MORE ON: women

Daily Report: Health and Welfare

Domestic violence survey finds shift in attitudes, awareness

November 9, 2012, 12:05 AM

A new survey of Californians' attitudes on domestic violence found that the vast majority of respondents believe that the abuse can happen to anyone, and 66 percent said that they have a friend or family member who has been a victim. The survey is a rare measure of public attitudes... + read more

Daily Report: Higher Ed

Female engineering majors struggle with confidence issues

October 28, 2011, 12:05 AM

Female engineering majors attend the same classes, take the same tests and earn equally good grades as men. But a new study in the October issue of the American Sociological Review finds that even though female engineering majors went through the same program as men, they developed less... + read more