Major Issues Facing Women and Their Impact on Women's Lives
By Linda Lowen, About.com Guide to Women's Issues
A look at the major issues facing women and the impact these issues have on women's lives.
- Reproduction & Contraception
- President Obama - Responsive to Women's Issues?
- The Power of Women Voters
Women and the Supreme Court
If women outnumber men in the U.S., why doesn't the composition of the Supreme Court reflect this? Presidents from Reagan to Obama have tried to correct this with the nomination of female justices. Learn more about these women and the circumstances that placed them on the bench of the nation's highest court.
- Sonia Sotomayor, First Latina and Third Female Justice
- History of Women on the Supreme Court
- How Was the First Woman Nominated to the Supreme Court?
- Sandra Day O'Connor, First Female Supreme Court Justice
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Second Female Supreme Court Justice
Pregnancy & Abortion
Facts, statistics and information about pregnancy and abortion in the United States.
- Teen Pregnancy in the US
- Teen Pregnancy in Pop Culture
- Why Teens Choose Abortion
- 10 Facts About Abortion
- 10 Arguments For Abortion & Against Abortion
- Why Women Choose Abortion
- Readers Respond: Why Did You Choose Abortion?
- Gender & Position on Abortion
- Roe v. Wade - How Have Legal Abortions Changed Women's Lives?
- RU-486 - The Abortion Pill
Violence Against Women
Rape, sexual assault, domestic abuse, prostitution - all of these involve the victimization of women. Facts and statistics, stories of abuse and survival, and ways to reduce violence against women.
- She's Famous, Beautiful and Abused - Chris Brown and Rihanna Assault
- 10 Facts About Teen Dating Abuse
- What Parents Don't Know About Tween Dating Violence
- Majority of Prostitutes Were Sexually Abused as Children
- It Shouldn't Happen to Women - Female Genital Mutilation
- Suppose This Was Your Daughter? - Child Brides & Child Marriage
- Calling for Help - Domestic Abuse & Rape Hotlines
Sex and Relationships
We seek love and intimacy throughout our lives, yet neither are ever a sure thing. Some women seek comfort and stability; others need excitement and experimentation. We may know ourselves, but the problem is - it takes two to tango.
- Impact of Viagra on Women's Sex Lives
- Men, Sex and Porn - One Guy's Candid Opinion
- Not 'Too Young' - Tween Dating Relationships and Sexuality
- Why Men See Women as Sex Objects
- 'Sex Object' Images of Women Lead to Self-Objectification
- How Some Men Rationalize Sex With a Prostitute
- Sex in the Workplace - Two Generations, Two Opinions
Reproduction & Contraception
Issues concerning women's reproductive rights and the various forms of contraception legally available to women in the United States.
- The Drug that Changed Reproductive Rights - The Pill
- Emergency Contraception - Resorting to Plan B
- New HHS Guidelines Attempt to Redefine Contraception as 'Abortion'
President Obama - Responsive to Women's Issues?
Will the new Obama administration be more sensitive to the needs of women than the Bush administration, particularly when it comes to pay equity, reproductive rights, healthcare, and supporting female leadership?
- Obama's White House Council on Women and Girls
- Gender Inclusive Language of Obama's Inaugural Address
- Obama and Women's Leadership
- Will Obama Be a Feminist President? Ms. Magazine Cover Controversy
- Obama and State of Women's Reproductive Rights
- Obama on Abortion
- Obama on Contraception
- Obama on Teen Pregnancy Prevention
- Obama on Domestic Violence Prevention
The Power of Women Voters
How did women vote in the 2008 election? Did a candidate's gender matter as much as the issues? Was the "Palin Effect" long-lasting or a flash in the pan? And did the women's vote really matter in the end?
