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U.S. Soccer Argued Biological Differences Justify Paying the Women's Team Less, According to Court Filings

Last summer when the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team won the World Cup (their fourth) in France, the stadium erupted into chants of “Equal pay!” Despite the women’s team’s total dominance, they’re paid less than their male counterparts, an issue that came to a head in March 2019 when the players sued U.S. Soccer for…

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Why You Should Be Paying Attention to the Costumes in All Those Holiday Movies

Full disclosure: I haven’t ever been a holiday movie person. The constant suspension of disbelief you need to get through one (how did they not see that mistletoe hanging above them?!), the chuckle-inducing over-exposition, the heteronormativity of it all… It’s all a bit much. But they’re an annual tradition for hopeless romantics and seasonal spirits—and…

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Hospitals Billed Sexual Assault Survivors for Rape Kits. Now They're Paying the Price.

The cost of rape may be incalculable—but this wasn’t supposed to be part of it. New York hospitals illegally billed survivors for hundreds of forensic rape examinations, a new investigation by state Attorney General Barbara Underwood finds. In a deal first shared with Glamour, seven hospitals have signed a settlement with Underwood’s office to pay…

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