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Educating on Unequal Pay and Equality For All: A Twitter Thread

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Educating on Unequal Pay and Equality For All: A Twitter Thread

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In a twitter hashtag, #LatinaEqualPayDay, many people speak out against the pay gap between Hispanic women and ultimately, everyone else. Many different people share statistics to educate those around them about the prominence of this issue and the reality surrounding it. Though this could be considered "slacktivism," the twitter posts allow for a conversation to be started.

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Educating and Marching for Women's Rights: An Organization and Rally

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Educating and Marching for Women's Rights: An Organization and Rally

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The Women's March is a great example of educating people on equal rights. This particular rally, in Seattle, will have guest speakers sharing their own stories, workshops for all who attend, and educational bits.

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We kick off a the anniversary of the first Womxn's March on Seattle with a RALLY. Hear from the region's most powerful progressive womxn leaders as they speak about the greatest threats and most inspiring triumphs our communities have experienced in the past year. After the rally, we will MARCH to Seattle Center, where we continue our day of service and learning. At Seattle Center, attend one of several "Activism 101" WORKSHOPS designed to energize, illuminate, and activate our marchers for the work to come in 2019 and beyond. See the most recent updates about the march on our website.

The Womxn's March on Seattle 2019 is part of a three-day weekend of community, protest, and activism called BUILDING POWER. If you're interested in participating in the rest of the Building Power weekend, see more information on our website. A summary of the rest of the weekend is below.
THE DAY OF ACTION - January 20 We build power THE MLK DAY MARCH - January 21 We build power by honoring the 14th annual Martin Luther King Jr. march and day of service. The Womxn's March coalition will meet at a designated area and join the march in progress as a show of solidarity know that no one is free until everyone is free. through CONNECTION at the second annual Womxn Act on Seattle. Engage with progressive leaders, seasoned activists, powerful organizations, and grassroots groups in a full day of ACTIVATION through workshops, lectures, trainings, small groups, panel discussions and community-building events at hubs and independent locations all around the region.

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We kick off a the anniversary of the first Womxn's March on Seattle with a RALLY. Hear from the region's most powerful progressive womxn leaders as they speak about the greatest threats and most inspiring triumphs our communities have experienced in the past year.

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Educating on Trans Rights in Hungary: A Video

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Educating on Trans Rights in Hungary: A Video

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This transwoman from Hungary presents a video in which she discusses the work she has done to educate those around her and speak out for those who are in a similar situation as her. By speaking up and out for transwomen, she applies feminist praxis.

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For my Capstone project in English, I chose to write an educational, informative piece regarding The Bachelor and how the show portrays women by applying feminist theory concepts like gender stereotyping, intersectionality, etc., in the paper. The link is a draft of my work.

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Though this video is about two years old, it is one of the most prominent and relevant forms of feminist praxis. Rather than stating their own measurements, the women in the pageant choose to each share the statistics regarding violence against women in their introductions, addressing and informing the audience of how serious the issues are.

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Women's rights is not only an abstraction, a cause; it is also a personal affair. It is not only about us; it is also about me and you. Just the two of us. -Toni Morrison

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Women's rights is not only an abstraction, a cause; it is also a personal affair. It is not only about us; it is also about me and you. Just the two of us. -Toni Morrison

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Addressing Your Own Privilege; Kyle Korver Style - An Article

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This article checks out the Utah Jazz's player, Kyle Korver, who openly and obviously addresses the fact that he understands white privilege and wants to "hold his fellow white men accountable." This was a big step for someone to speak out for this idea and to be conscious and aware of it, along with letting your entire fan base know as well. Not only does this article address his reactions to white privilege, but it also details how it has affected many players on his previous teams.

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NBA's Kyle Korver writes about confronting racism as a white man

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Utah Jazz guard Kyle Korver described two incidents involving black players in the NBA that made him reflect on racism and his own privilege.

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"If we aren't intersectional, some of us, the most vulnerable, are going to fall through the cracks." - Kimberle Crenshaw

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"If we aren't intersectional, some of us, the most vulnerable, are going to fall through the cracks." - Kimberle Crenshaw

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Pushing Toward an Intersectional Industry - An Article/Advertisement

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Pushing Toward an Intersectional Industry - An Article/Advertisement

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This article looks at how AERIE, the clothing company, has taken a large step forward to intentionally cast models of all different backgrounds, nationalities, races, ethincities, etc. AERIE has casted a plus size model, a south Asian, a black woman, a gay woman, a blind woman, activists, a paralympian, and many more in their recent hiring of role models for their company. If this isn't a step towards an intersectional, equal world, I'm not sure what is.

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Aerie's ad campaigns are about more than just selling underwear. Since unveiling its commitment to unretouched photographs in 2014, the brand has used imagery with size- and, eventually, ability-inclusive models to share that every body belongs in its lingerie and swimwear (and none need to be photoshopped to do so). Five years later Aerie is doubling down on that message with a historic first in its spring 2019 campaign casting.

Today (January 31), Aerie announced that U.S. Paralympic snowboarder Brenna Huckaby has joined its newest class of Role Models (a.k.a. brand ambassadors) alongside Busy Philipps, Samira Wiley, and Jameela Jamil, in its latest campaign. Huckaby's appearance is a major milestone for the brand: She is the first person with a physical disability to represent Aerie as an official Role Model.

While Huckaby, 23, has been candid about her experiences as a Paralympic athlete on social media, she tells Glamour that she didn't expect her career to bring modeling opportunities like the Aerie campaign with it. "When I started snowboarding, it was just snowboarding," she says. "And when I started competing, it was just to compete."

She reconsidered when Aerie came knocking. Aerie's models were the only ones she'd seen with relatable characteristics like scars or cellulite, unlike the alienating, one-size-fits-all airbrushing at other stores. "In the past I've bought [clothing] at the store because it makes me feel good there-but then I go home and I don't wear it because I don't feel like I should," she says. "I don't feel like I'm sexy enough or beautiful enough to wear it outside in public, and no one should feel that way."

That feeling was later compounded by unexpected circumstances. Huckaby was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a form of bone cancer, in 2010; then her right leg was amputated to remove the cancer. She now uses a prosthetic leg for mobility.

However, the amputation didn't prevent her from achieving her athletic goals. She began competitive snowboarding in 2013, and took home two gold medals from the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games. But it did make a sense of belonging and confidence harder to find. Models with prosthetics are few and far between, and their absence comes with implicit messaging. "When I was going through my amputation in 2010, there wasn't very much representation out there," she says. "Going through such a huge physical change, you're questioning what your future looks like physically as well as what you're going to be able to accomplish, whether it's getting a job or becoming a better athlete. But more importantly, you question how the world sees you. 'Are people going to love me? Are people going to find me beautiful?'"

As an Aerie Role Model, Huckaby answers those questions for women who, like her, have not been included in fashion yet: Yes, I'm beautiful, and I belong. "I wanted to be a part of [the campaign] because my sport, snowboarding, is so small," she says. "Add an amputation, and it gets smaller; then add modeling with a visible disability, and it's even smaller than ever. The opportunity to bring that to the forefront [will] open doors to inspire women who are going through something [of their own]."

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Aerie Just Cast a Paralympian Snowboarder As Its Newest Role Model

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Aerie's ad campaigns are about more than just selling underwear. Since unveiling its commitment to unretouched photographs in 2014, the brand has used imagery with size- and, eventually, ability-inclusive models to share that every body belongs in its lingerie and swimwear (and none need to be photoshopped to do so).

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Black Woman are Judged More Harshly in the Workplace - An Article 

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This research article looks at how black women are judged and treated in the workplace in compared to not only just white women, but white men as well. The research finds that black women are more harshly judged and criticized within the workplace due to the fact that they are operating under "double jeopardy" - an inferior in gender and race.

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In an American context, most publicly recognized leaders belong to dominant groups in terms of both race and gender: White people in the case of race and men in the case of gender. These perceptions lead to unconscious assumptions that white men are typical and effective leaders. Previous research has established that White female leaders are evaluated more negatively than White male leaders. Similarly, Black leaders are evaluated more negatively than White leaders who perform equally well. Since Black women are members of two marginalized groups (Black and female), they might experience greater discrimination, a "double jeopardy", compared the discrimination faced by individuals that hold one marginalized identity (i.e. White women or Black men). In organizational settings, leaders are often judged based on the performance of the whole organization. Biases about race and gender could impact judgments of how much a leader is given credit for organizational success or judged harshly for organizational failure. When they are judged harshly for failure, it also results in the leaders being penalized more for mistakes. This study examines how the effectiveness of leaders of different races and genders are evaluated under conditions of positive or negative organizational outcomes.

Findings

Black women are more harshly evaluated under conditions of organizational failure when compared with black men, white men, and white women due to the "double jeopardy" effect.

On a seven-point scale, men are perceived as more effective leaders than women with scores of 4.52 to 4.11 points on average, respectively), and white individuals are perceived as more effective leaders than black individuals with scores of 4.44 and 4.17 points on average, respectively.

On a seven-point scale, women were also perceived to be less typical leaders than men, with scores of 4.05 and 4.59 points, on average respectively. Black individuals are perceived as less typical leaders than White individuals, with scores of 4.18 and 4.43 points, on average respectively.

Under conditions of organizational success, Black men, Black women, and White women are evaluated comparably to each other, but still less favorably than White men.

Under conditions of organizational failure (e.g. corporate financial loss), Black women are evaluated more negatively and as less typical leaders compared to both Black men and White women.

Black women leaders may be unfairly judged as ineffective when organizations perform poorly. This is due in part to perceptions of Black women as atypical leaders.. The evidence also suggests that even though white women and black men also receive lower evaluations than white men, they also benefit somewhat from the dominant aspects of their identities that are congruent with the typical leadership role (being white or male).

Methodology

A total of 228 participants (50% women), including undergraduate students, graduate students, and working adults, were recruited in the student union of a southeastern university in the United States to participate in a 35 minute experimental session. Participants read a newspaper article that contained experimental manipulations for organizational performance (increasing/decreasing company earnings), leader gender (male/female), and leader race (Black/White). Participants were randomly assigned to read one of eight versions of the article before completing a post-questionnaire that measured the leader's effectiveness (scale of 1 to 7) and leader's typicality (on a scale 1 to 7).

MLA: Rosette, Ashleigh Shelby, and Robert W. Livingston. "Failure is not an option for Black women: Effects of organizational performance on leaders with single versus dual-subordinate identities." Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 48.5 (2012): 1162-1167.
APA: Rosette, A. S., & Livingston, R. W. (2012). Failure is not an option for Black women: Effects of organizational performance on leaders with single versus dual-subordinate identities. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 48(5), 1162-1167.
Chicago: Rosette, Ashleigh Shelby, and Robert W. Livingston. "Failure is not an option for Black women: Effects of organizational performance on leaders with single versus dual-subordinate identities." Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 48, no. 5 (2012): 1162-1167.

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Failure Is Not An Option For Black Women: Effects Of Organizational Performance On Leaders With Single Versus Dual-Subordinate Identities

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In an American context, most publicly recognized leaders belong to dominant groups in terms of both race and gender: White people in the case of race and men in the case of gender. These perceptions lead to unconscious assumptions that white men are typical and effective leaders.

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The Lingering Effects of Being a Black Trans Woman - An Article 

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This article looks at a group of friends who have recently suffered the loss of a few close friends who identified as trans women and were also black who were murdered unjustly. The group talks about how they find it hard enough to be black in America, but to add onto that their gender, which some still deny, has made them feel inhuman.

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LeShay Weeks almost didn't make it to the party. For 18 years, she has managed to avoid the south Dallas intersection where her friend Teniesha Johnson was murdered in front of her eyes, but today, on the drive to meet her friends, there it was, like a black hole pulling her down. For a moment, it snatched her breath away.

For Weeks and a small group of black transgender women, the back-to-back murders of their friends Muhlaysia Booker, 23, and Chynal Lindsey, 26, two weeks apart, had triggered a deluge of old traumas that lurk below the surface: their own beatings and brushes with death, being shunned by families, churches and employers, not to mention the million and one other indignities they endure daily, simply trying to exist. If there was anything harder and more dangerous than being a black woman in America, the killings reminded them, it was being a black woman whom society insisted on denying their true gender.

By the time I meet up with Weeks that Saturday afternoon in Lancaster, just south of Dallas, she has managed to push down the memories and collect herself.

All around us, the Juneteenth Unity festival pool party is in full swing, and Weeks and her friends have brought baked goods. Beneath a large canopy overlooking the swimming pool, Weeks, Robyn Crowe and Mieko Hicks buzz around promoting their weekly TransFusion Radio show, interviewing friends and passersby for an upcoming broadcast about the murders.

Somehow, their hair and makeup remain immaculate despite the 90F heat. Crowe sports a colorful striped print dress while Weeks practically glows in a neon fishnet onesie. Out front, Hicks doles out a tray of sugar-dusted bourbon balls her grandmother had made. "It's like eating a cookie with a shot of whiskey!" she announces.

Last year, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) called the mounting violence against the transgender community a "national epidemic". So far this year, 10 people have been knowingly killed in the US, with another murder seeming to hit the news every week. According to HRC, at least 26 trans people were murdered in 2018, three more the year before, and 23 were killed in 2016. Advocates believe the real numbers are much higher, as police and media often misgender the victims. More than 80% of those killed are women of color, their bodies discovered in parts of towns that often get little attention in the press.

I had come to ask them about Booker and Lindsey, but also about their own histories as black trans women, in a society where a majority of them experience poverty, homelessness and isolation. They are no exception. Now in their mid-30s and early 40s, they piece together a living doing radio, hair and makeup and other jobs, yet the hardships of their past are never far behind. And neither is the fear that they could be the next ones on the five o'clock news.

Days earlier, Dallas police had arrested Kendrell Lavar Lyles, 34, in connection with Booker's murder, and possibly to Lindsey's as well. Lyles, who is black, owned the same light-colored Lincoln LS Booker was seen entering the night she was killed. (On 20 June, police arrested another man, Ruben Alvarado, 22, for suspicion of killing Lindsey.)

Booker's murder had received intense media coverage, largely due to the viral video of her being beaten just weeks before she was slain. Following a minor fender bender in the parking lot of the Royal Crest apartments in south Dallas on 12 April, video shows Edward Thomas, 29, pummeling her with fists. A mob then joins in the beating. A few days later, Thomas was arrested for the assault.

But now, with Lyles in custody, the women fear the attention was already beginning to fade, like it usually does when a trans woman is found dead. There had been at least six in the Dallas area since 2015, most of whom were black.

There's a little vigil, a little anger for a second, then they sweep it under the rug

Mieko Hicks

Hicks is still mourning her friend Nicole Hall, whose decomposed body was pulled from White Rock Creek in Dallas in May 2018, the same month a Latina trans woman named Carla Flores-Pavon, 26, was found strangled in north Dallas. The police ruled Hall's death a suicide, but the ladies aren't buying it. "Explain how she wound up in a creek with a dog collar around her throat?" Hicks asks.

Or what about Armani Dante Morgan, whose bones were discovered in a central Dallas field two years ago? Police initially ruled her death an overdose but recently reopened the investigation. Morgan had been attacked four times before her death, friends said. Whoever gunned down Brittany White in October 2018 while she sat in a car on Gayglen Drive is still free, though police are investigating whether Lyles is connected. And no arrests have been made in the death of Shade Schuler, whose remains were discovered in a vacant lot in north-east Dallas in July 2015.

Looking at the greater Dallas area, there was Gwynevere River Song, 26, whose father shot her in August 2017 in Waxahachie. Going back even farther, to 2013, people are still angry that no one has been caught for killing Artegus Madden, 34, who was found shot to death in her living room in Savannah, just north of town.

"There's a little vigil, a little anger for a second, then they sweep it under the rug," Hicks told me.

"It's like we're not even human," Weeks added. "We're objects, animals."

To illustrate just how dangerous being trans is, Weeks points to a bullet still lodged in her hip from being attacked, then shows me scars on her hands and neck where someone tried to cut her throat.

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A mural on Cedar Springs in Dallas, Texas commemorating the 50th anniversary of Stonewall. Photograph: Allison V Smith/The Guardian

had attended a #BlackTransLivesMatters rally the previous Sunday, where the dead were remembered. About 300 people gathered in Oak Lawn, Dallas' famous "gayborhood", to bring attention to the slayings.

At the time police had identified no suspects, and folks were afraid and angry. "Let Our Sisters Live!" read one sign, along with one that simply said: "Leave us the Fuck Alone!"

After a few speeches, Krista De La Rosa, a local black trans organizer, recited the names of trans women who have been murdered across the country this year. They included Dana Martin, whose body was discovered in a ditch in Montgomery, Alabama, in January; Ashanti Carmon, shot multiple times in a DC suburb in March (her friend who witnessed the killing, a black trans woman named Zoe Spears, was found murdered this month, just blocks away); Tamika Washington, gunned down in Philadelphia; and Claire Legato, fatally shot in Cleveland, Ohio. Both died in May. And just days before the march, a black trans woman named Layleen Polanco was found dead in her cell at Riker's Island, New York. Officials haven't released the cause of her death.

I walked alongside Monica Roberts, a trans rights pioneer from Houston who has spent decades lobbying the Texas legislature and US Congress for equal protection, chronicling the odyssey in her influential blog, TransGriot.

On 29 April - nearly three weeks before Booker was killed - Roberts and five other transgender people testified before the House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence in support of a bill that would include trans people in existing hate crimes laws - something Roberts has done every legislative session since 1999.

In Texas, the James Byrd Jr Hate Crimes Act, which was passed in 2001, imposes heftier penalties for crimes "committed due to bias against the victims' real or perceived race, religion, color, sex, disability, sexual preference, age or national origin", according to Equality Texas.

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Mieko Hicks in her backyard in Garland, Texas. Photograph: Allison V Smith/The Guardian

Yet the law leaves out a person's gender expression or identity. Only 20 states offer such protection.

Booker's beating, which had taken place on 12 April, hung heavy over the proceedings. "Because of the anti-trans rhetoric that's been ramped up we've seen an increase in hate crimes," Roberts told the committee, noting that attacks on trans people were unique in their level of brutality. "Extreme violence is used," she said.

She reminded them of Booker and told of a transgender barber named Kier Rice who had been beaten weeks before in nearby Killeen; of a trans woman in Houston who had recently been shot in broad daylight at a gas station. She also told them about the four times her own life had felt threatened.

But in the end, like usual, the bill never received a vote and died in committee.

Looming over all of this, of course, is the broader, orchestrated attack on trans people from the White House and religious right: there's the military ban on transgender service members implemented by Donald Trump, the Department of Health and Human Services' proposed rule that would make it easier for hospitals to deny care to trans people, the Department of Housing and Urban Development's proposed plans to allow federally funded homeless shelters to deny trans people.

And then there's the venomous backlash against the Democratic-backed Equality Act, which adds sexual orientation and gender identity to the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964. In the run-up to the vote, leaders from 86 faith-based schools, universities, and institutions sent a letter to the House Judiciary Committee saying the legislation would, among other things, endanger women and girls using the restroom.

"If you want to bring the judgement of God on this nation, you just keep this stuff up," the televangelist Pat Robertson said. Cindy Jacobs, a popular evangelical author, went so far as to suggest its passage would lead to civil war.

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A mural on Cedar Springs in Dallas, Texas, commemorating the 50th anniversary of Stonewall. Photograph: Allison V Smith/The Guardian

While white evangelicals seek to deny transgender people basic human rights, discrimination within the deeply religious black community also works to negate their existence.

Nearly every black transgender person I spoke with in Dallas blamed religion - or a culture of homophobia informed by religion - for the disproportionate and alarming number of people killed.

Back at the pool party, the women of TransFusion echo those sentiments. "Black leaders and pastors keep preaching that gay and trans is a perversion, that we're the devil," Hicks says. "It gives people justification for saying we don't need to be here, that they can hurt us and nothing will happen."

Crowe's father was a Baptist pastor who kicked her out. Weeks' mother, raised in the church, disapproved of her transitioning and did the same. Hicks' father forbade her to dress as a woman in his house.

"It extends to the whole community," Crowe says. After four people were shot at a south Dallas car wash in early June, police held a community-wide safety meeting attended by prominent black leaders and clergy. When Hicks got up to reiterate the importance of Booker's murder investigation, the energy in the room just sank. "People walked out," Crowe says. "It was nasty."

Black leaders and pastors keep preaching that gay and trans is a perversion, that we're the devil

Mieko Hicks

"You grow up with these people and they know you, but they change when they realize you're trans," Hicks says. "You become their enemy, almost."

"Society doesn't accept [trans people's] view of masculinity," says Esperanza Brown, a friend who stopped by with her husband Carter, who is trans. The two of them run the advocacy group Black Transmen Inc which helps people of color navigate their transition journey. "Once they transition, they're transitioning to a weaker sex," she says. "They're not seen as dominant. They're giving up their masculinity, their manhood. And that's seen as a sign of weakness and society wants to attack them."

We discuss how this strict view of masculinity developed - how the institution of slavery negated black manhood, followed by Jim Crow and segregation, when men had to march holding signs that read: "I am a man." That extended to a predatory criminal justice system that put obscene numbers of black fathers, sons, and brothers behind bars, and the lack of economic opportunities for men in places like South Dallas. People have fought, suffered and died to live as men.

"Black cisgender people need to come to a better understanding," Brown says. "Just because these folks are trans doesn't mean they lose their black heart. But for whatever reason, people take it personally and attack. Like with Muhlaysia, someone actually raised their foot and stomped her."

"It's all about guys being macho and not knowing how to deal with the feelings they have," says Weeks.

Hicks chimes in. "There's a perception that trans women are getting killed because they tease guys," she says. "But if you look closer, you'll see that in most cases these guys had been going with these girls for a long time before they killed them. They knew what was going on. But one of their friends found out and they had to protect their image." To prove the woman fooled them, the men kill or silence them.

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Muhlaysia Booker speaks during a rally in Dallas in April. She was found dead on 18 May. Photograph: Ryan Michalesko/AP

Lyles, the man arrested for killing Booker, was a steady fixture in the trans community, Crowe says. "He'd come drink daiquiris with my gay father NuNu," she says, a reference to her "eternity family" that queer people often collect after losing their biological one. "He'd flirt with the ladies and try to go home with them."

It's unclear how long Booker had been engaged in sex work, but her story is a fairly common one. She transitioned at a young age and was rejected by her religious mother. She turned to sex work to support herself while also attending college and sometimes dancing at a cabaret. According to HRC, unemployment among trans people is three times the national average. For black trans people, it's four times.

They're giving up their masculinity, their manhood. And that's seen as a sign of weakness and society wants to attack them

Esperanza Brown

When Hicks transitioned 20 years ago, she had to quit her customer service job at Sprint when coworkers complained about her using the women's restroom. "My boss told me I could use the men's room or go across the street to Subway. I was totally uncomfortable with that," she says. "That was the last job I worked."

Strapped for cash, she placed an ad in a weekly newspaper and started escorting. She soon realized she could earn up to $2,000 a night. "My father told me the world would never take me seriously," she says. "But here were men who would pay me and tell me I'm beautiful. For girls who have been shunned by their parents and have no other means of income, here comes this option out of nowhere. And it provides validation when you're being told by the rest of the world that you're ugly, you're not a woman."

But it's also a dangerous option. Hicks was stabbed several times by clients and was forced to protect herself.

t took Weeks seeing her friend murdered before finally calling it quits. Leaving home at 17 sent her spiraling off the edge. Young and unaware of who she was, much less the new person she was trying to become, she became easy pickings for volatile men. For a year she bounced from sofa to sofa before finding a boyfriend who told her he loved her, who encouraged her to live her truth. Although he had a drug habit and sometimes beat her, Weeks stayed "because for once I was living as the person I was created to be", she says.

Together, they lived on the streets and squatted in vacant apartment buildings. Weeks became a chronic shoplifter and cycled in and out of jail. When the relationship ended, Weeks and a few friends started cruising Harry Hines Boulevard, a popular sex work spot in north-west Dallas. They worked in small teams to remain safe. One night at a bar, drunk, she separated from her group and picked up a man who took her into an alley. During sex he pulled a knife and tried cutting her throat, but she managed to put her hand between the blade and fight him off. The gash was so deep she still has trouble making a fist.

Another time, a date pistol-whipped her and drove her to an empty field where she was certain she would die. When he exited the car, she took off running and managed to escape. Workers in a nearby warehouse where she pleaded for help took one look at her and told her to leave. Later, a man stopped and offered her a ride but demanded sex in return, then kicked her out when she refused. "That night I walked for miles and miles," she says.

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'It's like we're not even human': the reality of being a trans black woman in America

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LeShay Weeks almost didn't make it to the party. For 18 years, she has managed to avoid the south Dallas intersection where her friend Teniesha Johnson was murdered in front of her eyes, but today, on the drive to meet her friends, there it was, like a black hole pulling her down.

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Laverne Cox - Black, Trans, and Proud - An Article

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Laverne Cox is a multi-faceted actress who has made leaps and bounds for the trans community in media. In this article, she shares about how questions asked to her in interviews were dehumanized, sensationalized, and invasive. She is a great representation of intersectionality.

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Laverne Cox could make history as 1st transgender actress to win an Emmy

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Acclaimed actress Laverne Cox wants to inspire the transgender community, heading into the 2019 Emmy Awards, where she might make history this weekend.

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In this video, a woman addresses her own privilege in a recent altercation with the police. She acknowledges the fact her first instinct when she opened the back door to police with guns was "What if they shoot my dog?" whereas a black woman in the same predicament would be concerned, "What if they shoot me?"

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"I am alive, and Tay is not. And thats white privilege right there because...If I were a black woman in this city my biggest fear would have been what if they shot me." ~

Courtney Miller Criminal Defense attorney in Arlington TX

WE NEED MORE OF THIS! https://t.co/llodVHS8jO

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"I am alive, and Tay is not. And thats white privilege right there because...If I were a black woman in this city my biggest fear would have been what if they shot me." ~

Courtney Miller Criminal Defense attorney in Arlington TX

WE NEED MORE OF THIS! https://t.co/llodVHS8jO

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"I am alive, and Tay is not. And thats white privilege right there because...If I were a black woman in this city my biggest fear would have been what if they shot me." ~

Courtney Miller Criminal Defense attorney in Arlington TX

WE NEED MORE OF THIS! pic.twitter.com/llodVHS8jO
— StanceGrounded (@_SJPeace_) October 18, 2019

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"I am alive, and Tay is not. And thats white privilege right there because...If I were a black woman in this city my biggest fear would have been what if they shot me." ~

Courtney Miller Criminal Defense attorney in Arlington TX

WE NEED MORE OF THIS! https://t.co/llodVHS8jO

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"I am alive, and Tay is not. And thats white privilege right there because...If I were a black woman in this city my biggest fear would have been what if they shot me." ~

Courtney Miller Criminal Defense attorney in Arlington TX

WE NEED MORE OF THIS! https://t.co/llodVHS8jO

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"I am alive, and Tay is not. And thats white privilege right there because...If I were a black woman in this city my biggest fear would have been what if they shot me." ~

Courtney Miller Criminal Defense attorney in Arlington TX

WE NEED MORE OF THIS! https://t.co/llodVHS8jO

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"She IS the MF'ing Speaker of the House!"

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"She IS the MF'ing Speaker of the House!"

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This twitter post looks at the idea that there is one woman who is sitting at the table with a group of all white, heterosexual men. At first, it seems as though this is a fight against oppression, but in actuality, she cannot be separated by the fact that she is also white, rich, and heterosexual. Despite being a great picture, it lacks any intersectionality. In reality, being a woman in this position is a great step, but without other differing factors, it seems rudimentary.

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Every professional woman over the age of 50 gets this photo. The only woman in a room full of powerful arrogant white men. Only in this photo she has the power. Third in line for the Presidency: She IS the MF’ing Speaker of the House! They have to LISTEN! #Priceless #NancyPelosi https://t.co/877W8c1Pe9

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Every professional woman over the age of 50 gets this photo. The only woman in a room full of powerful arrogant white men. Only in this photo she has the power. Third in line for the Presidency: She IS the MF’ing Speaker of the House! They have to LISTEN! #Priceless #NancyPelosi https://t.co/877W8c1Pe9

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Every professional woman over the age of 50 gets this photo. The only woman in a room full of powerful arrogant white men. Only in this photo she has the power. Third in line for the Presidency: She IS the MF’ing Speaker of the House! They have to LISTEN! #Priceless #NancyPelosi pic.twitter.com/877W8c1Pe9
— Sophia A. Nelson (@IAmSophiaNelson) October 17, 2019

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Every professional woman over the age of 50 gets this photo. The only woman in a room full of powerful arrogant white men. Only in this photo she has the power. Third in line for the Presidency: She IS the MF’ing Speaker of the House! They have to LISTEN! #Priceless #NancyPelosi https://t.co/877W8c1Pe9

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Every professional woman over the age of 50 gets this photo. The only woman in a room full of powerful arrogant white men. Only in this photo she has the power. Third in line for the Presidency: She IS the MF’ing Speaker of the House! They have to LISTEN! #Priceless #NancyPelosi https://t.co/877W8c1Pe9

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Every professional woman over the age of 50 gets this photo. The only woman in a room full of powerful arrogant white men. Only in this photo she has the power. Third in line for the Presidency: She IS the MF’ing Speaker of the House! They have to LISTEN! #Priceless #NancyPelosi https://t.co/877W8c1Pe9

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His Race and Privilege Seem to Get Along

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His Race and Privilege Seem to Get Along

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In this twitter video, it shows a white man rushing up to a police man holding something in his hand, while swatting and yelling at the police officer. Twitter has gone up in an uproar considering if this were a man who was not white, the police would have shot him instantly.

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Using Privilege As A Means to Success... A "Misunderstanding" - Article

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Using Privilege As A Means to Success... A "Misunderstanding" - Article

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Lori Loughlin, famously known for her Full House appearances, was recently arrested and sentenced to jail time for buying her child's way into a prestigious school. Without her fame, whiteness, or money, it is likely that her child would never have gotten in. Privilege, much?

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Sometimes, with respect to the law, it can be very hard to know where the crime line is. For example: Paying a relative stranger hundreds of thousands of dollars to Photoshop your child's head onto the body of an unknown-to-you athlete, purposefully creating the illusion of a long-running adolescent sports career you know your spawn never had - is that a regular thing parents do while helping their kids hone college applications, or is it some flavor of fraud? Muddy distinctions like these can be difficult to parse, just ask Lori Loughlin: She reportedly believes this whole college cheating scam thing has been "a huge misunderstanding." Really, it could happen to anyone!

Loughlin, as you'll doubtless recall, got herself in a bit of a pickle this spring, when federal prosecutors charged her for alleged participation in "Operation Varsity Blues." The former Full House actor had, according to the indictment, shelled out $500,000 to have "admissions consultant" and admitted grifter William "Rick" Singer create fake athletic profiles for her two daughters, vlogger Olivia Jade and Isabella Rose, casting them as coxswains looking to join University of Southern California's crew team. As many of her fellow parents pleaded guilty to fraud charges, Loughlin entered a not guilty plea - a move she is apparently starting to regret, a source close to her told Entertainment Tonight.

"She still feels it's a huge misunderstanding, but seeing others be sentenced has scared her," this anonymous confidant said. "She is watching the reduced sentences of those who have taken plea deals, and wondering each day if she's made the wrong decision."

"Lori has no choice but to hang in there and do the best she can," they added, but reality is setting in:

She is trying to live a normal everyday life and to take this time to stay strong but it isn't easy. Lori doesn't have the support she once had. She is feeling a 'fall from grace' having had a persona as a wholesome mom and now being seen as a pariah. People keep giving Lori a hard time for being out and about and looking carefree, but she realizes that she might end up in prison and this might just be her last months of freedom for some time.

Back in April, an anonymous source emphasized that Loughlin "really didn't know the legalities of what was going on" when she and her husband, Mossimo Gianulli, allegedly began scheming with Singer. Another source told ET in May that Loughlin "strongly believes she doesn't deserve" a prison sentence; understands her alleged bribery as a "selfless" act; and thinks she was "duped into breaking the law."

How sad, to be so misunderstood. Quick, somebody send in William H. Macy with the consolation balloons.

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Lori Loughlin Still Sees the College Cheating Scam as a 'Huge Misunderstanding'

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Sometimes, with respect to the law, it can be very hard to know where the crime line is. For example: Paying a relative stranger hundreds of thousands of dollars to Photoshop your child's head onto the body of an unknown-to-you athlete, purposefully creating the illusion of a long-running adolescent sports career you know your spawn never had - is that a regular thing parents do while helping their kids hone college applications, or is it some flavor of fraud?

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During a match between England and Bulgaria, the game was postponed, in match, twice due to racist chants, Nazi chants and slogans, etc., being said during the game. FIFA is taking extra measures to ensure punishment is accurate and to the most appropriate extent.

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ZURICH (Reuters) - Soccer body FIFA on Tuesday said it may extend punishments globally after racist incidents, including monkey chants directed at black players, marred a match between Bulgaria and England.

"FIFA may extend worldwide any sanctions that a Confederation or Member Association imposes for racist incidents, such as those which occurred in Sofia during the UEFA EURO 2020 qualifier match between Bulgaria and England," the Zurich-based organization said.

"FIFA therefore expects to be informed as soon as practicable regarding the relevant decisions of the UEFA disciplinary bodies in relation to this particular case," it added. "This would allow any sanctions imposed to be extended worldwide."

European soccer's ruling body UEFA has opened disciplinary proceedings against Bulgaria for racist behavior, including Nazi salutes and chants, and against England for not providing enough traveling stewards.

The game, won 6-0 by England on Monday, was twice halted in the first half and a public announcement was made under UEFA's three-step protocol for dealing with racist incidents during matches.

FIFA President Gianni Infantino said more needed to be done to tackle the "obnoxious disease" of racism which seemed to be getting worse.

"I call on all football governing bodies to join us and think together of new, stronger and more effective ways to eradicate racism in football," he said.

Competition organizers should enact regulations which envisage life bans from stadiums for those who are found guilty of racist behavior at a football match, Infantino said.

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Soccer body FIFA may extend punishments globally after racism at Bulgaria-England match

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ZURICH (Reuters) - Soccer body FIFA on Tuesday said it may extend punishments globally after racist incidents, including monkey chants directed at black players, marred a match between Bulgaria and England. "FIFA may extend worldwide any sanctions that a Confederation or Member Association imposes for racist incidents, such as those which occurred in Sofia during the UEFA EURO 2020 qualifier match between Bulgaria and England," the Zurich-based organization said.

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“If the immutable character of sex is contested, perhaps this construct called ‘sex’ is as culturally constructed as gender; indeed, perhaps it was always already gender, with the consequence that the distinction between sex and gender turns out to be no distinction at all.”― Judith Butler                               

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“If the immutable character of sex is contested, perhaps this construct called ‘sex’ is as culturally constructed as gender; indeed, perhaps it was always already gender, with the consequence that the distinction between sex and gender turns out to be no distinction at all.”― Judith Butler                               

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Newsworthy - Reconstructing a Dress Code... To Suit a Masculine Problem

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Newsworthy - Reconstructing a Dress Code... To Suit a Masculine Problem

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This school district became "aware" of an increasing problem with the length of girl's shorts when going to a strict, uniform only school. After addressing the situation, they decided the entire school should adopt the male dress code of "pants only" to eliminate this problem. They have adopted the idea that the masculine way is the gender norm and what should be adopted by all genders.

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Under the policy, all pupils must don trousers after concerns were raised over skirt length and to avoid discriminating against transgender pupils. But holding placards calling for "choice", girls said they would continue to fight the ruling. Libby Murray, 15, said: "They are taking away our choice. It's not fair." Her mother Cressida, a 51-year-old former teacher, said: "It really is a nightmare. They are essentially being told to wear a boy's uniform. And the cost is ridiculous. As is the waste of clothes."

Nina Cullen, also 15, said: "I don't think it's fair that we are being forced to change to a uniform that costs more than £100."

Her mum Sheila said: "The cost of the clothes is ridiculous. It's £119.90. This isn't gender neutral. It is targeting girls who now have to wear trousers."

Police guarded Priory School in Lewes, East Sussex, yesterday as teenage girls who had defied the ban shouted "let us in".

As headteacher Tony Smith looked on, pupils tried to storm the gates but, with the help of police officers, all those wearing skirts were turned away.

Dave Flower, 48, whose daughter Jess is in Year Nine, said: "Tony Smith talks to us but he simply will not listen. The school also has an exclusive contract with a firm that makes the uniforms.

"The parents are happy to take the kids home now. We are not giving up and have employed a human rights lawyer and plan to fight."

When the ruling was made in 2017, the school said it would only apply to new students. But shortly before the summer holidays it decided all students would have to wear trousers. A parent of a Year 11 pupil, who did not want to be named, said: "This is not about the uniforms being gender neutral. This is about having to buy completely new uniforms for only a few terms."

Parents stressed that they have been in discussions with the school about the possibility of a compromise.

Last night, a spokesman for the school said: "Priory School uniform is designed to be a practical uniform which encourages students to be ready to focus on their school work and activities."

ARE 'GENDER NEUTRAL' UNIFORMS A CLASSY IDEA?
YES, says Tony Smith, school headteacher
Our uniform helps us to dilute the status placed on expensive clothes or labels and challenge the belief that we are defined by what we wear.

We believe that a uniform worn without modification is the best way to ensure equality. We do not want children feeling vulnerable and stressed by the pressure they feel to wear or own the latest trend or status symbol. Priory School is not unusual in having trousers as the uniform item for all students.

There are at least 40 other schools which have a similar requirement.

Our core purpose remains the quality of teaching and learning.
NO, says Dave Flower, parent
Priory School has not taken into account the views of parents and pupils on this significant change.

It has not engaged in any consultation and has not listened to reasonable requests to vary the policy.

In addition, the school has not demonstrably shown that the best value has been achieved in sourcing any uniform from suppliers.

Finally, the trousers-only policy indirectly discriminates against girls.

And The Equal Opportunities Act 2010 places a duty on Priory School to ensure that they do not place the individual at a particular disadvantage because of their sex."

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Furious pupils flout gender neutral school uniform rule after banning skirts

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Under the policy, all pupils must don trousers after concerns were raised over skirt length and to avoid discriminating against transgender pupils. But holding placards calling for "choice", girls said they would continue to fight the ruling. Libby Murray, 15, said: "They are taking away our choice. It's not fair."

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An Advertisement Challenging Double Standards: Dream Crazier

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An Advertisement Challenging Double Standards: Dream Crazier

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Nike's Ad "Dream Crazier" challenges the double standards of gender norms popularized by society in sports. This ad challenges the idea that when women are emotional, it is hysterical, unreasonable, and ultimately, uncalled for. This ad takes a stand for women to express that it is okay - and at one point, all things seemed crazy. Dream crazier.

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Article - Gender in the Workplace: Long Hours, Not for a Mother

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Article - Gender in the Workplace: Long Hours, Not for a Mother

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This article looks at a heterosexual couple who work the same type of job, but the woman has been forced to work part-time while the husband puts in an overtime job. This article looks at how there is a lesser gender gap for people who can, and do, put in extra hours at work, but for a mother of two with a husband also working more than full time, it seems impossible.

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Women Did Everything Right. Then Work Got ‘Greedy.’ (Published 2019)

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How America’s obsession with long hours has widened the gender gap.

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The Bison Dance Team officially gained their first male member to ever join the squad. In a group primarily formed with women, this event, a boy joining a dance team, was big enough to make the news. The coach even comments that she has to remind herself to refer to the group as "you all" or "you guys" instead of "ladies" or "girls..." though "guys" is a masculine term for the entire team.

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Advertising - Women: A Masterpiece Worthy of... Indulgence?

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Advertising - Women: A Masterpiece Worthy of... Indulgence?

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Recently, Mariner Watches released ads that were nothing short of misogynistic or stereotypical. In these ads, men are seemingly in control of a woman, with their hands around their neck, and pouring alcohol into them... meaning that having a Mariner watch would grant you the manliest masculinity to control your woman.

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Mariner Watches has issued a fulsome apology after advertising for its watches appeared to condone misogyny, oppression and even violence towards women and says the campaign images were posted to its US page by one of its retail partners.
Three separate adverts have been shared across social media featuring men dominating women.

In one a woman looks like she is being forced to drink whiskey under the slogan: "Like whiskey and a beautiful woman, timepieces demand appreciation, you gaze first then indulge!!"

A second image a man is holding a woman by the throat with an Instagram tag line by mariner_watches saying: "Elegance is good taste plus a dash of daring!"

In a third, two women are draped provocatively over a man with a caption by mariner_watches that says: "Fridays are for ______? Fill in the blank."

On its Facebook page, Mariner Watches, which has a US office in Los Angeles, says: "Last week, one of our sellers posted a few pictures on our U.S. page. We recognize that some of our followers found these pictures offensive. We sincerely apologize for the incident and want to clarify that Mariner Watches did not approve this post. It was immediately removed once we saw the content of it. Mariner Watches strongly supports gender equality, and condemns all forms of violence. We thank our followers who brought this incident to our attention. Rest assured, we are taking every measure necessary in order to prevent this type of incident from occurring again."

The only retailer listed as a stockist on the Mariner Watches website is Morgan Jewelers, which has 15 outlets on the West Coast. On its own website, however, there is no mention of stocking Mariner Watches.

An additional apology on Mariner Watches' USA website makes no mention of a seller posting the incriminating images. It reads: "On behalf of the Mariner Watches USA team, we would like to sincerely apologize, not just to our customers and followers, but to the entire population of women and men. Our recent ad campaign was offensive, distasteful and an act of poor judgement. We want to assure the public that Mariner does not promote sexism or violence against anyone and posting these pictures was a mistake that will not be made again."

The campaign was shot by Los Angeles based Milan von Brünnis a Czech-born photographer who says his body of work offers an unique glimpse into the way he observes world around him. His work, according to his own website, is a celebration of natural beauty, especially beauty of the female form he often refers to as his "...bottomless well of creative inspiration."

Mariner Watches' Twitter and Instagram pages were not available this morning.

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Mariner Watches apologizes for offensive and distasteful advertising

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Mariner Watches has issued a fulsome apology after advertising for its watches appeared to condone misogyny, oppression and even violence towards women and says the campaign images were posted to its US page by one of its retail partners. Three separate adverts have been shared across social media featuring men dominating women.