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Undefined is Clean, Conscious, Inclusive, Plant Magic. "We live at the intersection of wellness meets adaptogens meets purpose-driven conscious capitalism. My mission is to “undefine” and democratize beauty and destigmatize plant-based solutions through an unapologetic, uncompromising, unfiltered approach. Wellness shouldn’t be illusive or exclusive—let’s democratize it."

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Undefined is Clean, Conscious, Inclusive, Plant Magic. We live at the intersection of wellness meets adaptogens meets purpose-driven conscious capitalism. My mission is to "undefine" and democratize beauty and destigmatize plant-based solutions through an unapologetic, uncompromising, unfiltered approach. Wellness shouldn't be illusive or exclusive-let's democratize it.

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The Black Feminist Project enriches the lives of, restores agency, justice, joy and health to Black woman, girls and non-men. "Using dynamic and engaging food and reproductive justice programming that explores not only the intersections of race, class, gender and respectability politics, but also empowers them to tap into their inherent leadership abilities and dare to put themselves at the center of their own universes."

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He's 'Feminine' & I'm 'Masculine' - And We're In Love 

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He's 'Feminine' & I'm 'Masculine' - And We're In Love 

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This couple talks explains how hard it can be around other people in their relationship. He is a straight feminine man, and she is a straight masculine girl. "We don't look like how they want us to look!"

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This article talks about how girls are under- diagnosed with ADHD compared to boys because a lot of girls don't show the conditions "stereotypical" behaviors." "Why are girls being diagnosed so much later than boys, if at all? And what do teachers, pediatricians, and parents need to do to bring about a change?"

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ADHD in Girls: Recognizing Key Symptoms

ADHD in girls - particularly if it's the inattentive type of ADHD formerly called ADD - can look like this:

daydreaming quietly in class

feeling anxious or sad

exhibiting silliness or apparent ditziness

acting shy or inattentive

trouble maintaining friendships

picking at cuticles or skin

being a perfectionist

ADHD in Girls is Often Missed

Twenty-year-old Andrea Burns fits the description of ADHD in girls perfectly. She wasn't officially diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD or ADD) until her freshman year at Indiana University, even though she showed obvious signs of ADHD in middle school.

After Burns nearly failed out of school, an academic advisor had her undergo a LASSI (Learning and Studies Strategy Inventory) screening to evaluate learning behaviors and academic achievement. The results indicated what she and her family had long suspected: ADHD.

"In high school, I had a tutor to help me with different subjects, but once I got to college, I was expected to do it all by myself. I was studying all of the time, but doing poorly on tests because I'd freeze up," says Burns. "And I'd try to listen in class, but I had a hard time concentrating and focusing on what the teacher was saying. I'd take lots of notes, but when I reviewed them, I couldn't make sense of what I wrote," says the communications major, now entering her junior year.
[Self-Test: ADHD Symptoms in Women and Girls]
After a diagnosis of ADHD - Primarily Inattentive Type, Burns was prescribed ADHD medication. She saw almost immediate results: "I was finally able to focus during a lecture and take good notes, which helped improve my grades. For the first time I felt in control in the classroom."

Burns is relieved to have identified the cause of her poor school performance, and happy she's able to treat it. But it's unfair that she, like so many other girls, suffered a decade or more with an untreated condition that can negatively impact life in so many ways. Why are girls being diagnosed so much later than boys, if at all? And what do teachers, pediatricians, and parents need to do to bring about a change?

Symptoms of ADHD in Girls

One of the key reasons girls are so often overlooked is that they exhibit hyperactivity differently than boys, according to Patricia Quinn, M.D., director of the National Center for Gender Issues and ADHD in Washington, D.C. "In a classroom setting, a boy might continually blurt out answers or repeatedly tap his foot, whereas a girl might demonstrate hyperactivity by talking incessantly," she says. A girl who talks all the time is often viewed by the teacher as chatty, not hyper or problematic - and thus is less likely to be recommended for an evaluation.

Another reason that ADHD is often missed in girls is that they're more likely than boys to suffer from inattentive ADHD. The symptoms of this sub-type (which include poor attention to detail, limited attention span, forgetfulness, distractibility, and failure to finish assigned activities) tend to be less disruptive and obvious than those of hyperactive ADHD. Put simply, a (hyperactive) boy who repeatedly bangs on his desk will be noticed before the (inattentive) girl who twirls her hair while staring out the window. "I believe I was overlooked for so long because I didn't show hyperactivity the way my two brothers with ADHD have," says Burns.
[Self-Test: Could Your Child Have Inattentive ADHD?]
Why ADHD in Girls Goes Undiagnosed

It comes as no surprise that a recent national online Harris Interactive poll reaffirms that, with respect to ADHD, girls have gone largely unnoticed. Dr. Quinn and Sharon Wigal, Ph.D., associate clinical professor of pediatrics at the University of California at Irvine, surveyed 3,234 people, including members of the general public (adults without ADHD whose children don't have the condition), parents of children with the condition, teachers, and children with ADHD, ages 12 to 17. Among those polled, 85 percent of the teachers and more than half of the parents and the general public believe that girls with ADHD are more likely to go undiagnosed. They said that girls are more likely to "suffer silently" or show fewer symptoms. And four out of 10 teachers report more difficulty in recognizing ADHD symptoms in girls than in boys.

Polled parents and teachers also said that, among children with ADHD, boys are more likely than girls to exhibit behavioral problems, while girls are more often inattentive or struggling with a mood disorder. Drs. Quinn and Wigal said these differences cause some girls with ADHD to slip through the cracks. "The failure to recognize ADHD symptoms in girls probably results in significant undertreatment," they wrote. "...it is not a trivial disorder for them, and they are equally in need of professional care."

Girls with ADHD Face Serious Risks

Another revelation from the Harris poll: Females may suffer more negative effects from their ADHD than their male counterparts. The survey showed that girls are more likely than boys to be asked to repeat a grade due to poor school performance. When a boy struggles, he's more likely to be evaluated for ADHD or LD (and then diagnosed) than held back. But a teacher who observes a disorganized female student - one who can't plan ahead, meet project deadlines, and so on - believes that she'll benefit by being held back a year. "A year later, the girl is no better off because she still hasn't figured out the source of her problems," says Dr. Quinn.

The self-esteem of girls with ADHD also appears to be more impaired than that of boys with ADHD (which may explain why the survey found that girls were three times more likely to report taking antidepressants prior to being diagnosed). It's not surprising, then, that the condition can take a toll on a female's emotional health and general well-being. According to Dr. Quinn, girls with ADHD tend to have more mood disorders, anxiety, and self-esteem problems than non-ADHD girls. "They might get an A on a report, but because they had to work three times as hard to get it, they see themselves as not being as smart as other people," she says.

Another reason that girls go undetected for so long has to do with how differently each gender approaches school. Dr. Quinn offers this example: "A male and female student with ADHD are assigned a long-term project. They each put off the work for weeks. Then, the night before the project is due, each remembers the deadline. Rather than attempt to get the work done, the boy decides to watch back-to-back episodes of SpongeBob. Meanwhile, the girl freaks out and tries to make a perfect project overnight. (Perfectionism is another common behavior in ADHD girls.) She demands that her mother help her while she stays up until 1 a.m. to finish her work. When she hands in the assignment the next day, the teacher has no clue that it was done at the last minute."

Girls seem compelled to get their schoolwork done because our culture encourages them to be more socially conscious. They want to please more than boys, and they're expected to do well in school.

Because grades K through six aren't as challenging as higher grades, a girl with undiagnosed ADHD might do fine in elementary school - and then falter. "In middle and high school, the attentional demands are greater for a student, so she can't get by working at 50 percent efficiency," says Andrew Adesman, M.D., director of the division of behavioral and developmental disorders at Schneider's Children's Hospital in New Hyde Park, New York, and member of the national board of directors for CHADD. "And because the kids in junior high and high school more often change classes, teachers don't have the time to get to know the kids and spot problems."

Some girls also compensate by developing strategies that mask their ADHD. As mentioned earlier, it might be perfectionism. For instance, a girl might spend hours taking notes on each chapter she's being tested on in order to assure a good grade. Or she might become obsessive-compulsive, checking and rechecking her backpack to make sure she has everything.

ADHD gender differences also show up outside the classroom. Research shows that girls with ADHD may be rejected more often by their peers than boys. The main reason is that, compared to boys', girls' friendships require greater sophistication and more maintenance. "Two boys can meet on the playground and start digging a hole to China with their shovels, and they're instant friends. Friendship among girls is more complex, even at young ages. It requires picking up on social cues and bonding," says Dr. Quinn.

With tendencies toward impulsivity, hyperactivity, and forgetfulness, it can be hard to keep your mouth closed, not to constantly interrupt, or to remember your best friend's birthday. And when everyone in the group is admiring Jessica's new earrings and the girl with ADHD blurts out something totally unrelated, the other girls look at her and wonder where she's coming from. This kind of social awkwardness makes it difficult for a girl to feel good about herself and sustain relationships.

Unfortunately, these signs often aren't enough to suggest ADHD. In the case of 14-year-old Danielle Cardali of Suffolk County, New York, it took two evaluations before her teacher and parents were able to pinpoint why her grades remained low. Being classified with ADHD in fourth grade, she was entitled to 45 minutes a day of one-on-one teacher time in a resource room. But real improvement didn't come until seventh grade, when she was prescribed Strattera and Concerta. "After that first quarter on the medication, I got high C's and low B's," says Cardali. "I seemed to have a better understanding of what was going on in class."

In some cases, a parent will stumble upon ADHD after a learning disability is discovered. (They often co-exist, which is why it's important when testing for one also to screen for the other.) That was the case with 7-year-old Allison Isidore of Montclair, New Jersey. Her mom, Liz Birge, had an opportunity to see her daughter at work in the classroom for 45 minutes once a week, when she volunteered to assist in a writing workshop. Liz discovered that her first-grader was having a great deal of trouble matching sounds to letters and that she showed no interest in trying to write. Testing revealed that Allison has both a learning disability and ADHD.

Helping Girls with ADHD

If parents suspect that their daughter has ADHD (or a learning disability), Drs. Quinn and Wigal urge them not to wait, even if teachers haven't expressed concern. As mentioned earlier, teachers usually look for hyperactivity, disorganization, or forgetfulness as the signs of ADHD before recommending an evaluation. But the way ADHD often expresses itself in girls - excessive talking, poor self-esteem, worrying, perfectionism, risk-taking, and nosiness - is seldom read as such [see Easy-to-Miss ADHD Symptoms In Girls].

Your daughter's pediatrician may be able to do an evaluation (if your daughter is an adolescent, find out first if the doctor is comfortable working with teens), but it's best to work with an ADHD specialist. Make sure the evaluating clinician takes a thorough medical history (including family history, due to the high heritability of ADHD). The doctor should also work with your child's school to obtain more information about her behaviors. "And since adolescents are a great source of information about their own experience, encourage a teen to talk directly with her doctor," advises Dr. Wigal.

Ultimately, for a girl suffering from ADHD, an official diagnosis can be welcome news. "Everyone presumes that a diagnosis of ADHD is a stigma," says Dr. Quinn. "In fact, 56 percent of the girls in our survey said that they felt better after finally having a name for what they felt. Only 15 percent said they felt worse. For most, it was a relief to find out they weren't lazy, crazy, or stupid."

More good news: Parents of girls diagnosed with ADHD are more likely to seek treatment than parents of boys diagnosed with ADHD, because only the more severe cases are diagnosed. "Girls may be at a slight advantage over boys in one sense," wrote Quinn and Wigal in the Harris survey paper. "Once they are suspected of having ADHD, their parents tend to be more willing to seek medical advice." And that bodes well for girls.
[ADHD Directory: Find an ADHD Specialist or Clinic Near You]

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ADHD in Girls: The Symptoms That Are Ignored in Females

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Girls with ADHD - especially those with inattentive symptoms - are often drowned out by loud, hyperactive boys who demonstrate the condition's stereotypical behavior. Learn how to recognize the mistaken, misunderstood symptoms of ADHD or ADD in girls, and turn around this unfair unbalance for your daughter or yourself.

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CBC News has looked into 34 cases across Canada which involve the death or disappearance of Indigenous women, but which authorities say were not due to foul play. In every case, families of the women say they do not accept the findings of police. They suggest murder may be involved.

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These are the cases authorities say do not involve foul play

CBC News has looked into 34 cases across Canada which involve the death or disappearance of Indigenous women, but which authorities say were not due to foul play.

In every case, families of the women say they do not accept the findings of police. They suggest murder may be involved.

CBC News found evidence in many of the cases that points to suspicious circumstances, unexplained bruises and other factors that suggest further investigation is warranted.

Many advocates for missing and murdered Indigenous women say these are exactly the kinds of cases requiring further scrutiny in a national inquiry.

We have created a profile for each person. You can view each one by choosing the profile in the bar above.

This project is part of CBC's investigation into missing and murdered Indigenous women. This page was last updated on September 26, 2018 and is no longer being maintained. To search more than 250 of those cases, use the Case Explorer below.

The statistics about missing and murdered Indigenous women are stark and staggering. Explore the cases of these women through filtering by age, their confirmed status, the last province in which they were seen, or the year of their last sighting. Alternatively, you may search for a specific case by name.

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In this Youtube video, it explains how long flowing hair has been a powerful marker to being a woman. But not everyone's hair grows the same. Afro-textured hair grows upward and is tightly coiled. This video talks about what black women and men face and how they are disciplined for how their hair is.

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In this article, a white woman talks about how she was very privileged in jail compared to her black cell mate Rachael. "While all the deputies told me, “You don’t look like you belong here” (a clear nod to what the color of my skin signaled to them), they treated Rachael with disdain. Had it not been for my ability to assist her, I have no doubt that she would have found it nearly impossible to get her basic needs met. In the jail, where everything from food to sleep to outdoor time to clean clothes is doled out in a hyper-militaristic fashion, even an energetic 20-something would be physically and emotionally spent.

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Perspectives from those who work and live in the criminal justice system. Sign up to receive "Life Inside" emailed to you every week.

When I was framed for a crime by a White, male U.S. marshal and arrested by White, male cops, I came the closest I will likely ever come in my life to experiencing the feelings of powerlessness and despair that people like George Floyd and Breonna Taylor faced as part of their daily reality. It's a horrifying, crushing feeling that leaves one wondering how a system could be so fucked up that it fails so epically.

But I'm a White female, and my experience of jail and the justice system was, without a doubt, privileged. I got out alive, but as this country erupts over tensions that have been brewing for centuries, I was reminded of the privilege I experienced and of the very different reality that my cellmate, an elderly Black woman with a hearing impairment, faced in a system already stacked against her.

Rachael* was over 70 years old and had been arrested for kidnapping her grandchildren from an orphanage where they had been placed. She had subsequently been thrown into the high security section of the Orange County Central Women's Jail with no ability to get out on bail. This wasn't because she didn't have the money, but because her judge had issued a no bail order on her case.

How the police could find any logic to charging Rachael with kidnapping is beyond me. She was nowhere near able-bodied enough to break two children, one of whom was a teeneager, out of an orphanage without their consent. But her story has many layers to it, including a White female social worker who falls into the category of the Amy Coopers of the world. You see, Rachael didn't fall in line enough to satiate this White social worker, who inevitably called the cops to report her.

What fate that we landed in jail around the same time, both of us like fish out of water. It was only by sheer luck that we ended up being placed in the same cell where I learned Rachael's story and where I saw what institutionalized racism, ageism and ableism really look like up close and personal.

While all the deputies told me, "You don't look like you belong here" (a clear nod to what the color of my skin signaled to them), they treated Rachael with disdain. Had it not been for my ability to assist her, I have no doubt that she would have found it nearly impossible to get her basic needs met. In the jail, where everything from food to sleep to outdoor time to clean clothes is doled out in a hyper-militaristic fashion, even an energetic 20-something would be physically and emotionally spent.

But what was even worse was how some employees targeted her. One deputy in particular, a White blonde woman, had it out for Rachael. The deputy, a White woman, hated me because I helped Rachael navigate the insane and unpredictable world that was the OC jail whenever she couldn't hear the deputies' garble over the cell's speaker box.

The deputy was a sporadic figure on our cell block's rotation, often paired up with a Black male deputy. But toward the last few weeks of my time in jail, she became a regular in our rotation and enacted a reign of terror on Rachael that went beyond even the callousness and cruelty I had already witnessed.

One night in particular stands out to me.

Prior to this deputy taking over our rotation, we hadn't had any cell tosses, a jailhouse term for when deputies make you leave your cells so they can go through your personal belongings for contraband. When our deputy took over, she decided to change our run of luck. One night, we were abruptly called into the center bubble of the cell block, the area that housed the deputies' command center. From this location, behind darkly tinted window panes, deputies had full visibility into our cells.

The call to exit our cells happened so quickly that I barely had time to give Rachael instructions, and neither of us knew what was happening. "Put on your uniform," I told her. With little time, we both threw on the requisite jail garb. Except Rachael had forgotten or not had time to put on her bra.

We were marched into the center and lined up against the wall facing the deputies' command center where the mostly male deputies sat in their private viewing box. We were told to lift our shirts above our chests and lower our pants below our knees.

In all my life, I've never felt so ashamed, embarrassed or violated. But what would come next was even worse.

Rachael had lifted her shirt but stopped below her breasts. The female deputy screamed at her. "I told you to lift your shirt above your chest." Rachael refused, explaining that she had not put on her bra. At that point, the female deputy got right in her face and yelled at her for forgetting her bra. "When I tell you to put on your full uniform, I mean everything, including your bra." She chastised and berated Rachael for never listening to or following her orders.

She wouldn't stop. We stood there for what felt like centuries while Rachael, the one and only Black woman in our cell block, got chewed out by a White female C.O. because she had forgotten or didn't have time to don an undergarment, something none of us were expecting to need because none of us were expecting to lower our pants and lift our shirts in front of a bunch of deputies.

When Rachael and I got back to our cell we saw that it had been tossed beyond recognition: every single brown paper bag filled with what little comfort you can purchase from the jail commissary had been overturned, the contents littering the floor. Some of it was even destroyed. It was at that moment that my soul started to break, not only for the indignity we had all suffered but also from the crushing guilt of not standing up for Rachael for fear of being Tasered or put in solitary confinement.

As I am now confronted yet again with the systemic racism of our military police state, I feel the same crushing guilt for standing silently by while Black lives suffer. And while I am scared to death of the repercussions of taking a stand-scared to death of the very thought of being thrown into a jail cell again-I can no longer ignore what we've been ignoring as a nation for centuries.

Rachael's life matters. Black lives matter. And if you don't stand with us who believe this, you are against us.

Michelle Hadley spent 88 days in the Orange County Central Women's Jail for a crime she did not commit. After being exonerated, she moved to New York City where she works in marketing.
The Orange County Jail did not respond to requests for comment. Hadley's experiences are consistent with a 2017 ACLU report on Orange County jails which found instances of verbal harassment, targeting of Black detainees, strip searches of female detainees in front of male deputies, and trashed cells after searches.
* Name has been changed to protect "Rachael's" privacy.

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How My White Privilege Protected Me In Jail

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Perspectives from those who work and live in the criminal justice system. Sign up to receive "Life Inside" emailed to you every week. When I was framed for a crime by a White, male U.S.

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In this new Barbie ad, it is showing how when kids play with dolls it unlocks the part of their brains that deal with empathy. But one thing I noticed in the Ad, was that there were only young girls in it. I think to make this Ad better, they could also show young boys playing with dolls, because this is a very common thing.

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This article explains that no matter your gender, don't let colors define you! We know that pink is usually associated with women, and blue for men. "Be the definition of confidence in every color you wear! In earlier days, pink was considered as a masculine color."

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"Color is a power which directly influences the soul", said by Wassily Kandinsky. Color has a specific impact on humans. Color influences how people think and behave. Color psychology determines the human behavior and hues of their color preference. Colors have qualities that can cause certain emotions, changes, impact on people. Nature has its own color and color have its own nature. Every living and non-living thing has their color nature and preference. Everyone in this world has their choice of favoritism when it comes to color and certain beliefs in it. Several factors such as gender, age, culture, region and so on plays a wide role in determining the color preference. One of the most widely documented factor is gender. Professor Jeanette Fisher said that, "Color affects human beings, every day of their lives, even during their very earliest childhood. In fact, studies have shown that babies respond more readily to bright, primary colors than to pastel colors. The primary color of the most preschool children, up to the age of five, is bright red. Young children show a preference for bright yellow. When it comes to adults, blue, black, and pink color has a huge preference". As we all know, a certain gender-based tradition has been followed by the people over decades. And the tradition is based on pink color. Pink is the chosen color for girls and blue for boys is the principle of the tradition. Why is it like that? Why girls should wear pink and boys can't? Author Sandy Dumont wrote an entire book titled, "Powerful Women don't wear pink", based on over 30 years of her research in the field of color psychology. Pink color has a soft nature and it is defined as a Sign of Hope. It is also known to be very pleasant as it shows Empathy. It is a belief if too much of pink is used in a certain place, it results in energy draining and lack of power. For example, Sports team sometimes paint their opponent's locker room in pink color for reducing their energy. In content marketing, choice of color is preferred as an emotional cue. Color choice impact negatively as well as positively in someone's life. Pink color is considered as a sense of compassion and passion for love in an unconditional way. Jo B.Paoletti detailed in her book about the pink and blue. In her book, he mentioned, "pink and blue were not considered as gender-specific colors and were interchangeably in infant's nurseries and children's clothing accessories." Most popular people sometimes admire pink color to the extent. Indian Actress Katrinakaif's favorite color is pink. Even some huge celebrities like Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift, Kate Hudson colored their hair in stylish pink for several award shows. Men can be handsome, attractive, elegant and sexy in pink. There are no certain rules and regulations for one's color preference. Every individual has their own right for choosing their own color choice.

Even pets have their favorite color nowadays. Some people avoid some colors just because their pets don't like that color. Sometimes we believe in lucky colors for our success, good things. Most of the boys out there, even though they like pink they hesitate to wear pink because of other people opinions. It has been proved by the retailers, that pink color shirts are less in sale, every year. One cannot decide other's character by their color preference without knowing and understanding them properly. Some popular cinema celebrities regularly wearing pink shirts and attract people with their lavishing looks.

Don't let the color describe you! Be the definition of confidence in every color you wear! In earlier days, pink was considered as a masculine color. Later that thing has been changed into pink for feminism, girly color and so on. In Japan, pink color represents the warriors (Samurais). The country even has an association for pink color. For the gentlemen and boys, dare yourself to wear pink if you like, regardless of other's opinions. In 2015, a picture of pink color shoe goes viral and let the people in confusion to decide whether it is pink or gray? The famous Italian football team Palermo's home color is pink since 1907. Let the upcoming years change the myth and the tradition of pink color. Every individual can decide for themselves. They can't be forced to restrict their opinions, nature and choices.

Colors are not discovered based on gender. Every color is likable and appreciable for its kind and nature. Currently, most of the people shows in uniqueness in fashion. Fashion relies on color entirely. Boys can be stylish in pink shirts and pajamas. Girls can be beautiful in blue churidars and sarees. Men are not restricted to wear pink, but they are influenced by the external factors. In this trendy and modern world, individuals are focused in their own fashion and trends. The pink tradition is changeable and most of the people setting an example for the trendsetting. The trendsetters are able to express themselves without any influences. Pink is a good and positive color. It can be either masculine or feminine. It is totally depending on one's opinion and his/her own perception. Choose the color for yourself, whatever the color is, just add some confidence and wear it confidently.

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"We are here to provide supplemental menstrual product for your Flow. Keep in mind, not all women have vaginas and not all people with vaginas are women. All our services are inclusive for anyone who menstruates."

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Sseko Hires Ugandan Women and Ensures the Women Get a College Education

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Sseko Hires Ugandan Women and Ensures the Women Get a College Education

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Sseko hires women in Uganda to make their clothing, footwear and accessories, enabling garment workers to earn good money. The brand also ensures these workers receive college educations, allowing them to get out of factories and pursue their larger dreams.

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Liz, Fellows and Women from Uganda all share about the Sseko story!

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They Don't Care About Us- Michael Jackson

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They Don't Care About Us- Michael Jackson

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Michael Jackson spreads a very important message in his song, "They Don't Care About Us" In this powerful music video, he shows people of color and the challenges they face with police brutality.

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Michael Jackson - They Don't Care About Us

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This man explains how women are oppressed, in the body, mind, and matters of the soul. 90% of SA victims are women, women are the central victims of sex trafficking, we are still debating over a women's right to their body's, and we say that God created woman, for man.

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@fatalprose
Reply to @pressorlindo @pytcassia #blackherstorymonth #misogynoir #patriarchy #womanism
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This Tik Tok shows some of the best signs from the Women's March in 2022. "Who anointed you the coochie police" "I am running out of ideas for these signs so please stop!" These are some of the signs for the women's reproductive rights march.

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#women have had enough! #bansoffourbodies #womensmarch #abortionisessentialhealthcare #prochoice #prowomen #fyp #foryou #voteblue2022💙
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Why is Intersectional Feminism Necessary?

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Why is Intersectional Feminism Necessary?

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In this Tik Tok, a mother explains how her boys like to do the same things she does.. Which includes painting their nails together!
But, when the boys go to their dads house, he says "take that off, nail painting is only for girls." The mother explains to the boys that anyone can paint their nails, todays society is just thinking wrong!

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@30ishandthriving
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Why Are Boys Not Allowed to Play With Dolls?

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Why Are Boys Not Allowed to Play With Dolls?

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This article talks about how gender stereotypes consider dolls to be feminine, and how when men show emotion they often become humiliated because it's not what society considers a "manly characteristic."

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Boys are often not allowed or encouraged to play with dolls because of prevailing gender stereotypes that consider dolls to be feminine, and thus not ideal for boys.

While there aren't any hard and fast rules regarding parenting and the gender-influenced choices for your children, there are still some old modes of thinking that prevail. The belief that pink is for girls and blue is for boys remains deeply engrained, such that many parents are a bit hesitant when their child demands something outside the perceived gender norms.

This brings up the question: is it wrong to want our child to fit into gender norms? Not necessarily, but is it wrong to gradually steer them towards what is considered masculine and what is considered feminine? In the past, and sometimes to this day, why has it been considered shameful if a boy wants to play with dolls or when girls want to play with toy cars? Let's dig deeper and find out...
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What Are Stereotypes?

Stereotypes refer to holding oversimplified or over-generalized beliefs about a particular group in society. This group can be formed on the basis of sex, nationality, race, religion, culture, socioeconomic status etc.

Basically, anything and everything that has certain similarities is grouped and labelled in order for us to better understand the world around us. Think of it in this way; is it easier to find notes in your backpack when you have labelled files for science, history and geography, or is it better to keep them all in one file and search through the whole stack for one particular thing? This is how stereotyping helps, in theory.

While it does help us understand the world, it's a lazy form of work by the mind that all humans do. Just because someone belongs to a particular nationality or religion does not mean that they will lack individual differences and unique qualities that sets them apart from the qualities of their most obvious label.

What Are Gender Stereotypes?

Gender stereotypes refer to the beliefs, behaviors and roles that are assigned to individuals based on their gender. This means that society predetermines how males and females ought to behave in society. Females are commonly stereotyped as overly emotional, while males are stereotyped as rational and competitive.

Due to this stereotype, men who display emotions of affection or tears are often humiliated because that's not what the society considers to be a manly characteristic. In the same way, if a woman wants to enter the professions of law or business, she is not universally encouraged, as that is not what is expected from a woman!
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So how does this have any connection with boys not being allowed to play with dolls? Determining career paths based on gender norms is a much later stage of how gender stereotyping affects our lives. However, it starts as early as age 2 or 3, when children are taught to socialize based on gender norms, with things as small as parents telling them what toys are appropriate for their gender. Boys are given cars, superheroes, monsters and 'manly' things to play with. Girls are given dolls, kitchen sets, and craft sets to play with. However, if boys want to play with dolls, they're often discouraged because of gender stereotypes. This early socialization builds the path to career choices, where women naturally take up nurturing roles and men become more ambitious and competitive.

Are Gender Stereotypes Innate In Children Or Are They Developed By Society?

As we all should know by now, there is a difference between gender and sex. Sex is a purely biological factor of being a male or female, depending on your reproductive parts. Gender, on the other hand, refers to the expected role that one is required to play as a male or female. It refers to the social roles attached to the sex of a person. This clearly indicates that gender stereotyping is not natural.

To show that such preferences are not innate in children, New York University and Arizona State University conducted a study on 100 two-year-old children. They found that one-third of the time, boys chose 'girl toys' more often than girls did. Conversely, 'boy toys' were picked by girls more than by boys!

Marketing Of Toys Perpetuating Gender Stereotypes?

Types Of Toys

You will see the subtle (or outright and blatant) signs of gender-based marketing everywhere. Go to any toy store and you will find toys relating to construction, aggression, and action marketed towards boys, while toys related to grooming, appearance, and homemaking will be marketed towards girls.

This early distinction of toys being gender-specific impacts the long-term behavior deemed 'appropriate' for that gender. A study conducted by a UK-based campaign 'Let Toys Be Toys' revealed that the way toys are marketed is clearly sexist and limiting. This also has an impact on boys displaying behaviors of aggression and control, which is 'expected' of them, whereas girls instead become passive and nurturing.

Colour Palettes

Apart from the category of toys showing gender bias, the colour palettes are also chosen very carefully by toy marketers. Bold colours are generally assigned for 'boy toys' and pastel and light colours are often marketed towards girls. A study conducted to analyse gender biases in a worldwide known e-commerce toy store Disney found that colours like black, grey, red and brown were generally used for boys' action toys and the girls' toys racks are always flooded with pastel colours especially pink and purple. Since boys are stereotyped and encouraged for being dominating, the choice of bold colours like red and black reiterate dominance.
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When children emerge from the womb, they have no idea what gender-based roles are expected of them. Any such beliefs are taught by society and this process begins with discrimination between choosing toys. This is when children start distinguishing each other based on their gender, but this is an outdated and foolish practice that should be eliminated. The marketing of toys should be gender-neutral, and we should gradually do away with this idea of pink vs. blue being the fundamental line upon which we define the complex and beautiful development of boys and girls.

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Boys are often not allowed or encouraged to play with dolls because of prevailing gender stereotypes that consider dolls to be feminine, and thus not ideal for boys. While there aren't any hard and fast rules regarding parenting and the gender-influenced choices for your children, there are still some old modes of thinking that prevail.

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Female Police Officers Who Broke Stereotypes Hope to Inspire the Next Generation

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Female Police Officers Who Broke Stereotypes Hope to Inspire the Next Generation

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In this article, Cara Rosi talks about what it was like for her to become a female police officer. She says, "For my first 10 years, I was the only female on my shift. For me, in my position now, it’s a very lonely place. There’s not a lot women."

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In January 1994, Cara Rossi and two other women joined the Natick Police Department, a rarity in MetroWest at the time.

Framingham and Sherborn were the only other nearby communities that had female officers. Male coworkers weren't used to them and the public did not know what to make of the new female officers when they hit the streets, said Rossi, now a lieutenant in Natick.

"It was a mixed bag," she said. "Most of the officers we worked with out on the streets were great, but the public wasn't used to seeing us. The older crowd had a problem with us because they had never seen women like us before. I did have to express to sergeants at times about things that were not acceptable to me."

Becoming a police officer, particularly a generation ago, could be intimidating for a woman because she was frequently the only female officer on duty.

"Picture going into work and consistently being the only man in the room," Rossi said. "You're wondering how you're going to get along with the others? How are you going to fit in? There are more than six of us on the police department now, but for my first 10 years, I was the only female on my shift. For me, in my position now, it's a very lonely place. There's not a lot women. It's like 1% nationally who reach the command staff level."

Policing was heavily geared toward men when Rossi started, from the physical requirements to the equipment used, she said. Her early uniforms were made for men. Police belts weren't made to accommodate the shape of a woman's body, and she had to buy a custom bulletproof vest.

Many of the physical requirements, Rossi said, aren't realistic in terms of what's truly needed to be a police officer.

"I've been in my fair share of tussles, and endurance means a lot and having quick, explosive movements is more important than being able to bench-press 400 pounds," she said.

Why is it important for women to be police officers?

Early in her career, Rossi said she learned that male suspects who were physical with a male officer didn't have that tendency with women. She spoke of one incident in which there was a man barricaded in his home threatening violence. Rossi's superior officer sent her to the door to speak with him.

"I started speaking to him and he came right out," she said. "Women tend to be better with communication skills. There's less use of force, because women are better communicators and males feel less of a need to resist for ego reasons."

Female officers would often get pigeonholed as school resource officers or domestic violence/sexual assault investigators, Rossi said.

That was Holliston police Detective Ciara Maguire's first assignment upon becoming a detective. She is now a general investigator.

"I had to prove myself," she said.
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Maguire joined the Holliston Police Department in 1995 after stints as an EMT in Medway and police dispatcher in Franklin. She said not every officer seemed to be on board with having a woman on the force.

"I think there was some .... I know there was some hesitancy," she said. "I don't think it was said out loud, but it was there. However, a lot of the officers were just happy to have another motivated person on the force, and that outweighed those who may have been skeptical about having a female join the department. I was just motivated and happy to be working as a police officer. I never felt like I had to be better than the men. I just felt I had to do a really good job for the community I served."

Sometimes it took the public a little while to get used to seeing her when she responded to calls. Maguire remembered going to a home for a "lift assist," where a man fell down. He was not injured, but could not get up on his own. She was greeted at the door by the man's wife.

"She said, 'I think you need to ask one of the men to come help you,'" Maguire recalled. "I was like, 'I'm not calling someone.' I did it myself. I wasn't leaving the house without getting him up. I think at the end of the day, we all have the same handcuffs. We have the same training. We go through the same academy."

Although Maguire said she hasn't had a lot of negative experiences, she said she knows it happens to other women. One of her best memories was when a male officer stopped thinking of her as a female officer, and instead as just another cop.

"I had a male officer come up to me and say, 'I didn't think you had what it takes to be a police officer, (but) I don't think of you as a female police officer, you're just a good police officer,'" she said. "That meant a lot."

Recruiting female police officers

Rachel Mickens did not come from a long line of police officers. Instead, the newly promoted Framingham police lieutenant got inspiration from a female officer when she was a child.

"I wanted to be a police officer because I got inspired by DARE Officer Deb Capobianco, who just retired a couple of years ago," said Mickens, who became a police officer in 2007. "Obviously, seeing a woman in uniform was pretty cool. It stood out to me."

Mickens said by the time she joined the department, Framingham had several women on the force, so it wasn't new for people to see a woman in uniform.

"Things have been very positive," she said. "I think I was lucky because those women who started in the '80s and '90s really paved the way for women like me in the mid-2000s. You still run into people here or there who will give you a hard time, but I think society is more accepting of it now. Sometimes people are surprised when they see a female officer arrive, not in a negative way, but just not expecting it."
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Rossi said stories like Mickens being inspired by a female officer need to happen more. She said if young girls do not see women who are police officers, they may not think it's a viable career path.

"There weren't a lot of role models when I first started," she said. "There are a lot more women now than 27 years ago. I hope they feel the same responsibility as I do to be role models, so women my daughters' ages can see that they can do it. I'm nearing the end of my career and I'm just trying to leave the field better than it was when I first started."

Norman Miller can be reached at 508-626-3823 or nmiller@wickedlocal.com. For up-to-date public safety news, follow Norman Miller on Twitter @Norman_MillerMW or on Facebook at facebook.com/NormanMillerCrime.

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Female police officers who broke stereotypes hope to inspire the next generation

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In January 1994, Cara Rossi and two other women joined the Natick Police Department, a rarity in MetroWest at the time. Framingham and Sherborn were the only other nearby communities that had female officers. Male coworkers weren't used to them and the public did not know what to make of the new female officers when they hit the streets, said Rossi, now a lieutenant in Natick.

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Eagles Fans Flip Car Near Temple University Just Before Super Bowl

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Eagles Fans Flip Car Near Temple University Just Before Super Bowl

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This news story is about how a rowdy crowd of Eagles fans flipped over a car and damaged several others just before kickoff on Sunday. The fans smashed the cars windows and spray painted it. No arrests have been made. People argue that if people of color had done it, things with the police would've been much worse.

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Philadelphia Eagles Fans Flip Car Before Super Bowl Loss

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Eagles’ fans flipped over a car near Temple University before the Eagles lost to the Kansas City Chiefs in the Super Bowl.