Women
- Alitoâs Dissent in Emergency Abortion Case Provides âBuilding Blocksâ for More Extreme Banstheintercept.com Alitoâs Dissent in Emergency Abortion Case Provides âBuilding Blocksâ for More Extreme Bans
Despite deciding not to decide, the Supreme Courtâs conservative supermajority laid out a legal road map for anti-abortion zealots.
- You may have something to add ...lemmy.world The Arts of Lovemaking Worldwide - Lemmy.World
Many adults have heard of the Kama Sutra, but did you know there are several similar texts about the arts of lovemaking that have appeared throughout the world? Many texts also describe lovemaking poetically and I would like to share what I have found here and maybe learn a few things from anyone al...
- US Saw Record Abortions in Year After Fall of âRoeâ â But Theyâre Harder to Gettruthout.org US Saw Record Abortions in Year After Fall of âRoeâ â But Theyâre Harder to Get
More people are opting for telehealth and abortion pills, but both are under fire in the courts and state legislatures.
- For People on Probation and Parole, Accessing Abortion Is Harder Than Evertruthout.org For People on Probation and Parole, Accessing Abortion Is Harder Than Ever
Crossing state lines to access reproductive care can be nearly impossible for people on community supervision.
- More Than 171,000 People Crossed State Lines to Get an Abortion in 2023truthout.org More Than 171,000 People Crossed State Lines to Get an Abortion in 2023
The study examined travel for abortion that occurred in 2023, the first full year after Roe v. Wade was dismantled.
- Louisiana Banned Abortion Pills. It Also Faces a Maternal Mortality Crisis.truthout.org Louisiana Banned Abortion Pills. It Also Faces a Maternal Mortality Crisis.
Instead of addressing sky-high rates of pregnancy-related death, Louisiana lawmakers criminalized abortion pills.
- Abortion Wait Times in Southeast Have Soared Following Floridaâs 6-Week Bantruthout.org Abortion Wait Times in Southeast Have Soared Following Floridaâs 6-Week Ban
Before the ban, the average Florida resident lived 20 miles from a clinic. Now, it's 590 miles.
- Sterilization, Murders, Suicides: Bans Havenât Slowed Abortions, and Theyâre Costing Livestheintercept.com Sterilization, Murders, Suicides: Bans Havenât Slowed Abortions, and Theyâre Costing Lives
Abortion bans havenât stopped abortions, but pregnant people are dying. Is this what the âpro-lifeâ movement wanted?
- Mother's Day (some of us have complicated feelings, I wrote a short poem about mine)
I wrote a poem over the last few days to work out my feelings about Mother's Day and my mother. I have nowhere else to share it, so I'm plopping it here, below. I think writing this was helpful for me, maybe? Not sure how I feel about the final work, but the process was actually pretty cool for working through my feelings, clipping them down. Does anyone else write for therapy, poems or anything else?
Perhaps this will resonate with some of you who have settled into similar relationships with your mothers to the one I have with mine. Anyway, here goes (dropping as an image because formatting is impossible):
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Take care of yourselves today. It's tricky, being a woman with a complicated mother relationship. It's okay to feel however we do. I hope despite everything that's ever happened, that right now you have true, deep love in your life. With someone else, for others, for yourself...just some true, deep, unshakable love. You are worthy of that, just the way you are. <3
- Why Saudi Women Are Literally Living âThe Handmaidâs Taleâwww.nytimes.com Opinion | Why Saudi Women Are Literally Living âThe Handmaidâs Taleâ (Published 2017)
My own teenage years in Saudi Arabia were traumatic enough. Its female citizens face a life sentence of male dominion.
- Women's Rights Activist in Saudi Arabia Sentenced to 11 Years in Prisonwww.theguardian.com Saudi Arabia activist sentenced to 11 years in prison for âsupportâ of womenâs rights
Manahel al-Otaibi, who promoted female empowerment on social media, was arrested under anti-terror laws
A young womenâs rights activist in Saudi Arabia was secretly sentenced to 11 years in prison by an anti-terrorism court after being arrested for âher choice of clothing and support for womenâs rightsâ.
Saudi officials confirmed in a statement to the United Nations high commissioner for human rights that Manahel al-Otaibi was sentenced on 9 January for what the Saudi government called âterrorist offencesâ.
Al-Otaibi, who was sentenced in a secret hearing before the counter-terrorism court, was found guilty of charges related to a Saudi anti-terror law that criminalises the use of websites to âbroadcasts or publishes news, statements, false or malicious rumors, or the like for committing a terrorist crimeâ.
Among other charges, Otaibi was accused by Saudi authorities of using a hashtag â translated to #societyisready â to call for an end to male guardianship rules.
Her case follows a slew of similar cases in which Saudi women, in particular, have been subjected to draconian sentences for using social media accounts to express themselves. They include women such as Salma al-Shehab, sentenced to 27 years, Fatima al-Shawarbi, sentenced to 30 years, Sukaynah al-Aithan, sentenced to 40 years, and Nourah al-Qahtani, sentenced to 45 years.
- It's been six months today since I last got my period.
Menopause thus far has been a breeze. This is not common, but it's probably because I'm on mood medication. It is really nice not to have PMS or tender breasts or leaking or surprise middle of the night flooding or any of it. I feel lucky.
- What does femininity (or masculinity) mean to you?
I've seen a few communities where this question has led to some interesting discussion and figured this community might have some thoughts on it.
- What should spaces for women look like on the fediverse?
With !twoxchromosomes@slrpnk.net being closed due to being unmoderated, there is something of a vacuum for active safe places for women. What do you guys think the future should look like, and how do we get there?
- The worldâs first true female car crash dummy is hereâPROGRESS!www.zmescience.com The worldâs first true female car crash dummy is here â and it's a big deal
Car crash tests check a vehicle's safety only for men. Here is how a dummy representing the ladies can make the tests better.
Well, weâve had cars for a long timeâŠ.but finally weâll be testing them for safety for women, too.
In a sea of bad news, today this got me excited.
- "How can we make lemmy a safer place for women? Is it even possible to?" - literature.cafeliterature.cafe How can we make lemmy a safer place for women? Is it even possible to? - literature.cafe
So to preface this is posted in literature.cafeâs meta community but this question is primarily aimed at generally anyone in the lemmyverse who is NOT a cisgender man no matter what instance they may be in. The purpose of this thread is to present a stage for conversation for those willing to contri...
Conversation ongoing over there, inviting anyone who wants to participate to please consider sharing their thoughts if they are willing to. If you wanna post in the original thread from your instance copy and paste the link into your instances search panel
As I said in the thread, if you aren't comfortable posting feel free to DM me here or on matrix and I can post anonymously for you.
- Womenâs pain is often not believed â hereâs how to make your voice heard when seeking helptheconversation.com Womenâs pain is often not believed â hereâs how to make your voice heard when seeking help
Women are less likely than men to have positive treatment outcomes for chronic conditions.
When you go to the doctor, you expect theyâll listen to your concerns and help fix whatever problem you may be experiencing. But many women, especially those suffering with chronic pain conditions, find the opposite is true. This can make it difficult for women to get the treatment they need.
For instance, researchers who interviewed endometriosis sufferers on their experiences with healthcare practitioners found many struggled to get the support they needed. As one participant put it, âyou need to try so hard that they believe you, because they donât. You experience that immediately, that they donât believe you.â
In the UK, a survey by the Wellbeing of Women charity (which invests in research on womenâs health) found that over half of female respondents felt their pain had been dismissed or ignored by a healthcare professional at some point. Women in other parts of the world â including North America, Australia and Europe â report similar experiences.
Thereâs a clear gender gap when it comes to identifying and treating womenâs pain compared to menâs. For instance, women are less likely than men to have positive treatment outcomes for chronic conditions such as angina and musculoskeletal pain.
Physicians are four times more likely to recommend a knee replacement for a man than a woman with the same knee injury. The poorer quality care women received compared to men after suffering a heart attack was to blame for 8,243 preventable deaths between 2003-2013 in England and Wales.
The dismissal of womenâs pain also leads to long delays in diagnoses and treatment for conditions such as polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and endometriosis.
The gender pain gap affects not only adults, but children and young people â with research showing young women are more likely to have their pain dismissed by physicians than young men.
The gender pain gap is even worse for black women, who are more likely than white women to have their pain dismissed and receive poorer pain treatment.
There also remains little research on pain treatment for gender diverse, transgender, non-binary and intersex patients which may mean these groups are even worse off when accessing treatment.
Gender pain gap Pervasive gender stereotypes are a key reason womenâs pain is underestimated. These widely held stereotypes â held even by healthcare professionals â construct men as âstoicâ and women as âemotionally expressiveâ when in pain.
Men are thought to be less likely to seek care for pain â so when they do, they are to be believed. In actuality, this is false, with research showing men are equally likely to go to the doctor when experiencing pain as women are.
Women are also believed to have a greater capacity to cope with pain because of the pain that accompanies menstruation and childbirth. These stereotypes mean womenâs pain is viewed as ânaturalâ and ânormalâ â and may not be taken as seriously by a practitioner.
One study, which had healthcare professionals watch videos of female and male patients experiencing chronic shoulder pain, found practitioners were more likely to underestimate womenâs pain. They also reported the women, but not the men, would benefit from psychotherapy.
Other studies have shown healthcare practitioners are sometimes more likely to prescribe sedatives than pain medication to female patients experiencing pain.
Historically, women have been underrepresented in medical research and clinical trials. In the UK, only from 2024 will it be compulsory for new GPs to have training in womenâs health.
This may somewhat explain the lack of knowledge practitioners have had in regards to womenâs pain and their health concerns. And, women may be given medications and treatments that have only been trialled with men â despite female patients being more likely to experience side effects from new medications.
The gender pain gap cannot be addressed until disparities in medical research and funding are. Conditions which have a disproportional affect on women (such as migraines and endometriosis) receive âmuch lessâ funding relative to their severity and prevalence, while conditions which predominantly affect men (such as HIV) receive more funding â despite their lower prevalence.
Getting the right care Pain is never something you should accept and put up with. If you need to speak with a practitioner about your pain, there are many things you can do to ensure your voice is heard.
For example, telling your practitioner how pain affects your ability to function in your day-to-day can be more effective than trying to rate pain on a scale. Using an app or diary to track pain and related symptoms, and bringing it with you in the consultation room, can also be helpful.
If youâre comfortable, raise the issue of bias in pain care. Ask how your practitioner is ensuring youâre not part of the larger statistic of women feeling dismissed. Ask them to explain their diagnostic decision-making and how theyâve ruled out certain conditions. You can also ask them to note in your file why they havenât made a referral for specialist care. This may be helpful if you return with the same symptoms later.
Bring a family member or friend to advocate for you if you donât feel comfortable doing it alone. In the UK, you can also ask for a patient advocate, who will speak up for you and help you get the right care.
Addressing inadequate funding for conditions that affect women, improving training for practitioners and increased awareness of the gender pain gap, will all help ensure women in pain are no longer dismissed.
- New Female Fashion Advice Community
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/3855472
> as the title says, a community to ask and discuss all things related to female fashion.
!femalefashionadvice@lemmy.world
- Transgender women banned from women's chess events - BBC Newswww.bbc.com Transgender women banned from women's chess events - BBC News
The ruling by the International Chess Federation is drawing criticism from some players.
The International Chess Federation (FIDE) says it is temporarily banning transgender women from competing in its women's events.
The FIDE said individual cases would require "further analysis" and that a decision could take up to two years.
The move has been criticised by some players and enthusiasts.
Many sports governing bodies have been working on policies towards transgender athletes, but chess does not involve comparable levels of physical activity.
- New billboards for missing and murdered women aim to change narrative of B.C.'s 'Highway of Tears'
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/3413638
> New signs emphasize strength and hope of Indigenous women and communities. > > Families of missing and murdered Indigenous women in northern B.C. and an Indigenous social service agency have unveiled four new billboards to honour and remember the women and girls who've died or disappeared along a notorious highway that's been dubbed the Highway of Tears. > > The route has been called the Highway of Tears because more than 40 women and girls, mostly Indigenous, have gone missing or been murdered along the 700-kilometre stretch of Highway 16 between Prince George and Prince Rupert in northern B.C. since 1969.
- Afghan women escape for a chance at educationwww.bbc.com Afghan women escape for a chance at education
More than 450 women from Afghanistan have escaped the country to study abroad.
AUW organised for 148 Afghan women to go on the last US hanger out of Kabul. (...)
(...)AUW hopes to help more women - the goal is 1,000 - to continue their education by offering scholarships and a safe exit from Afghanistan.
- Women get far more migraines than men â a neurologist explains why, and what brings relieftheconversation.com Women get far more migraines than men â a neurologist explains why, and what brings relief
For women ages 18 to 49, migraines are the leading cause of disability throughout the world.
A migraine is far more than just a headache â itâs a debilitating disorder of the nervous system.
People who have migraines experience severe throbbing or pulsating pain, typically on one side of the head. The pain is often accompanied by nausea, vomiting and extreme sensitivity to light or sound. An attack may last for hours or days, and to ease the suffering, some people spend time isolated in dark, quiet rooms.
About 800 million people worldwide get migraine headaches; in the U.S. alone, about 39 million, or approximately 12% of the population, have them regularly.
And most of these people are women. More than three times as many women as compared to men get migraines. For women ages 18 to 49, migraine is the leading cause of disability throughout the world. (...)
- Alabama Woman Jailed for Using Drugs During Pregnancy Wasnât Even Pregnantjezebel.com Alabama Woman Jailed for Using Drugs During Pregnancy Wasnât Even Pregnant
Stacey Freeman was arrested for "chemical endangerment of a child" after one of her young children falsely told a social worker she was pregnant.
- Women may age fastest during their 30s and 50swww.newscientist.com Women may age fastest during their 30s and 50s
A woman may be most likely to give birth in her 30s and go through the menopause in her 50s, with these life events causing hormonal changes that may accelerate ageing
Women tend to experience accelerated ageing around the ages of 30 and 50, according to a study that analysed a wide range of molecular and physical markers. This may be due to hormonal changes that occur when some women give birth or go through the menopause.
In recent years, there has been growing recognition that ageing doesnât always progress at the same pace and certain factors, such as stress and smoking, can speed it up. (...)
- Do films directed by women have more women in the cast?stephenfollows.com Do films directed by women have more women in the cast?
Last week I looked at the popularity of various first names in movies over the past two decades. The process involved building up a vast database of acting credits, noting both the gender of the fictional role and of the performer representing them on screen. This led to some readers getting in touc...
- Colorado mothers speak out against OB-GYN racism to try to reverse decades-long trend of dangerous carecoloradosun.com Colorado mothers speak out against OB-GYN racism to try to reverse decades-long trend of dangerous care
Care for Black, Latina mothers is based on trends in the white childbearing population, with devastating impacts CU researchers found
- The âIvory Manââa Powerful Leader Buried in a Lavish Tomb 5,000 Years AgoâWas Actually a Womanwww.smithsonianmag.com The 'Ivory Man'âa Powerful Leader Buried in a Lavish Tomb 5,000 Years AgoâWas Actually a Woman
Researchers in Spain had previously assumed that the grave belonged to a high-status young man
In 2008, archaeologists in Valencina, Spain, discovered a stunningly ornate tomb. The single-occupancy grave, a rarity in itself for the time, contained a treasure trove of valuables: a rock crystal dagger, high-quality flint, ostrich eggshells and ivory, including the tusk of an African elephant.
Dating to the Iberian Copper Ageâsome 5,000 years agoâit held an individual who likely died between the ages of 17 and 25. Assuming the tomb belonged to a wealthy, powerful leader, scientists called this individual the âIvory Man.â But now, 15 years later, researchers have determined that the Ivory Man was actually an âIvory Lady,â according to a study published Thursday in the journal Scientific Reports.
To reach this conclusion, researchers used a new technique that can identify an individualâs sex based on tooth enamel. This process can be more effective than DNA analysis when studying remains in especially poor condition.
This new research shows that women could hold high-status roles in Iberian society at the timeâand that this particular woman may have even been the âhighest-ranked personâ during her lifetime, says study co-author Leonardo GarcĂa SanjuĂĄn, an archaeologist at the University of Seville in Spain, to Live Scienceâs Jennifer Nalewicki. He adds that the Ivory Ladyâs wealth and social status were impressive even when compared against a database of approximately 2,000 Copper Age burials in the region.
âThe Ivory Lady totally stands out, head and shoulders above the rest, either male or female,â he tells Scienceâs Celina Zhao.
Researchers think that the Ivory Lady may have been revered for several generations, reports CNNâs Katie Hunt. Other graves and artifacts around her tomb date to as late as 200 years after her death.
Additionally, one nearby tombâthe only âcomparably lavishâ grave in the area, according to a statement announcing the new studyâcontains the remains of at least 15 women, suggesting that other women held leadership positions and high status during this period. (...)
- Terrifying: Sacramento Sheriff is sharing license plate reader data with anti-abortion states, records show.
This is exactly the kind of abortion-ban-supportive police action weâd been hoping we wouldnât see.
It is imperative that women seeking healthcare in states other than their own remain vigilant in their travel planning and discreet around communicating about their condition.
Truly scary times. It was difficult to imagine this reality even a year ago.
- U.S. maternal deaths keep rising. Here's who is most at risk
The number of people dying in the U.S. from pregnancy-related causes has more than doubled in the last 20 years, according to a new study, published in JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association.
And while the study found mortality rates remain "unacceptably high among all racial and ethnic groups across the U.S.," the worst outcomes were among Black women, Native American and Alaska Native people.
The study looks at state-by-state data from 2009 to 2019. Co-author Dr. Allison Bryant, an obstetrician at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, says maternal death rates in the U.S. just keep getting worse. (...)
- Women age twice as fast due to lack of estrogenenglish.elpais.com âWomen age twice as fast due to a lack of estrogenâ
Gynecologist Guillermo Antiñolo is developing the first female medical genome according to womenâs specific biological condition to be mothers
Fascinating article about a topic we need to know and talk more about!
- US maternal deaths have doubled since 1999 with most among Black motherswww.theguardian.com US maternal deaths have doubled since 1999 with most among Black mothers
The south and the midwest were hit hard, and the greatest increases were seen in Native American and Alaska Native women
- Women have been skillful, purposeful hunters in most foraging societies.www.popsci.com Women have been skillful, purposeful hunters in most foraging societies
New research shatters another piece of the âhunter gatherer mythâ that persists in enforcing gender roles.
Shattering the myth of men as hunters and women as gatherers
The team found that regardless of their maternal status, women hunt in 79 percent of the societies they studied. Over 70 percent of female hunting also appears to be intentional, instead of opportunistic killing of animals encountered while doing other activities. Womenâs intentional hunting appears to target game of all sizes, but was most often large game
- What wellness means for Black womenwww.vox.com What wellness means for Black women
Capitalism, white supremacy, and yoga pants: An interview with DeJa Love, CEO of the Black Womenâs Wellness Agency.
- Japan Sends Male Minister to Lead G7 Meeting on Womenâs Empowermenttime.com Japan Sends Man to G7 Meeting on Womenâs Empowerment
The incident highlights ongoing struggles with gender parity in Japanâwhich ranks lowest among G7 member states on the World Economic Forumâs Global Gender Gap Index.
- Biden to sign executive order expanding access to contraceptionwww.reuters.com Biden to sign executive order expanding access to contraception
U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday will sign an executive order designed to protect and expand access to contraception, after a Supreme Court ruling last year overturning the constitutional right to abortion raised fears that birth control could also face restrictions.
- âHighly unusualâ: lost 17th-century portrait of black and white women as equals saved for UKnews.artnet.com A 17th-Century Double Portrait of Black and White Women, Said to Be of 'Outstanding Significance' Will Remain in the U.K. | Artnet News
A highly unique 17th-century portrait of a Black and white woman shown side-by-side as companions has been saved for the public in the U.K.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/509396
> A painting has been saved for the UK in recognition of its âoutstanding significanceâ for the study of race and gender in 17th-century Britain, it will be announced on Friday. > > The anonymous artistâs portrait of two women â one black and one white, depicted as companions and equals with similar dress, hair and jewellery â has been bought by Compton Verney, an award-winning gallery in Warwickshire. > > Titled Allegorical Painting of Two Ladies, the work, part of the English school dating to about 1650, appears to be a moralising picture, criticising the use of cosmetics in altering a personâs natural appearance. > > Their faces are covered in curious beauty patches that were fashionable at the time and which the paintingâs inscription condemns as a sin of pride, a widespread opinion in the 17th century. > > Wearers of such patches or spots â made of silk or velvet â risked provoking the wrath of God. Part of the purpose of the patches was to hide imperfections or signs of disease. The white sitter wears black patches of various shapes and the black sitter has white ones. > > The painting was at risk of permanently leaving the UK after being auctioned in Shropshire in 2021. A temporary stop to allow a UK institution to acquire it was placed by the Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art and Objects of Cultural Interest. > > The independent body, serviced by the Arts Council, advises the secretary of state for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on whether a cultural object intended for export is of national importance under specified criteria. > > Noting that its departure from the UK would be a âmisfortuneâ, the committeeâs report stated: âThe depiction of a black female sitter in a 1650s painting was highly unusual ⊠inviting important debate about race and gender during the period.â > > It added: âIt visualises in a way that no other painting of the period does the early modern debates concerning the morality of cosmetics use; discourses on ideal beauty and blackness; issues concerning gender hierarchy and female agency; as well as attitudes to race and ethnicity, especially so in an age that witnessed increasing global contact through trade and colonial expansion.â