by Ruth Ben-Ghiat | Jul 9, 2018 | Gender Politics
CNN.com, July 9, 2018 She arrives at the meeting to present a report that she’s worked on for months. Within minutes he’s at her side, telling her she looks gorgeous today. He sits next to her and leans in close. She wants to change seats, but he is her...
by Ruth Ben-Ghiat | May 1, 2018 | Gender Politics
CNN.com, May 1, 2018 The #MeToo movement has shown once again the wisdom of the adage that there is strength in numbers — even as it highlights that it is still difficult for individual women who come forth with accusations of sexual harassment or assault to be...
by Ruth Ben-Ghiat | Jan 23, 2018 | Gender Politics
January 23, 2018 She was sexually harassed in college. When she finished law school, at the top of her class, she only found a clerkship when her professor promised the prospective employer that he had a man in mind to take over if she didn’t work out. As a...
by Ruth Ben-Ghiat | Nov 30, 2017 | Gender Politics
CNN.com, November 30, 2017 It was a prank when Navy pilots — for whatever reason — traced a giant penis and testicles in the sky recently in Okanogan County, Washington, but an apt one for this moment: Patriarchy is flying high these days. Around the...
by Ruth Ben-Ghiat | Oct 26, 2016 | Gender Politics
CNN.com, October 26, 2016 Newt Gingrich, former speaker of the House and former professor of history, showed a lack of leadership and a dated knowledge of current American realities in his now-viral exchange with Megyn Kelly. Interviewed Tuesday night on “The...
