Archive for the 'Gender Issues' Category

24.03.07 Cops can be gay as long as they don’t sway
Filed: Human Interest, Gender Issues, Asia, Crime and Punishment
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Cops told: Be gay, just don’t sway. This is the title of a news article from a major Philippine newspaper The Philippine Star, written by Cecile Suerte Felipe.
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has issued a warning to gay officers not to sway their hips or display suggestive behavior while on duty or they risk losing […]

23.02.07 Female only tourism island
Filed: Human Interest, Society and Culture, Gender Issues
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Iran is launching a women-only taxi company and soon, women-only tourism island.
According to the Tehran-e Emrouz newspaper, this island will be in a northwest province of Iran, on the Urumiyeh lake in Western Azerbaijan province.
Under Iran’s strict Islamic law, men and women are not supposed to mix in public, much less have women in bathing […]