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A New Jersey high school is grappling with the fallout from a scandal involving AI-generated explicit images of female students circulated by their male peers. It is just the latest example of the disastrous consequences of unrestrained AI on American culture. The New York Post reports that Westfield High School, a well-regarded school in Westfield, New Jersey, has become the center of a troubling controversy. AI-generated pornographic images of female students were reportedly created and distributed among male students, sparking a police investigation and widespread parental concern. Images and videos created by AI, known as deepfakes, can be very difficult...

A strange thing happened on the way to the 2010 midterm elections: the gender gap started shrinking. The gender gap is the name that describes the phenomenon of women voters tilting significantly to the Democratic Party. It was that was first noticed in the 1980s and has held true in national elections since then-until now. ABC News summarizes: Women voters normally vote in greater numbers for Democrats, but the latest ABC News-Washington Post poll shows women divided almost evenly in the generic ballot, with 47% favoring the Democrat, 44% for the Republican. Four years ago, women favored Democrats by 12...

Some radical feminists and anti-war liberals have very short memories. It's just three years after Saddam Hussein's ouster and some would have us believe the tyrant was in fact a protector of women's rights in Iraq. That Iraq under Saddam actually had progressive, pro-women policies that are now being "rolled back" thanks to the Bush administration. A recent report by "Global Exchange" and "Code Pink" entitled "Iraqi Women Under Siege" concluded that "the occupation of Iraq has not resulted in greater equality and freedom for women" than they had under Saddam Hussein. Much of the anti-war propagandists' defense of Saddam...

WASHINGTON, DC -- The Independent Women’s Forum supports the president’s nomination today of Harriet Miers to fill the seat vacated by retiring Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor. "Ms. Miers has had a long and distinguished career as one of the foremost lawyers in the country makes her a well qualified candidate. Members from both sides of the aisle have recognized her professional achievements and qualifications and recommended her to the President as a nominee," said IWF senior vice president Michelle Bernard. "While IWF supports the nomination of Harriet Miers to be associate justice of the Supreme Court, IWF rejects...

It has far fewer campus chapters than NOW, but a fledgling group called NeW is mounting a cultural challenge to the National Organization for Women and joining a growing attack on the progressive culture of U.S. universities. ___ WASHINGTON, D.C. (WOMENSENEWS)--"Out with the NOW, in with the NeW!" That is the motto of the Network of Enlightened Women (NeW), a fledgling college group in Virginia that wants to change the campus culture of feminism and challenge the agenda of groups such as the National Organization for Women, which has more than 100 official and unofficial campus chapters in the nation....

The battle of the sexes is back. According to a study set for release in The British Journal of Psychology this fall, men's IQs exceed women's by an average of five points. The disparity is more pronounced at higher levels, with three men for every woman scoring above 130 and more than five men per woman above 145 IQ. As you might expect, the study is being derided as sexist and dismissed as an inappropriate line of inquiry. Jessica Valenti, executive editor of the popular feminist blog "Feministing," wrote>A: "Excuse me if I don't take this very seriously... You can't...

arrived at Dartmouth my freshman year firm in my conservative beliefs -- and absolutely certain that I was not a feminist. For me, feminism was a dirty word, signifying a militant, man-hating movement that had degenerated to Marxist goddess-worship. The movement seemed entirely irrelevant, a far cry from the worthy battles waged by first wave feminists like Susan B. Anthony and others who fought for suffrage. Contemporary feminism had forgotten women. It wasn't until my sophomore winter that I started to really think about what it means to be a feminist. I took a look at myself, an Ivy League...

With the holiday season upon us, American women will be shopping for extra groceries and the special outfits required for endless get-togethers -- not to mention gifts needed for under the tree. Women looking for good deals and savings should recognize that it isn't just coupons and holiday sales that are creating bargains -- free trade is helping to fulfill all of these needs. In fact, if you've gone shopping lately, you've gone global. American stores are teeming with imported products ranging from Australian lamb and Belgian chocolate to flowers from South America. Even without the holiday rush, free trade...

The State Department has awarded an explicitly anti-feminist U.S. group part of a US$10 million grant to train Iraqi women in political participation and democracy. The group, the Washington-based Independent Women’s Forum (IWF), will help implement the administration’s “Iraqi Women’s Democracy Initiative,” along with a number of other groups that, unlike the IWF, have experience in international exchange and democracy-promotion activities, including the Meridian International Center, the International Republican Institute (IRI), and the National Democratic Institute (NDI). Recipients of the grants also include the Bangalore-based Art of Living Foundation, a volunteer organization that promotes yoga and other breathing exercises to...

Memo to Alexandra Kerry: Next Time Try Underwear! Those Kerry daughters! What will they do next to help their dad’s campaign? Back in March, 27-year-old Vanessa Kerry, weighing in on foreign policy, opined out of nowhere that George W. Bush had orchestrated the ouster of Haitian former president/Marxist dictator Jean-Bertrande Aristide. (Her father loyally backed her up, saying he’d heard the same thing from "a very close friend in Massachusetts who talked directly to people who have made that allegation." Oh really? Only double hearsay, as The Free Republic noted.) Vanessa, by the way, is in charge of the "youthquake"...

<p>Countless tulip bouquets and greeting cards will change hands this Sunday. Children across the land will burn toast making breakfast in bed. Hammocks will lie empty and sports will go unwatched. It's Mother's Day, and sons, daughters, and husbands everywhere will do their best to show love for Mom.</p>

    back to Articles Golden Girl Power How Social Security Reform Can Make Women More Financially Secure and Independentby Carrie L. Lukas4/28/2004 America’s Social Security system has two major flaws. First, it is financially unsustainable: beginning in 2018, money flowing into the program will fall short of what is needed to pay promised benefits. Second, even if the financial imbalances did not exist, it is a poor investment for young workers. The best way to fix these problems is to incorporate personal retirement accounts into Social Security. For women in particular, reform is urgent. Women at Work: Working women...

"If we open a quarrel between the past and the present, we shall find we have lost the future." Winston Churchill - June 18, 1940 We, the undersigned, object to using the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States to assign blame for the 9/11 attacks anywhere other than where it properly belongs: on Osama Bin Laden and his terrorist network. The purpose of the commission is to improve our security and intelligence capability to better prevent future attacks. The commission should return to focusing on the future, instead of playing a blame-game about the past.

Petition in Support of a Non-Partisan, Solution-Oriented 9/11 Commission"If we open a quarrel between the past and the present, we shall find we have lost the future." Winston Churchill - June 18, 1940We, the undersigned, object to using the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States to assign blame for the 9/11 attacks anywhere other than where it properly belongs: on Osama Bin Laden and his terrorist network. The purpose of the commission is to improve our security and intelligence capability to better prevent future attacks. The commission should return to focusing on the future, instead of playing...

<p>The chairman of the Federal Reserve ruffled political feathers when he stated the obvious: The government can't pay all the benefits it has promised under Social Security.</p> <p>In coming weeks, the Social Security Board of Trustees will release an annual report echoing Mr. Greenspan's warning. This is old news: For years, the trustees' report has warned looming Social Security deficits must be addressed.</p>

Riding in London’s Underground last summer, an advertisement posted on dozens of trains caught my eye. It read: “Live and work in America! Enter the Green Card Lottery. 55,100 permanent visas are to be given away by the U.S. State Department. Winners and their families are selected at random through a computer-generated draw. Travel to and from America whenever you wish and keep your current citizenship. Open to people from most countries of the world!” It provided an information kit a 24/7 telephone number for interested parties with the warning, “Offer ends soon, apply now!” Returning to Maryland, I filled...

<p>Feminists have fostered an attitude of victimhood among American women, says Carrie L. Lukas, director of policy for the Independent Women's Forum. In a report, "Dependency Divas: How the Feminist Big Government Agenda Betrays Women," Ms. Lukas argues that rather than helping women achieve independence, the feminist movement promotes dependence on government as a substitute for dependence on men.</p>

The presidential primaries turn national this week, with states as diverse as New Mexico and Delaware voting to select their Democratic challenger. Contenders must swap the retail politics of Iowa and New Hampshire for a campaign to build national appeal. One group sure to be courted is women. Yet for advice about how to appeal to them, candidates should look beyond the self-proclaimed feminist groups. These dependency divas sell a tired mix of victimization and big government that's out of touch with most modern women. But don't take my word for it. In a recent interview, Martha Burke, chairman of...

<p>Two thousand D.C. students will soon escape the crumbling public school system and attend a school of their parents' choice. Their freedom was won earlier this month with the passage of the Senate Omnibus bill that included $14 million for a D.C. voucher program. While the nation's newest voucher program was met by cheers from local parents, it was also met with immediate condemnation by self-proclaimed child advocates, such as Sens. Ted Kennedy and Hillary Clinton.</p>

<p>The world will have to wait at least another four years for a female president.</p> <p>Carol Moseley Braun -- the first presidential candidate endorsed by the National Organization for Women (NOW) in 20 years -- pulled out of the race for the democratic nomination and threw her support to Howard Dean. Braun was always a long shot, and even the New York Times called NOW's race to embrace her fringe candidacy "silly."</p>