/tags/womens-issues women's issues en-US Copyright Thu, 16 Jan 2020 18:31:10 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2020-01-16/redding-womens-march-back-for-fourth-edition A president only gets inaugurated every four years, but the events to protest the inauguration of the current president happen annually. Case in point:… Thu, 16 Jan 2020 18:31:10 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2020-01-16/redding-womens-march-back-for-fourth-edition The ÀÏ·ò×Ó´«Ã½ Exchange Team /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2020-01-15/taking-defense-personally-eugenes-warrior-sisters From trauma comes growth, sometimes. Concerns about sexual assault in Eugene led to the formation of Warrior Sisters, giving women the self-defense skills… Wed, 15 Jan 2020 18:46:39 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2020-01-15/taking-defense-personally-eugenes-warrior-sisters The ÀÏ·ò×Ó´«Ã½ Exchange Team /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2020-01-07/genx-women-lose-sleep-over-midlife-issues OK, Boomer. And while we're at it: OK, Millennial. These two generational groups get the lion's share of media attention; no surprise, since Boomers were,… Tue, 07 Jan 2020 18:42:53 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2020-01-07/genx-women-lose-sleep-over-midlife-issues The ÀÏ·ò×Ó´«Ã½ Exchange Team /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2019-04-26/scientific-american-devotes-issue-to-science-of-womens-health Women's health is just health; it's just about dealing with health issues in women's bodies. The trouble is, societies around the globe still freak out in… Fri, 26 Apr 2019 16:32:47 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2019-04-26/scientific-american-devotes-issue-to-science-of-womens-health The ÀÏ·ò×Ó´«Ã½ Exchange Team /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2018-03-30/ashland-play-celebrates-100-years-of-women-voting-in-the-uk We're still two years away from the centennial of women getting the right to vote under the Constitution. For women in the United Kingdom, the party is… Fri, 30 Mar 2018 16:36:01 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2018-03-30/ashland-play-celebrates-100-years-of-women-voting-in-the-uk Geoffrey Riley, April Ehrlich /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2018-03-23/the-state-by-state-battle-for-womens-suffrage "We the People," begins the U.S. Constitution. The authors set some lofty goals, and we took a while to reach them... and there's some debate about… Fri, 23 Mar 2018 16:42:44 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2018-03-23/the-state-by-state-battle-for-womens-suffrage Geoffrey Riley, April Ehrlich /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2017-12-20/frank-talk-about-puberty-from-helloflo Men are lucky in that they do not have to deal with menstruation every month. They've also been lucky to mostly avoid the subject: women have generally… Wed, 20 Dec 2017 19:04:36 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2017-12-20/frank-talk-about-puberty-from-helloflo Geoffrey Riley, April Ehrlich /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2017-09-15/women-gather-to-move-up-in-the-world More than half the population, yet still not equal in pay and other measures. Women still have some gender biases to overcome. Those and many other issues… Fri, 15 Sep 2017 17:50:00 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2017-09-15/women-gather-to-move-up-in-the-world Geoffrey Riley, April Ehrlich /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2017-08-31/females-with-keyboards-girls-who-code It's not just a TV-show trope that many of the people working at writing computer programs are male. It's a fact in real life, and one that Reshma Saujani… Thu, 31 Aug 2017 17:51:29 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2017-08-31/females-with-keyboards-girls-who-code Geoffrey Riley, April Ehrlich /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2017-08-02/psychologist-takes-on-pms-and-other-hormonal-behavior Maybe people don't SAY rude things like "are you on your period?" much anymore. But they probably still THINK them. Psychologist Robyn Stein DeLuca… Wed, 02 Aug 2017 18:08:42 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2017-08-02/psychologist-takes-on-pms-and-other-hormonal-behavior Geoffrey Riley