By Nicolas Lopez When journalists are looking for sources, more than three-quarters of the time they turn to me. Only 24 percent of the people you hear, see, or read about in the news are women, shows the most recent report by the Global Media Monitoring Project. Every five years since 1995, the Global Media Monitoring Project […]
Does Fairness Have a Color?
May 25, 2016 by
By Julie Gomez Nicolasa Sanchez recalls the moment she first noticed her husband was getting paid more than she was for doing the same job. “I look back and know that it wasn’t right. I should have spoken up.” “I thought this wasn’t fair,” she said. “But I didn’t say anything because he’s my husband […]
The Pink Ghetto Problem: Escape or Repaint?
May 25, 2016 by
By Victoria Landers Women make on average 79 cents to each dollar men make, and in some occupations, that gap is much greater. Although the gap is getting smaller, the difference between men’s and women’s earnings has seen some fluctuation for the past 40-plus years. “Today, the largest factors contributing to the wage gap are […]
The Work ‘Closet’: Alive and Well, Thank You Very Much
May 24, 2016 by
By Kaitlin Bain Mark Phariss, a Plano attorney and a past plaintiff in Texas’s most notable same-sex marriage case, worked in his previous job for 10 years, and every day he kept his sexuality a secret. Phariss’s past experience matches that of many people who identify as gay, lesbian or transgender. Workplace discrimination based on […]
Baby Blues at Palm Beach Tan: Two Mothers Speak Up
May 23, 2016 by
By Kameron Court Editor’s note: This is the opening story in a series on gender issues in the workplace produced by Texas Tech journalism students in the capstone course JOUR 4350: Multiplatform News Delivery. At least two recent first-time mothers who previously worked at a Lubbock tanning franchise say they have been mistreated by the […]
Think Like a Man. Act Like a Lady. Work Like a Horse.
May 23, 2016 by
By Karla Rodriguez Christy Martinez-Garcia knows what it is like to be working hard and hoping for a raise. Now the owner of Latino Lubbock Magazine, she recalls experiencing gender inequality years ago as an employee of the City of Lubbock. “For the work that I was doing, I was very underpaid,” Martinez-Garcia said. “I was […]
Empowering Women, One Step at a Time
December 16, 2015 by
By Karla Rodriguez Tiarre Pierce, a senior human sciences and pre-nursing major at Texas Tech, remembers feeling oppressed while studying abroad in India. During her clinical rotations, she witnessed first-hand the inequality women experience. “They go and get a second opinion from a male doctor and don’t feel like you’re worthy enough because you’re a […]
