Social Issues Readings | July 2015
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Violence
Sexual assault resistance research: What the headlines aren't telling you
Social media campaign aims to curb sexist behaviour at Stampede
Women's Issues
Stop calling women 'girls'. It's either patronising or sexually suggestive
Why Climate Change is a Women's Rights issue
Child Care
Want to help women in science? Provide decent child care for starters
Poverty
Minimum wage and the Grapes of Wrath
Eliminating gender wage gap would reduce LGBT poverty, study shows
Two Canadian mayors want to launch an experiment that could change how we think about poverty forever
Girls
Darth Vader is for girls, too: The young fan who forced Disney to change toy labels
High School student fights to display work on body shaming and censorship
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