Gender and Gender Issues

The final episode of this eight part series features remarks from Iowa politician Minnette Doderer on two seperate occasions: once in 1970 and the other in 1982. In both instances she is forthright with reporters about how women, particularly political candidates, don’t receive the same news coverage as men.

A conversation on beekeeping and an excerpt from the latest episode of IPR's From the Archives.

In the 1970s, Congress passed the Equal Rights Amendment. Debates about the merits of the amendment raged across the country, including one in Iowa City in 1979. Phyllis Schlafly, the leader of the Stop ERA movement, debated the issue with Karen DeCrow, the former president of the National Organization for Women.

An increasing number of young adults report not wanting children. Host Charity Nebbe speaks with filmmaker Therese Shechter, whose most recent documentary "examines what it means to say no to motherhood in a society that assumes all women want children, and an Iowa doctor witnessing a recent spike in the number of men seeking vasectomies. Also this hour, 9-year-old Matthew Lamb from Iowa City discusses his recent role on Hulu’s Only Murders in the Building.

The organization is focused on music education and performance for girls, transgender and nonbinary youth in Iowa.

Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a bill into law Thursday that prohibits transgender girls from participating in girls’ sports in K-12, community colleges and colleges and universities. It takes effect immediately.

Listen back to Ben Kieffer's conversation with lawyer, educator and author Anita Hill. Then listen to the archive recording of his trip to meet a family transforming a school bus into their home.

Lawyer, professor and author Anita Hill discusses gender-based violence, critical race theory, the 1991 hearings that made her a household name and her new book "Believing: Our Thirty-Year Journey to End Gender Violence."

The University of Iowa has reached a settlement agreement for a Title IX lawsuit brought by female athletes who alleged the school isn’t providing equal access in sports. As part of the agreement, the UI Athletics Department is creating a women's wrestling program, a decision the athletic director called "historic."