Lightfoot says she was ‘sexually harassed in a workplace,’ sympathizes with Cuomo accusers

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES

Acknowledging she, too, has been “sexually harassed in a workplace setting,” Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Tuesday sympathized with three women who have come forward to accuse New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo of sexual harassment. read more »

Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s ‘casual sexism’ hinders equality for everyone, author says

CNBC

Author Joanne Lipman said that New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s recent reported behavior toward women feeds into institutional sexism and fuels the enormous disparities in pay, promotion, and opportunity. read more »

Bullied & Burnt Out: Why We’re Failing Our Female Doctors

MARIE CLAIRE

On the first of June 2018, plastic surgery registrar Dr Yumiko Kadota was driving to Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital in western Sydney, where she had been spending nearly every waking hour – and many fitfully sleeping ones – since February. It wasn’t unusual for her to be working 120 to 140 hours a fortnight at the hospital, and when she wasn’t, she was on call, sometimes for eight days in a row, with phone calls waking her up at all hours of the night. read more »

Top Law Officer Denies Rape Claim as a Reckoning in Australia Grows

NEW YORK TIMES

A growing reckoning on sexual misconduct touched the highest levels of Australia’s government on Wednesday when the country’s top law officer went before the cameras and categorically denied that he had raped a girl when he was a teenager. read more »