The law includes a prohibition against charging women more for healthcare than men.
President Obama, by contrast, pushed for and signed the Affordable Care Act, which provides for insurance coverage of birth control as well as making it unlawful to charge women more for health care than men.
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Although suicide attempts are more frequent for women, men are more likely than women to complete suicide because they typically use more effective methods, such as a firearm.
Legal scholar Danielle Citron, for one, has written extensively about the Internet being a more difficult place for women than men when it comes to cyberharassment.
There are many different video games out there, some appealing to women more than men and some appealing to men more than women (you can always argue specifics for individuals, but on a global level there are trends).
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Certainly there is an element of truth to this since we know that financial publications and media typically attract more men than women and men tend to take on more responsibility for investment decisions.
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"It might just be that for women, it's more acceptable for them to express their anxiety than men, " suggests Dr. Carol Bernstein, associate professor of psychiatry at New York University School of Medicine.
Women could continue to be charged more than men for insurance, simply because of their gender.
Increasingly, experts believe sex is a more emotional experience for men than for women.
Grant conducted a personality survey and collected three-months of sales records for more than 300 salespeople, both men and women.
That means an insurer will no longer be able to charge women more than men for the same coverage or charge firefighters, first responders, and others more just because of their jobs.
And because of that reform, insurance companies can no longer charge women more than men for the same coverage. (Applause.) They can't discriminate against us for preexisting conditions like asthma, diabetes.
And we cannot forget that because of health reform -- the health reform he passed -- the historic health reform that he passed -- insurance companies can no longer charge women more than men for the same coverage.
You know, if you have almost one out of five men in certain communities that are out of work - and that's double the rate for white men or more than double the rate - you would think that would make news.
She blamed them more for their insecurities than she blamed men for their insensitivity or their sexism.
Harmful drinking for men is consuming more than 21 units of alcohol per week, with the benchmark just 14 units for women.
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Women are earning more degrees than men for the first time.
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The United States will field more women than men for the first time in its history, with 269 of the 530 athletes taking part being female.
This is obviously more achievable for women than it is for men, given human mating habits.
Women tend to work for government (at all levels) more than men do.
The reason more women ask is because the answer is likely more complex for them than it is for men.
For the last few years, more women than men have pursued MBAs in order to make a mid-career switch.
If someone were to ask which countries in the world have more women than men preparing for their MBA by taking the Graduate Management Admissions Test, you might guess the U.S. or Sweden or even Iceland.
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They top out at no more than five drinks a week for men, and two for women.
And for the first time, more young women than young men put career success at the top of their values.
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Is stock picking nothing more than a hobby for bored upper-class men?
Following a heart-healthy diet also means drinking alcohol only in moderation no more than two drinks a day for men, and one a day for women.
It can illustrate just how much more precarious the world is for women than for men, especially when society and civilization break down, and thugs and maniacs have replaced the rule of law.
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They came to be known as sufis by reference to their simple garments of wool (suf), and through their efforts Islam was carried deep into the lands of Asia and Africa.11 The spread of Islam in India, for instance, was more the work of sufis than men who wielded swords.
For example, Folbre notes that men constitute more than 71% of the workforce in manufacturing (which was hit hard in the recession, and also hit with outsourcing to lower cost labor countries, increased automation, and increased foreign trade) and they make up less than 25% of the workers in health and education services (where jobs have risen slowly, but steadily).
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