KOMPAS.com - Nine in ten women have suffered some form of sexual discrimination in the workplace, a study has found. A vast majority of women workers have experienced ‘gender harassment’, which includes offensive sexist remarks or being told that they could not do their job properly due to their sex.
This more common, low-level sexist behaviour was just as damaging and distressing as overt advances, experts suggest. The researchers at the University of Michigan found that 10 per cent of the women surveyed had experienced the most severe form of harassment, in which they were promised promotion or better treatment if they were ‘sexually cooperative’.
The study questioned women in two male-dominated environments – the US military and the legal profession. It found that although few were subjected to actual advances, such as being groped, 90 per cent had been subjected to gender harassment.
This included offensive remarks about being female, their appearance, body or sexual activities. The researchers argued that this ‘leads to negative personal and professional outcomes and as such is a serious form of sex discrimination’.
Gender harassment ‘creates a hostile environment that disadvantages women’, they said. Often dismissed as a misguided attempt to draw women into romantic relationships, such behaviour actually rejects women and drives them out of jobs, they said.
The findings, in Springer’s journal of Law and Human Behaviour, concluded that harassment victims fared poorly at work. They were far more likely to develop health problems that affected their performance.
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The First Woman Prime Minister In Australia
KOMPAS.com - Mr Rudd was convinced to step aside after it became obvious during an emergency caucus meeting that he did not have the support of enough MPs to continue serving as prime minister.
The British-born Ms Gillard was reportedly backed by at least 75 of the Labour Party's 115 MPs, sending a clear and emphatic message to Mr Rudd that it was time to go.
The threat to Mr Rudd's leadership emerged on Wednesday night, after senior Labour powerbrokers told him that he had lost their support and Ms Gillard revealed that she would challenge him.
The prime minister was urged to step down, but a defiant Mr Rudd announced that he would go to a vote. After a night of frantic phonecalls to gauge support, Mr Rudd decided not to stand against Ms Gillard, handing her the prime ministership unopposed.
The move against Mr Rudd came amid fears that he could not win an election later this year, and hopes that Ms Gillard, who is seen as more voter-friendly than the rage-prone Mr Rudd, had a far better chance.
Ms Gillard is considered to be a consummate political performer, and is viewed by the public as warm and trustworthy. Born in Barry, Wales, her family came to Australia as "Ten Pound Poms" in 1966. She became engaged in politics at university, while training to be a lawyer, and entered parliament in 1998.
However, there is no guarantee that Ms Gillard's move to take charge of the party will put and end to Labour's problems. Ms Gillard was part of Mr Rudd's "gang of four", a small group of MPs consulted by Mr Rudd over policy issues. She had a hand in the scrapping of the emissions trading scheme, which infuriated the electorate and could leave her tarred with the same brush as Mr Rudd.
The political violence of the past 24 hours is also expected to badly damage and divide the party, and further anger voters just months from an election.
The leadership spill comes amid increasing public frustration with the government.
The Labour Party has a primary vote of just 35 per cent, with the Liberals polling 40 per cent. The dire outlook for Labour was triggered a series of unpopular decisions made by Mr Rudd, including the announcement in April that the government was shelving its flagship emissions trading scheme. Mr Rudd was also embroiled in a high profile fight with the mining industry over his planned 40 per cent super profits tax on resources.
The British-born Ms Gillard was reportedly backed by at least 75 of the Labour Party's 115 MPs, sending a clear and emphatic message to Mr Rudd that it was time to go.
The threat to Mr Rudd's leadership emerged on Wednesday night, after senior Labour powerbrokers told him that he had lost their support and Ms Gillard revealed that she would challenge him.
The prime minister was urged to step down, but a defiant Mr Rudd announced that he would go to a vote. After a night of frantic phonecalls to gauge support, Mr Rudd decided not to stand against Ms Gillard, handing her the prime ministership unopposed.
The move against Mr Rudd came amid fears that he could not win an election later this year, and hopes that Ms Gillard, who is seen as more voter-friendly than the rage-prone Mr Rudd, had a far better chance.
Ms Gillard is considered to be a consummate political performer, and is viewed by the public as warm and trustworthy. Born in Barry, Wales, her family came to Australia as "Ten Pound Poms" in 1966. She became engaged in politics at university, while training to be a lawyer, and entered parliament in 1998.
However, there is no guarantee that Ms Gillard's move to take charge of the party will put and end to Labour's problems. Ms Gillard was part of Mr Rudd's "gang of four", a small group of MPs consulted by Mr Rudd over policy issues. She had a hand in the scrapping of the emissions trading scheme, which infuriated the electorate and could leave her tarred with the same brush as Mr Rudd.
The political violence of the past 24 hours is also expected to badly damage and divide the party, and further anger voters just months from an election.
The leadership spill comes amid increasing public frustration with the government.
The Labour Party has a primary vote of just 35 per cent, with the Liberals polling 40 per cent. The dire outlook for Labour was triggered a series of unpopular decisions made by Mr Rudd, including the announcement in April that the government was shelving its flagship emissions trading scheme. Mr Rudd was also embroiled in a high profile fight with the mining industry over his planned 40 per cent super profits tax on resources.
Megan Fox into a Bikini Girl
She's considered one of the sexiest women in the world and Megan Fox proved why as she hit the beach in Hawaii yesterday.
The 24-year-old actress put her sleek figure on show in a mis-matched bikini as she frolicked in the Maui surf with her boyfriend, former Beverly Hills 90210 star Brian Austin Green.
Later she changed her costume, emerging on the beach in a brown swimsuit with gold detailing. Fox has found herself with a little extra time on her hands following the news she will not be starring in Transformers 3.
Her exit from the film follows a public spat between her and director Michael Bay last year, in which she reportedly said he was 'a nightmare' to work for.
The star, who played Mikaela Banes in the 2007 billion dollar blockbuster and sequel, insisted earlier this month that it was her decision not to resume the role.
Her next film sees her star opposite Josh Brolin and John Malkovich in the supernatural Western Jonah Hex. It is due for release June 18.
While reality TV star Heidi Montag has expressed interest in the role, British lingerie model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley is widely tipped to take over from Fox.
Bay and Rosie previously worked together on a Victoria's Secret advert after Ed Razek, chief creative talent at the lingerie and clothing company, drafted Bay in to direct the ad.
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Rihanna In Sado Masochistic
But Rihanna has outdone her pop rivals in her raunchy and suggestive new video for Te Amo.
The daring scenes portray the heterosexual Barbadian singer as a leather clad dominatrix, kissing and striking suggestive poses with dark-haired French supermodel Laeticia Casta.
The explicit video, leaked onto the web, even shows Rihanna as a dominatrix in sado masochistic bondage scenes.
The 22-year-old mounts the tied up Laeticia from behind, forcing her head down towards the bed.
She also crawls on top of her co-star as the pair, wearing matching PVC underwear, lie on a table.
Mother-of-three Laeticia, 32, is no stranger to controversial music videos - she starred in Chris Isaak's Baby Did A Bad, Bad Thing in 1999, which VH1 refused to air before the watershed.
The new video is set in the manicured grounds of the romantic 15th century Château de Vigny, just outside Paris.
It was directed by Anthony Mandler, whose casting call asked for 'beautiful, sexy and glamorous' females who are 'comfortable in their bodies'.
Mandler has directed videos for some of the world's biggest pop stars including Usher, Nelly Furtado, Eminem and Enrique Iglesias and Te Amo is the 11th time he has worked with Rihanna.
Writing on his Twitter page, Mandler enthused: 'Thanks to all of Rihanna’s fans for the long list of suggestions... we're gonna follow our instincts and give you guys something special...'
The isn't the first time Grammy winner Rihanna has pushed the boundaries with her videos. Her upcoming Rockstar 101 video shows her naked but for a few strategically placed chains.
Selling Sex
news from,KOMPAS.com - A woman alleged to have driven neighbours out of their homes by funding her drug habit through sex has been banned from having men at her flat during the night.
Natalie Gentle, 28, has been warned she could face up to five years in jail if she breaches the tough interim Anti-Social Behaviour Order (Asbo).
The council claims Gentle has caused 'a great deal of harassment, alarm and distress' to people living nearby.
It alleged she had been funding a drug habit through prostitution, pole dancing and lap dancing at her home in Manston Close, Ernesettle, Plymouth.
At least one family, it is alleged, had been moved into emergency housing, while others are said to have suffered ill-health.
The 28-year-old appeared before Plymouth magistrates on Thursday ahead of a hearing in July, where Plymouth City Council will seek to gain a full Asbo against her.
Her lawyer, David Teague, told the court that Gentle denied the allegations. 'She does not accept behaving in the ways described,' he said.
Gentle will have the chance to defend herself at the two-day hearing, beginning on July 22.
Until then, she is not allowed any male visitors - except her two brothers and emergency services personnel - between 10pm and 6am.
She is also banned from being found drunk or under the influence of drugs anywhere in the city.
The interim Asbo, which was originally made on May 11 but extended by magistrates yesterday, also prevents Gentle from causing any noise or disturbance to her neighbours through loud music, shouting or arguing.
She is also prohibited from using abusive words or language towards anyone in the city.
Prosecutor Dylan Sadler, for Plymouth City Council, told the bench how police in the area supported the council in its bid to keep the case public.
Natalie Gentle, 28, has been warned she could face up to five years in jail if she breaches the tough interim Anti-Social Behaviour Order (Asbo).
The council claims Gentle has caused 'a great deal of harassment, alarm and distress' to people living nearby.
It alleged she had been funding a drug habit through prostitution, pole dancing and lap dancing at her home in Manston Close, Ernesettle, Plymouth.
At least one family, it is alleged, had been moved into emergency housing, while others are said to have suffered ill-health.
The 28-year-old appeared before Plymouth magistrates on Thursday ahead of a hearing in July, where Plymouth City Council will seek to gain a full Asbo against her.
Her lawyer, David Teague, told the court that Gentle denied the allegations. 'She does not accept behaving in the ways described,' he said.
Gentle will have the chance to defend herself at the two-day hearing, beginning on July 22.
Until then, she is not allowed any male visitors - except her two brothers and emergency services personnel - between 10pm and 6am.
She is also banned from being found drunk or under the influence of drugs anywhere in the city.
The interim Asbo, which was originally made on May 11 but extended by magistrates yesterday, also prevents Gentle from causing any noise or disturbance to her neighbours through loud music, shouting or arguing.
She is also prohibited from using abusive words or language towards anyone in the city.
Prosecutor Dylan Sadler, for Plymouth City Council, told the bench how police in the area supported the council in its bid to keep the case public.
The Red Bra Advert,Too Hot in America
Network executives pulled the commercial starring full-figured model Ashley Graham over fears that it was revealing just too much cleavage.
Plus-size lingerie firm Lane Bryant was planning to air the advert this week during a break in Dancing With The Stars.
But ABC network chiefs refused to screen it, sparking claims that they were discriminating against larger models.
A source at Lane Bryant said: 'The cleavage of the plus-size model, they said, was excessive, and we don't think that's the case.
'It certainly appears to be discrimination against full-sized women.'
The 25-second advert shows Ashley in a series of poses in Lane Bryant underwear.
A voiceover says: 'Mom always said beauty is skin deep. Somehow, I don't think this is what mom had in mind.'
Lane Bryant said the Fox network also originally refused to show the ad during American Idol and insisted on the advert being re-edited.
They finally agreed to feature it during the final ten minutes of the show.
A Lane Bryant spokesman said: 'We knew the ads were sexy, but they are not salacious.
'Our new commercials represent the sensuality of the curvy woman who has more to show the world than the typical waif-like lingerie model.
'What we didn't know was that the networks, which regularly run Victoria's Secret and Playtex advertising on the very shows from which we're restricted, would object to a different view of beauty.'
A Fox spokesman insisted: 'We didn't treat them any differently than Victoria's Secret.'
ABC declined to comment.
What do you Think?
Andi Soraya and Maria Ozawa (Miyabi).
FPI considers Andi Soraya starred the movie with porn action as the Japanese actress Maria Ozawa a.k.a Miyabi did in her movies. "Andi Soraya is the Indonesian Miyabi, she terrorized us with sex bomb," claimed Habib Salim Bin Umar Al Athos, the FPI chief of Jakarta region in a dialog with the LSF or Film Censorship Instititution at Gedung Film, South Jakarta, Thursday.
"We come here because of the concerns from the Moeslems on the movie," utterred him. To anticipate the widespread of issue, FPI directly tried to get the confirmation from LSF. "We want to ask LSF whether the movie has been censored or not as according to the online reports the movie has been censored and watched by clerics and mass organisations.
Indonesian film producers said Friday they had withdrawn a horror-comedy movie about a menstruating ghost from cinemas due to threats from hardline Muslims. “We did this because the reaction to the film is outrageous. The situation is still tense,” K2K production house manager Evelin Hutagaol told AFP.
“Hantu Puncak Datang Bulan” was screened to a selected audience in Jakarta earlier this week and was due for general release on Thursday. The producers said they made significant cuts to the film before it was approved by the mainly Muslim country’s censorship board, including most of the sex scenes.
But uncensored clips on YouTube have caught the attention of Muslim clerics and radical youth groups, who appear not to understand that the edited version is different. Habib Salim, from a Muslim vigilante group which has ordered its members to attack cinemas showing the film, admitted he had only seen clips on the Internet.
“We don’t want the movie to be viewed by Indonesians because it contains illicit and pornographic scenes,” the FPI chairman said. “If theatres are still screening the film, then the FPI will raid those theatres. The film damages our morals. Do we want our country to be made stupid by watching this film?"
K2K spokesman Yan Wijaya said the producers had arranged a meeting between the censors and the FPI so the vigilantes could see the edited version for themselves. “We’re still arranging the date. We have to wait as this mass organisation (the FPI) is more powerful than our law,” he said.
The Indonesian Ulema Council, the country’s highest Islamic body, has urged Muslims to boycott the film but has stopped short of issuing a fatwa or religious edict on the matter. Muslim leaders in September condemned plans for Japanese porn star Miyabi to visit the country to play herself in a comedy movie called “Menculik Miyabi” (Kidnapping Miyabi). The actress consequently “postponed” her trip.
We've Found The G-Spot
Researchers at Kings College had studied 1,800 women and found no evidence of the fabled erogenous zone. They said it might be a myth encouraged by magazines and sex therapists.
But their counterparts across the channel - quick to defend their nation's reputation as better lovers - say the Brits were just unable to find the spot. Conference organiser Sylvain Mimoun declared that 60 per cent of women have a G-spot, it just needs to be discovered.
He said: 'In discovering the sensitive parts of her own body, this sensitive zone will become more and more functional. But if she has never touched it and no one else has ever touched it, it won't exist for her as a consequence.'
Leading French surgeon Pierre Foldes said: 'The King's College study shows a lack of respect for what women say.
'The conclusions were completely erroneous because they were based solely on genetic observations.
'It is clear that in female sexuality there is a variability. It cannot be reduced to a yes or no or an on or off.'
Gynaecologist Odile Buisson went further, saying the British character was responsible for a 'totalitarian' attitude. She said: 'I don't want to stigmatise at all but I think the Protestant, liberal, Anglo-Saxon character means you are very pragmatic.
'There has to be a cause for everything, a gene for everything. It's totalitarian'.
In the British study, published in the Journal of Sexual Medicine, 1,804 women between 23 and 83 filled in questionnaires. All were pairs of identical or non-identical twins.
If a G-spot did exist, it would be expected that both identical twins, who have the same genes, would report having one. But in cases where one twin reported having the zone, the scientists found that no pattern emerged of the other having it.
In fact, identical twins were no more likely to share a G-spot than non-identical twins, who only share half their genes. Co-author Andrea Burri said: 'It is rather irresponsible to claim the existence of an entity that has never been proven and pressurise women - and men too.'
Info From/Kompas.com
Now Botox for Breasts
It is the 21st century solution for new mothers desperate to look their best for a party or wedding. Injections of Botox into the bust tighten sagging cleavage, giving it back its pre-pregnancy perk.
With the treatment taking just half an hour, it is proving popular with busy young mothers who don't have time to go under the knife. But at £1,000 a session, doctors say it is best used as a one-off confidence-booster ahead of a special occasion, rather than as a regular treatment.
Sach Mohan, a surgeon with cosmetic surgery chain Transform, said: 'A young woman who has recently been pregnant might not have very much in her wardrobe that fits.
'But she is under pressure to look good just weeks after giving birth.
'This is another tool in their armoury.'
Dr Mohan recommends new mothers wait for at least three months after giving birth before signing up for 'Breastox', as it has been dubbed. An anaesthetic cream is used to numb the pain and the patient is given around 12 injections of Botox into the pectoralis minor chest muscle.
The freezing of this muscle causes other muscles in the back to strengthen, and the bust to lift. Wrinkles, caused by ageing, or just too much sun, are also smoothed. But the technique has its limits - breasts are not made fuller.
Gwen Davies, Transform's head of non-surgical treatments, said: 'Wrinkles on the chest area are very ageing and a dead giveaway to a lady's age, and sun-worshippers are most likely to suffer deeper set wrinkles.
'Sun damage rapidly ages the skin, leaving it wrinkly and saggy and unfortunately, while many women are cottoning on to wearing sun cream to protect their faces, they're not paying the same attention to their chests.
'Botox is now an accepted form of anti-ageing for the face, but our practitioners are constantly researching new ways it can be used to create a more youthful look on other parts of the body.' The technique is most suited to women in their 20s and 30s with A and B cup breasts.
The Botox takes around two weeks to take effect and last four around three months. Repeat treatments are possible but doctors say women looking for a more permanent fix would be better to have a breast uplift operation.
Although the initial outlay will be more, it will work out cheaper in the long term. Botox is most often associated with making faces look younger but has numerous other uses, including stemming heavy sweating and preventing teeth from grinding.
It can also be used in the treatment of migraine and is showing promise in easing some of the damage done by strokes. But other experts questioned if Botox has the power to make breasts more pert.
Fazel Fatah, president-elect of the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons, said that injections were no substitute for surgery when it come so reshaping and repositioning breast tissue.
Source : The Daily Mail
With the treatment taking just half an hour, it is proving popular with busy young mothers who don't have time to go under the knife. But at £1,000 a session, doctors say it is best used as a one-off confidence-booster ahead of a special occasion, rather than as a regular treatment.
Sach Mohan, a surgeon with cosmetic surgery chain Transform, said: 'A young woman who has recently been pregnant might not have very much in her wardrobe that fits.
'But she is under pressure to look good just weeks after giving birth.
'This is another tool in their armoury.'
Dr Mohan recommends new mothers wait for at least three months after giving birth before signing up for 'Breastox', as it has been dubbed. An anaesthetic cream is used to numb the pain and the patient is given around 12 injections of Botox into the pectoralis minor chest muscle.
The freezing of this muscle causes other muscles in the back to strengthen, and the bust to lift. Wrinkles, caused by ageing, or just too much sun, are also smoothed. But the technique has its limits - breasts are not made fuller.
Gwen Davies, Transform's head of non-surgical treatments, said: 'Wrinkles on the chest area are very ageing and a dead giveaway to a lady's age, and sun-worshippers are most likely to suffer deeper set wrinkles.
'Sun damage rapidly ages the skin, leaving it wrinkly and saggy and unfortunately, while many women are cottoning on to wearing sun cream to protect their faces, they're not paying the same attention to their chests.
'Botox is now an accepted form of anti-ageing for the face, but our practitioners are constantly researching new ways it can be used to create a more youthful look on other parts of the body.' The technique is most suited to women in their 20s and 30s with A and B cup breasts.
The Botox takes around two weeks to take effect and last four around three months. Repeat treatments are possible but doctors say women looking for a more permanent fix would be better to have a breast uplift operation.
Although the initial outlay will be more, it will work out cheaper in the long term. Botox is most often associated with making faces look younger but has numerous other uses, including stemming heavy sweating and preventing teeth from grinding.
It can also be used in the treatment of migraine and is showing promise in easing some of the damage done by strokes. But other experts questioned if Botox has the power to make breasts more pert.
Fazel Fatah, president-elect of the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons, said that injections were no substitute for surgery when it come so reshaping and repositioning breast tissue.
Source : The Daily Mail
Sex woman feel
Women Really Have Sex
WANT to get a woman into bed? Then don't forget to take the bins out. And it might help to run the Hoover round too.
According to a new book, Why Women Have Sex, having the earth move is often the last thing on their minds. After quizzing 1,000 women, it highlights 200 reasons why girls agree to a romp.
They include beating boredom and "because he bought me a nice dinner". Around 84 per cent of those surveyed admitted to having sex in return for getting household chores done or simply for a quiet life.
Others do it to CURE a headache, as an excuse to avoid dinner dates or even to make a partner jealous through cheating.
Sumber : The Sun
WANT to get a woman into bed? Then don't forget to take the bins out. And it might help to run the Hoover round too.
According to a new book, Why Women Have Sex, having the earth move is often the last thing on their minds. After quizzing 1,000 women, it highlights 200 reasons why girls agree to a romp.
They include beating boredom and "because he bought me a nice dinner". Around 84 per cent of those surveyed admitted to having sex in return for getting household chores done or simply for a quiet life.
Others do it to CURE a headache, as an excuse to avoid dinner dates or even to make a partner jealous through cheating.
Sumber : The Sun
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