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The Bench Bar and Grill in Oct. 2015. The Bench, a bar right off Stony Brook campus, has a ladies night on Thursdays where women arent charged for drinks.  FRANCESCA CAMPIONE/THE STATESMAN

Keep your Ladies Night deal. I don’t want it.

Emily Benson March 5, 2017
It would be nice to pay a cheaper price for products without being treated as something cheap as well.
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26 SUNY campuses come to SBU for HeForShe conference

26 SUNY campuses come to SBU for HeForShe conference

Jessica Chin March 6, 2016
Stony Brook University united 26 State University of New York campuses at the Charles B. Wang Center for a two-day exploration on how to tackle gender inequality.
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Sex Issue 2016

What sexuality do you identify with?

Dorothy Mai February 9, 2016
As people are becoming more aware of themselves and the people around them, there are many more options to identify with in terms of sexual and romantic orientation.
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Transgender students face obstacles on campus

Transgender students face obstacles on campus

Kelly Saberi January 22, 2016
Choosing a new name is a big step for transgender or gender nonconforming students, but changing names on university rosters and email addresses can be a difficult process.
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Democratic New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, above, has been in office since 2009. PHOTO CREDIT: PERSONALDEMOCRACY/FLICKR

Report: New York moves toward gender equality in elected offices

Brittany Tesoriero December 3, 2015
New York is moving closer to achieving gender parity as the number of women who hold spots in state elected offices has increased, according to a report released last month.
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From left, Arnout van de Rijt, Vivek Kulkarni, and Steven Skiena form an interdisciplinary faculty research team from Stony Brook University to assess that women are significantly underrepresented in media coverage.

Under the Microscope: Women underrepresented in printed news

Ruchi Shah October 11, 2015
A project between the computer science and sociology departments at SBU has helped quantify and define the gender disparity in the media called the “paper ceiling.”
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Early this August, Target announced that it will no longer categorize its toys based on gender.

Targeting the toy trend

Emily Benson August 17, 2015
Toys will be organized based on categories or by activity so children will feel more open to trying new things. How is that a bad thing?
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PHOTO CREDIT: STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY

Professor leads first national study of transgender youth

Kelly Saberi February 25, 2015
Stony Brook University assistant psychology professor Nicholas Eaton, Ph.D., is leading the first large-scale national study of socially-supported transgender youth.
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“Top Drawer” exhibit physically embodies the struggle of women

Francesca Campione September 15, 2014
Gilmore, a performance artist, has a four-week-long exhibition, titled "Kate Gilmore: Top Drawer," at Stony Brook University’s Paul W. Zuccaire Gallery in the Staller Center.
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(PHOTO CREDIT: MCT CAMPUS)

USCB shooting highlights deep-seated misogyny in both shooter and society

Simran Gupta June 19, 2014
On May 23, Elliot Rodger took the lives of six college students and left seven others injured in a shooting rampage that took place near the campus of UC Santa Barbara.
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