Sentences with phrase «faced by female»

Panelists Discuss Pressures Faced by Female Leaders in Education Harvard Crimson, May 6, 2011 «Kathleen McCartney, dean of the Ed School and the panel's moderator, followed up on Smith's story and asked, «Is bossy a word you would use for a boy?»

Shockingly, Jenkins did not direct another feature in the 14 years between Monster and Wonder Woman — a gap that speaks volumes about the barriers faced by female directors in Hollywood.

Not exact matches

Another example: White Lady Funerals in which the typical dour - faced director in a suit is replaced by a kindly females dressed all in white.

While the career barriers faced by sensitive men and their female colleagues are similar, the risks in overcoming those obstacles are different.

Bloomberg Markets» Scarlet Fu led the discussion, which addressed a broad range of issues faced by young entrepreneurs — women and men alike — as well as the possibilities, obstacles, and advice for female entrepreneurs.

Many women are discovering that coworking, a model designed to not only embrace female leadership style, but one inspired by it, is a possible solution to the gender disparity they face in today's world of business.

Brand, whose venture capital firm invests in companies led by females, had a high - profile 2017 as an ABJ Profiles in Power winner, ranking among the top female executives in Central Texas, as well as being a featured guest in one of ABJ's monthly Face 2 Face interview events.

The ancestral female was faced with a terrible choice: either be left behind forever by the herd and raise her babies alone or abandon the nest and return to the herd.

Both Palin and Bachmann (Palin 2.0) are wholeheartedly touted by the right precisely because she is a pretty female face to put on their anti-female agenda.

The first two days, they didn't get a bat on the ball, but by the time they had to face the female fireballer, her vaunted offerings looked like changeups, and she was quickly driven out of the box.

Although the nursing profession is dominated by females, it faces the gender pay gap.

Election campaigns and access to the electoral process continue to be affected by traditional barriers, security concerns, absence of female voters and female observer groups.Past elections reflect significant obstacles women have faced as candidates, voters as well as election workers.

The «Fearless Girl» statue near Wall Street that has become a global symbol of female can - do business spirit will be moved from her spot facing the «Charging Bull» to a location by the New York Stock Exchange.

The female lawmaker added that she was informed to contest Bauchi South senatorial slot to reconcile the challenges faced by women folk.

By Sian Norris On Wednesday, SNP MP Hannah Bardell asked the prime minister to intervene on behalf of her constituent Lola Ilesanmi, who currently faces deportation to Nigeria where her three - year - old daughter is at risk of female genital mutilation (FGM).

It also flies in the face of the longevity zeitgeist peddled by the government and the EU Commission: male life expectancy is significantly lower than female life expectancy.

Anthony Newman, a glazier in the Buildings and Grounds Department of the City School District of New Rochelle, was facing possible termination after having been accused by a female employee of grabbing her breasts and then hugging her in an office at City Hall.

Update three: Smith sat stoney - faced as Chris Grayling, the shadow home secretary, began his response for the opposition by marking her «final appearance at the dispatch box» and congratulating her on being the first female home secretary.

The review relies on a range of evidence, including recent findings by Amnesty International UK, showing that black and Asian female politicians face a disproportionate amount of online abuse.

Earlier in the programme, Nigel Farage faced accusations of «inflammatory» scaremongering and he slipped up by telling a female audience member to calm down.

Additionally, there are a handful of incumbent female Council members being challenged by men in their reelection bids and two incumbent male Council members facing significant challenges by female candidates.

While male hummingbirds of other species swoop over the female during courtship dives, the shimmery purple - faced Costa's zoom by on the side.

The study, by researchers at King's College London, examined 3D face models of nearly 1,000 UK female twins, and found that the shapes of the end of the nose, the area above and below the lips, cheekbones and the inner corner of the eye were highly influenced by genetics.

Larger Pacific Striped octopus; image courtesy of Richard Ross Of the hundreds of known octopus species, most are anti-social, practice safe sex (to avoid getting eaten by a mate) and lay just one clutch of eggs before dying.The poorly understood larger Pacific striped octopus, however, seems to break from these conventions: They are somewhat social, they mate face - to - face, and the females produce multiple batches of offspring.The octopus is so rare that science has yet to even give it a formal Latin name.

Faced with protests from the feminist movement, NASA began openly recruiting female astronauts, and by 1986 eight American women had flown in space.

Gender Infants raised primarily by women look longer at images of female faces than male faces, according to a 2002 study of 102 babies.

And they saw the alpha male or his beta sidekick break up 69 different scuffles by running into the fray or getting up in the face of the warring parties, which were sometimes males but often females.

In addition, neural - activation patterns elicited by Asian faces were more similar to those elicited by female faces, regardless of the actual gender (due to stereotypes associating Asians with more feminine traits).

As another example, the neural - activation patterns elicited by White female faces were more similar to those elicited by objectively happy faces, even when such faces did not display any actual happy features (e.g., due to stereotypes of women as appeasing).

While male and transgender sex workers face many of the same vulnerabilities and risks as female sex workers — such as violence or inadequate access to healthcare — they also have unique characteristics, which need to be understood by those implementing HIV prevention strategies.

Young female Southeast Asian bricklayers (the fingerprint specialists» nightmare, as we reported on 29 January), rock climbers (especially those in the habit of having the skin of their fingertips removed by the Cuillins of Skye) and others who regularly abrade their fingers could face considerable practical problems if an idea being tested by Barclaycard to combat card fraud catches on.

But males would really benefit by having articles about female sexuality written so males can understand the issues women face — and take those explanations into consideration in their relationship with their loved one.

These Indian braided hairstyles are more commonly sported by female home makers as they keep hair away from the face.

A 2003 study by the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) found that for both male and female singles aged 55 + one of the biggest problems faced when dating was «dating partners with a lot of baggage».

Faces is a fun game in which you can flip through the photos of random female members and pursue them by relying on your gut instinct.

Research by OkCupid shows making eye contact (if you're female) or looking away from the camera (if you're male) can attract people, but be careful about the faces you make and if you choose to smile or not.

In a study by the American Associated of Retired Persons in 2003, both male and female singles aged 55 + cited «dating partners with a lot of baggage» as one of the biggest problems faced when mature dating.2

According to «Labor of Love: The Invention of Dating» (Farrar, Straus and Giroux), a sprawling new history by Moira Weigel, the first female daters faced exactly that — mistaken, in their quest for love, for prostitutes.

The inbred lowlifes in this B - movie black comedy are members of the Smith family, a clan of troglodytes in a seedy Texas trailer park replete with vicious barking dogs on chains, who swing into ruthless high gear from the very first scene, when penny - ante drug dealer Chris Smith (a game turn by Emile Hirsch, who has grown from the appealing, open - faced kid in The Emperor's Club into a scabby, hirsute roughneck) arrives in a torrential rainstorm and is greeted at the screen door by his father's new wife Sharla with a female full - frontal.

Though the data tells us that women are interested in genres favored by Hollywood, female filmmakers encounter significant obstacles as they attempt to move from independent to more commercial filmmaking, and face deep - rooted presumptions from the film industry about their creative qualifications, sensibilities, tendencies, and ambitions.

Variety reports that the film will tell the story of Ginsburg, who was appointed to the Supreme Court in 1993 by President Clinton, becoming only the second female justice, and would face numerous obstacles in her fight for equal rights throughout her career.

On Sunday, Blanchett, DuVernay and Stewart were joined by Patty Jenkins, Marion Cotillard, Salma Hayek, Agnes Varda and dozens of other female actors, directors, writers, producers and distributors to stand halfway up the red carpet, symbolizing the challenges women face to climb the industry ladder.

One of the films that didn't blow us away at Sundance, but offered a solid film full of jokes made just for cinephiles, was In a World... The film directed by actress Lake Bell follows a young female voice coach (Bell) as she joins the all - male race to land the white - hot new trailer of a blockbuster trilogy, and with it lay claim to the legendary trailer catchphrase «In a world...» She faces stuffy, douchebag competition in Ken Marino and even her own father (Fred Melamed), a legendary voice - over artist who can't bring himself to recognize his daughter's talent.

With her face almost hidden by the whispy feather hairstyle of female skinheads, she's not a member of the band, but she's in the same boat as them so they join forces.

In one episode, Masters presents his research about the female orgasm to his male, sexually - orthodox colleagues by exhibiting a clip of Virginia, filmed without showing her face or revealing her identity, masturbating (voyeurism to the max).

Directed with zany aplomb by female Israeli director Tayla Lavie, this chaptered saga of woman in uniform vs. ennui is characterized by a soaring sense of voice and sees stars Dana Ivgy and Nelly Tagar face down the clock as they Minesweep their way through their deafeningly dull military assignment — paperwork.

by Walter Chaw John Dahl's latest foray into knock - off B - movie territory is Joy Ride, a film that indulges an awkward dedication to hiding the face of its villain (which results in the biggest cheat of the film at its conclusion), presents predictably misogynistic victimizations for both of its female characters (followed by weak - wristed salvations), and demands an ironclad suspension of disbelief that the bad guy is omniscient, omnipresent, and only ruthless when there isn't a long speech to be made.

Davies» films have always supplied strong female roles (think Gena Rowlands in «The Neon Bible,» Gillian Anderson in «The House of Mirth» and Rachel Weisz in «The Deep Blue Sea») and this story, which followed an ordinary farm girl in the 1910s with a dream of being a teacher, who begins to assert her independence in the face of cruelties dealt by people ranging from her abusive father (Peter Mullan) to the initially sweet young man (Kevin Guthrie) who falls in love with her marries her, only to come back from the horrors of World War I irrevocably changed.

YOUR SISTER»S SISTER Starring: Emily Blunt and Rosemarie DeWitt Directed by: Lynn Shelton Invited by a female friend to vacation with her family after the death of his brother, a young man must face the music after sleeping with her sister.

In Mad Men, Elisabeth Moss has given perhaps the finest female dramatic performance on American television this side of Edie Falco in The Sopranos, and this simple exchange contains everything that makes her Peggy so fascinating and affecting — the unexpected cadences and pauses, the precise line readings, and her face, on the cusp of either smile or frown, dominated by her wide, soulful eyes, which seem constantly to search for, connect with, and then avert those of her scene partner.