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Connections: Women's Equality Is Not Here Yet

Some may say we don’t need feminism, because equality is here, but recent events say otherwise. Take for example that – finally – a woman will grace the front of U.S. currency, but it won’t be the $20 bill. Another example came this week, when a Brazilian soccer official stated his reasoning for an increase interest in the Women’s World Cup: “…the shorts are a bit shorter, the hair styles are more done up. It’s not a woman dressed as a man.”

We discuss these recent events and why the fight for equality is still ongoing with our panel:

  • Deborah Hughes, executive director of the Susan B. Anthony House
  • Barbara LeSavoy, director and assistant professor of Women and Gender Studies at SUNY Brockport
  • Haley Johnson, graduate student
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Evan Dawson is the host of "Connections with Evan Dawson." He joined WXXI in January 2014 after working at 13WHAM-TV, where he served as morning news anchor. He was hired as a reporter for 13WHAM-TV in 2003 before being promoted to anchor in 2007.