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All About Women

Our Woman of the Month Award for August, 2025, goes to Jennifer Saunders, the first woman Director of New York State Museum.

Concerned about heightened security threats in Europe, Demmark is now conscipting women over 18 to fight in ita armed forces. Previously military service had been voluntary. A lottery system is being used to pick the women, while changes to barracks and equipment are taking place. In 2026, the conscription time will increase from 4 months to 11 months.

An expanding network called the manosphere is increasing misogyny and hatred toward women. According to the U.N., what was once confined to the fringes of the internet is now spreading to workplaces and schoolyards. Young boys looking for guidance and confidence are turning to sites that downgrade women and their place in society, stressing that men are the true victims of feminism. The frequent portrayal of women as manipulative and dangerous is building a toxic online environment for females.

In South Asia, investigators are finding that a disproportionate number of girls and women are being diagnosed with anemia, particularly among the poorest families. It appears that 50% of young females are anemic, with 18 million more cases expected by 2030. Put in economic terms, anemia costs South Asia $32.5 billion dollars every year, intensifying cycles of poor health and poverty. Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan and Bangladesh seem to be making efforts to enlarge nutrition programs, maternal care, and iron supplementation. Nepal especially is emphasizing community health volunteers and linking vulnerable families to public services.

Vanity Fair magazine has published the account of a doctoral student at Tufts University who was arrested and jailed for 45 days in Louisiana. The young woman was shuttled from one state to another, without being able to contact family or an attorney. Deprived of her inhaler, hungry and nauseated, she suffered a severe asthma attack. She had earned her master's degree with a Fulbright scholarship from Columbia University. At Tufts she had co-authored an op-ed in the University newspaper calling for the "equal dignity and humanity of all people". Her description of the harrowing conditions she encountered is softened only by the compassion of other incarcerated women.

A firm called Solos is promoting women-only tours, designed for women over 50. Seeking to be creative, the company offers events like yoga sessions at the Taj Mahal, rickshaw rides driven by women in Jaipur, a class in pottery-making on a Greek island. They plan to expand their itineraries and activities.

Ms. magazine asks why the U.S. is destroying roughly $10 million dollars of contraceptives and 500 tons of food destined for hungry children. One group called MSI Reproductive Choices had offered to pay for the shipping and distribution of the supplies but their offer was rejected.

The ICC (International Criminal Court) is calling for the arrest of the 2 top leaders of the Taliban for persecuting girls and women in Afghanistan. The Taliban responded, calling arrest warrants "a clear act of hostility" and an "insult to the beliefs of Muslims around the world". The United Nations had previously called the Taliban's restrictions on girls and women equivalent to "gender apartheid".

According to earth.com, male dominance in human populations is not universal. Rather, factors like social structures, ecology, and reproductive policies are determinative. Previous assumptions determined that same-sex aggression prevailed, but new findings indicate that opposite-sex aggressions are in fact common. Female-dominant societies like the bonobos or lemurs were once viewed as rare exceptions. The new data point out that where females gain power over reproduction, they tend to dominate in the society as well. Male-dominant groups often rely on larger body size, large dogs, and polygamy, situations where females have reduced ability to escape or resist.

Web MD discusses depression in women, noting that women are twice as likely to suffer from clinical depression as are men. In fact 1 out of 4 women appears to undergo severe depression during their lives. The article describes symptoms, bi-polar mania, the role of genetics, and treatment.

Bill Gates shares his understanding of childhood diarrhea across the globe and the efforts being made to combat it.

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Last updated July 1, 2025 - 31 years of monthly Web publication

Corinne Whitaker - Artist, Editor, Author, Poet, Sculptor, Publisher, Composer, Betaphysician, Chief of the Newanderthal Tribe

Best of Foster City 2016
Best of Palo Alto 2013

Golden Web Award, 2001 and 2000

Artist of the Month, Artisan Bazaar, 2000

Best in Cyberart Award, 1999

winner of BATech's "Catch of the Day"

winner of Fractal Design's "Artist of the Month"and "Image of the Day"

Featured Master Artist, Shadowart Galleries, 1997 and 1998

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