desk: (July/August 1994) By
Locked-Up Women Locked Out of Coverage (May/June 1994) By
Fear of a Rap Planet: Rappers face media double standard (March/April 1994) By and
Campus Feminists: The Media's New Bogeywomen (March/April 1994) By
Women ARE the News: From the Women's Desk: (January/February 1994) By
Erasing Rape: Media Hype an Attack on Sexual-Assault Research (November/December 1993) By
Women Candidates in '92 Election Coverage (September 1992) By
The Way Things Aren't: Rush Limbaugh Debates Reality (July/August 1994)
Gender Bias in Televised Sports: Special Issue on Women, 1992 (1/1/92) By
Rape Coverage: Shifting the Blame (March/April 1991) By
Are You on the NewsHour’s Guestlist?: PBS flagship news show fails public mission (September/October 2006) By and
Sidebar: Live vs. Taped Sources (September/October 2006) By and
George Gerbner, 1919–2005: From anti-fascist fighter to cultural environmentalist (March/April 2006) By
Not a Man, Not a Story: No coming out party for Swoopes (Update February 2006) By
Failing at Its "No. 1 Goal": Lack of balance at C-SPAN’s Washington Journal (November/December 2005) By
Opinion Omission: Women hard to find on op-ed pages, TV panels (May/June 2005) By
Stand by Your Man: Mostly male pundits defend male-dominated science (May/June 2005) By and
Muting the Women's March: Media lose focus when women protest in Washington (July/August 2004) By
Power Sources: On party, gender, race and class, TV news looks to the most powerful groups (May/June 2002) By
What's Not Talked About on Sunday Morning?: Issues of corporate power are not on the agenda (September/October 2001) By and
Power Shortage for Media Women: Studies document absence from influential roles (July/August 2001) By
For Love or Money? Economics takes a backseat in network reports about working mothers (January/February 2001) By
The Press and the Patriarchy: Understatement marks coverage of the Taliban's gender apartheid (November /December 2000) By
FAIR's Response to PBS's Findings on National Desk (6/23/00)
In Rape Debate, Controversy Trumps Credibility: "Natural" sexual assault theory "irresistible" to profit-driven media (May/June 2000) By
Women Have Not Taken Over the News: TV Guide should look at the numbers before they cheer journalistic gender parity (January/February 2000) By
Rally 'Round the Boys: PBS's National Desk enlists in the "Gender Wars" (September/October 1999) By
"I'd Take Them Out With Sex": Journalists Trivialize Howard Stern's Advocacy of Rape as "Insensitivity" (July/August 1999) By
Sex Panicked: Women Unheard in Sexuality Debates (March/April 1998) By
Fear of Fat: Why Images of Overweight Women Are Taboo (July/August 1997) By
The Media and the Menopause Industry: Advertising has muted dangers of estrogen therapy (March/April 1997) By
Conservative Women Are Right for Media Mainstream: Media Have Finally Found Some Women to Love (March/April 1996) By
The Pundit Spectrum: How Many Women--and Which Ones? (November/December 1995) By
The China Syndrome: When Women Talk, Media Listen...to Politicians (November/December 1995) By
Invasion of the Magazine Snatchers: The Sassy/'Teen Merger: (November/December 1995) By
Desperately Seeking Difference:: ABC Finds Biology Is Destiny (May/June 1995) By
Desperately Seeking Difference:: ABC Finds Biology Is Destiny (May/June 1995) By
Why Read the Right?: A Feminist Perspective (March/April 1995) By
Haitian Women Are Out of Frame--: and Their Abusers Are Out of Sight (January/February 1995) By
The "Stolen Feminism" HoaxAnti-Feminist Attack Based on Error-Filled Anecdotes: From the Women's Desk (September/October 1994) By
Paula Jones and Sex Harassment:: From the Women's Desk: (July/August 1994) By
Locked-Up Women Locked Out of Coverage (May/June 1994) By
Fear of a Rap Planet: Rappers face media double standard (March/April 1994) By and
Campus Feminists: The Media's New Bogeywomen (March/April 1994) By
Women ARE the News: From the Women's Desk: (January/February 1994) By
Erasing Rape: Media Hype an Attack on Sexual-Assault Research (November/December 1993) By
Women Candidates in '92 Election Coverage (September 1992) By
The Way Things Aren't: Rush Limbaugh Debates Reality (July/August 1994)
Gender Bias in Televised Sports: Special Issue on Women, 1992 (1/1/92) By
Rape Coverage: Shifting the Blame (March/April 1991) By
Robert Dreyfuss on Obama's foreign policy, Amanda Marcotte on 'pregnancy pact' story (7/11/08)
Ali Abunimah on Gaza, Cynthia Pearson on Barbara Seaman (3/7/08)
Glen Ford on Obama-Clinton, Rob Richie on electoral process (1/25/08)
Ali Abunimah on Gaza, Cynthia Pearson on Barbara Seaman (3/7/08)
Glen Ford on Obama-Clinton, Rob Richie on electoral process (1/25/08)
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Joyce Battle on Iraq media plan, Caryl Rivers on 'Selling Anxiety' (5/11/07)
Richard Prince on Don Imus, Carlo Bonini on Niger forgeries (4/13/07)
Diane Farsetta on Nuclear Front Groups, E.J. Graff on 'The Opt-Out Myth' (3/23/07)
Elizabeth de la Vega on domestic spying, Kristal Brent Zook on Duke rape investigation (1/26/07)
Phyllis Bennis on George W. Bush & Helen Thomas, Garance Franke-Ruta on NYT's abortion op-eds (3/24/06)
Dahlia Lithwick on Guantanamo, Sheila Gibbons on Global Media Monitoring Project (2/24/06)
Norman Solomon on Iraq and withdrawal, Katha Pollitt on op-ed diversity (3/25/05)
Joyce Battle on Iraq media plan, Caryl Rivers on 'Selling Anxiety' (5/11/07)
Richard Prince on Don Imus, Carlo Bonini on Niger forgeries (4/13/07)
Diane Farsetta on Nuclear Front Groups, E.J. Graff on 'The Opt-Out Myth' (3/23/07)
Elizabeth de la Vega on domestic spying, Kristal Brent Zook on Duke rape investigation (1/26/07)
Phyllis Bennis on George W. Bush & Helen Thomas, Garance Franke-Ruta on NYT's abortion op-eds (3/24/06)
Dahlia Lithwick on Guantanamo, Sheila Gibbons on Global Media Monitoring Project (2/24/06)
Norman Solomon on Iraq and withdrawal, Katha Pollitt on op-ed diversity (3/25/05)
Howard Kurtz's Imus Amnesia: Critic forgets requests to shun racist show (4/19/07)
Racism Is to Be Expected From Don Imus: CBS, NBC, media pundits complicit in talk host's bigotry (4/9/07)
Study Finds Lack of Balance, Diversity, Public at PBS NewsHour: Public TV's flagship news program offers standard corporate fare (10/4/06)
Racism Is to Be Expected From Don Imus: CBS, NBC, media pundits complicit in talk host's bigotry (4/9/07)
Study Finds Lack of Balance, Diversity, Public at PBS NewsHour: Public TV's flagship news program offers standard corporate fare (10/4/06)
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Women's Opinions Also Missing on Television: Women of color virtually invisible on Sunday shows (3/24/05)
O'Reilly on Sexual Harassment: In His Own Words (10/25/04)
GE, Microsoft Bring Bigotry to Life (2/12/03)
Op-Ed Echo Chamber: Little space for dissent to the military line (11/2/01)
Gender Gap at the National Press Club (8/21/00)
Dateline NBC Exploits Central Park Victims (6/23/00)
PBS's Findings on National Desk (5/5/00)
Wall Street Journal Claims Sex Is Secret of Young Businesswomen's Success (2/16/00)
From the Women's Desk: In rape debate, NBC prioritizes controversy over scientific credibility (2/11/00)
Does PBS Consider Women Part of the Public?: Biased Series Spurs Meeting With PBS; FAIR Organizes Feminist Coalition for National Campaign (11/12/99)
THE FEMINIST COALITION ON PUBLIC BROADCASTING: DOES PBS CONSIDER WOMEN PART OF THE PUBLIC? (11/12/99)
Comments from members of the Feminist Coalition on Public Broadcasting (11/12/99)
The Feminist Coalition on Public Broadcasting (11/12/99)
Women Have Not "Taken Over the News": TV Guide cover story should look at the numbers before they cheer journalistic gender parity (10/12/99)
Hate Radio Makes A Comeback (9/3/99)
Q&A About PBS and National Desk's series on the "gender wars" (9/1/99)
From the Women's Desk -- Why Does Larry King Think Hillary Clinton's Hair, Legs, Smile and Figure Are "News"? (6/14/99)
The Cost of Survival: Political Discourse and the "New PBS" (6/1/99) By
Howard Stern Advocates Rape of Littleton Victims: CBS Distributes Repulsive Comments -- Little Coverage Follows (4/28/99)
Title IX and Women in Sports: What's Wrong with This Picture? Plenty... (4/23/99)
Where Gender Issues Are Concerned,: Does PBS Stand for "Promoting Biased Stories"? (4/18/99)
Pat Buchanan In His Own Words (2/26/96)
Study Finds National Public Radio Fails To Reflect Public (3/29/93)
Women's Opinions Also Missing on Television: Women of color virtually invisible on Sunday shows (3/24/05)
O'Reilly on Sexual Harassment: In His Own Words (10/25/04)
GE, Microsoft Bring Bigotry to Life (2/12/03)
Op-Ed Echo Chamber: Little space for dissent to the military line (11/2/01)
Gender Gap at the National Press Club (8/21/00)
Dateline NBC Exploits Central Park Victims (6/23/00)
PBS's Findings on National Desk (5/5/00)
Wall Street Journal Claims Sex Is Secret of Young Businesswomen's Success (2/16/00)
From the Women's Desk: In rape debate, NBC prioritizes controversy over scientific credibility (2/11/00)
Does PBS Consider Women Part of the Public?: Biased Series Spurs Meeting With PBS; FAIR Organizes Feminist Coalition for National Campaign (11/12/99)
THE FEMINIST COALITION ON PUBLIC BROADCASTING: DOES PBS CONSIDER WOMEN PART OF THE PUBLIC? (11/12/99)
Comments from members of the Feminist Coalition on Public Broadcasting (11/12/99)
The Feminist Coalition on Public Broadcasting (11/12/99)
Women Have Not "Taken Over the News": TV Guide cover story should look at the numbers before they cheer journalistic gender parity (10/12/99)
Hate Radio Makes A Comeback (9/3/99)
Q&A About PBS and National Desk's series on the "gender wars" (9/1/99)
From the Women's Desk -- Why Does Larry King Think Hillary Clinton's Hair, Legs, Smile and Figure Are "News"? (6/14/99)
The Cost of Survival: Political Discourse and the "New PBS" (6/1/99) By
Howard Stern Advocates Rape of Littleton Victims: CBS Distributes Repulsive Comments -- Little Coverage Follows (4/28/99)
Title IX and Women in Sports: What's Wrong with This Picture? Plenty... (4/23/99)
Where Gender Issues Are Concerned,: Does PBS Stand for "Promoting Biased Stories"? (4/18/99)
Pat Buchanan In His Own Words (2/26/96)
Study Finds National Public Radio Fails To Reflect Public (3/29/93)
Real Majority, Media Minority: The Cost of Sidelining Women in Reporting, by Laura Flanders
Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women, by Susan Faludi
Virgin or Vamp? How the Press Covers Sex Crimes, by Helen Benedict
Links:
About Face, a San Francisco group combating negative images of women.
International Women's Media Foundation
Jean Kilbourne's homepage, featuring her pioneering work on women and advertising.
Journalism & Women Symposium
Media Watch, a Canadian group working to eliminate sexism in media.
Ms Magazine
WINGS (Women's International News Gathering Service)
Women's eNews
Directory of Women's Media compiled by Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press
Women Make Movies, a media arts organization supports independent films by and about women.
