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U.S. women are increasingly shut out of a breast cancer treatment valued around the world

Sociologists for Women in Society (SWS) @socwomen.bsky.social · 17h

U.S. women are increasingly shut out of a breast cancer treatment valued around the world www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

The technique, known as IORT, has numerous benefits, surgeons say, but it generates less money for hospitals and radiation oncologists.

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Sociologists for Women in Society (SWS) @socwomen.bsky.social · 1d

Colleges Must Pursue All Legal Paths for Diversity (opinion) www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...

Colleges Must Pursue All Legal Paths for Diversity (opinion)

They should continue to consider socioeconomic and geographic indicators in admissions, eight state attorneys general write.

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Sociologists for Women in Society (SWS) @socwomen.bsky.social · 1d

Supreme Court Could Gut Abortion, LGBTQ Protections With These 3 Cases—Analysis rewirenewsgroup.com/2025/10/06/s...

Supreme Court Could Gut Abortion, LGBTQ Protections With These 3 Cases—Analysis

SCOTUS will hear three cases on anti-abortion centers and LGBTQ+ rights—all from the Alliance Defending Freedom.

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Hegseth’s “Warrior Culture” Risks Excluding Women from Military Service - Feminist Majority Foundation

Sociologists for Women in Society (SWS) @socwomen.bsky.social · 1d

Hegseth’s “Warrior Culture” Risks Excluding Women from Military Service - Feminist Majority Foundation feminist.org/news/hegseth...

At a recent gathering of top military brass in Quantico, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth called for the armed forces to abandon what he called “woke culture” and return to a rigid “warrior” ethos.…

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Sociologists for Women in Society (SWS) @socwomen.bsky.social · 2d

Why do women live longer than men? A study offers clues to close the gap www.npr.org/2025/10/06/n...

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Sociologists for Women in Society (SWS) @socwomen.bsky.social · 3d

Why black women’s stories of encounters with the police are missing from official and unofficial accounts of police violence. press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

The Secrets of Silence

Why black women’s stories of encounters with the police are missing from official and unofficial accounts of police violence

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Sociologists for Women in Society (SWS) @socwomen.bsky.social · 3d

A New Study Explores Why Lesbian Couples Divorce at Relatively Higher Rates www.them.us/story/lesbia...

A New Study Explores Why Lesbian Couples Divorce at Relatively Higher Rates

The findings are contrary to what some U-Haul jokes suggest.

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Sociologists for Women in Society (SWS) @socwomen.bsky.social · 4d

Remembering Rosie Jiménez: How the Hyde Amendment Took Her Life and Denies Care Today msmagazine.com/2025/10/03/r...

Remembering Rosie Jiménez: How the Hyde Amendment Took Her Life and Denies Care Today

Rosie Jiménez—a 27-year-old mother, student and aspiring teacher in McAllen, Texas—died after being denied Medicaid coverage for abortion

Trump and RFK’s Pseudoscience Is Another Tool to Control Women

Sociologists for Women in Society (SWS) @socwomen.bsky.social · 4d

Trump and RFK’s Pseudoscience Is Another Tool to Control Women msmagazine.com/2025/10/02/t...

From Tylenol fear-mongering to criminalizing pregnancy, Trump's junk science is fueling new attacks on women’s health and autonomy.

Americans Oppose Criminalizing Abortion. Too Many Policymakers Aren’t Listening.

Sociologists for Women in Society (SWS) @socwomen.bsky.social · 4d

Americans Oppose Criminalizing Abortion. Too Many Policymakers Aren’t Listening. msmagazine.com/2025/10/03/a...

Politicians, Listen: Americans Oppose Criminalizing Abortion and State Abortion Bans That Punish Women, Pregnant People and Abortion Providers

Assata Shakur Was a Black Revolutionary Who Fought for Freedom Even in Exile

Sociologists for Women in Society (SWS) @socwomen.bsky.social · 4d

Assata Shakur Was a Black Revolutionary Who Fought for Freedom Even in Exile www.teenvogue.com/story/assata...

“Nobody in the world, nobody in history, has ever gotten their freedom by appealing to the moral sense of the people who were oppressing them.”

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Sociologists for Women in Society (SWS) @socwomen.bsky.social · 4d

Some Couples Postpone Having Kids as Costs Rise rewirenewsgroup.com/2025/10/02/s...

Some Couples Postpone Having Kids as Costs Rise

Financial stress, crumbling health care, and costs of living are making people put plans for more children on pause.

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Sociologists for Women in Society (SWS) @socwomen.bsky.social · 5d

Rural Americans support more government spending on child care hechingerreport.org/spend-more-f...

Rural Americans support more government spending on child care

A survey commissioned by First Five Years Fund finds rural residents also appreciate Head Start as government shutdown threatens program.

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Sociologists for Women in Society (SWS) @socwomen.bsky.social · 5d

'None of us have ever asked for special treatment' - US female veterans respond to Hegseth speech www.bbc.com/news/article...

'None of us have ever asked for special treatment' - US female veterans respond to Hegseth speech

The defence secretary said he wanted a return to the "male standard" for combat roles. Women say the standards were never different.

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Sociologists for Women in Society (SWS) @socwomen.bsky.social · 5d

Shooting his partner, then himself: How firearm access fuels domestic violence tragedies 19thnews.org/2025/10/fire...

Shooting his partner, then himself: How firearm access fuels domestic violence tragedies

States with strong gun control laws had three times fewer incidents of domestic violence homicide-suicide, according to a report shared exclusively with The 19th.

Contributor: I'm an intersex professor. Am I supposed to lie by teaching 'only male and female'?

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Sociologists for Women in Society (SWS) @socwomen.bsky.social · 6d

Contributor: I'm an intersex professor. Am I supposed to lie by teaching 'only male and female'? www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...

A campaign against teachers who acknowledge realities of human biology forces a choice: Teach truth and risk your job, or lie and maybe keep it.

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Sociologists for Women in Society (SWS) @socwomen.bsky.social · 7d

After years of repression, conservative Christian lesbians are coming out 19thnews.org/2025/09/cons...

After years of repression, conservative Christian lesbians are coming out

When raised in environments that promote compulsory heterosexuality and patriarchy, how do lesbian women unravel what they want and who they are?

Hegseth shuts down group advising on women in the military | CNN Politics

Sociologists for Women in Society (SWS) @socwomen.bsky.social · 8d

Hegseth shuts down group advising on women in the military | CNN Politics www.cnn.com/2025/09/24/p...

The Pentagon is terminating a decades-old advisory group that offered recommendations on how to support women serving in the military, including past suggestions that women needed properly fitting…

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Sociologists for Women in Society (SWS) @socwomen.bsky.social · 8d

Afghan women lose their 'last hope' as Taliban shuts down internet www.bbc.com/news/article...

Afghan women lose their 'last hope' as Taliban shuts down internet

For many women, the internet was their last resource. An internet shutdown threatens to end this.

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Sociologists for Women in Society (SWS) @socwomen.bsky.social · 8d

The War on Drugs Was a War on Black Mothers msmagazine.com/2025/09/29/w...

The War on Drugs Was a War on Black Mothers

Black women were vilified as unfit mothers during crack baby panic, but science—and lived experiences of families—tell a different story.

The Rise of the MAHA Movement and Implications for Women - Feminist Majority Foundation

Sociologists for Women in Society (SWS) @socwomen.bsky.social · 8d

The Rise of the MAHA Movement and Implications for Women - Feminist Majority Foundation feminist.org/news/the-ris...

The “Make America Healthy Again” (MAHA) movement has exploded in recent years, blending wellness culture, political populism, and deep distrust of mainstream medicine. Under current federal…

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Sociologists for Women in Society (SWS) @socwomen.bsky.social · 9d

Assata Shakur, who wrote and fought for Black liberation, dies at 78

She was a member of the Black Liberation Army and the FBI’s first Most Wanted woman.

Unpaid work in Europe: Which countries have the biggest gender gaps?

Sociologists for Women in Society (SWS) @socwomen.bsky.social · 10d

Unpaid work in Europe: Which countries have the biggest gender gaps? www.euronews.com/business/202...

Unpaid work is a significant aspect of gender inequality in Europe, with women on average spending two hours more per day on it than men. Differences in the gap follow regional trends, shaped by…

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Sociologists for Women in Society (SWS) @socwomen.bsky.social · 11d

From Berlin to Beijing to U.S. Congress, Women's Courage to Convene Propels Us Forward msmagazine.com/2025/09/26/w...

From Berlin to Beijing to U.S. Congress, Women's Courage to Convene Propels Us Forward

Weekend Reading for Women’s Representation is a compilation of stories about women’s representation in politics, sports and entertainment, judicial offices and the private sector—with a little…