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Among 35 major national print publications, including The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, men had 81 percent of the quotes in stories about abortion, the research group said Thursday, while women had 12 percent, and organizations had 7 percent.

In stories about birth control, men scored 75 percent of the quotes, with women getting 19 percent and organizations getting 6 percent. Stories about Planned Parenthood had a similar ratio, with men getting 67 percent, women getting 26 percent, and organizations getting 7 percent.

Women fared a bit better in stories about women’s rights, getting 31 percent of the quotes compared with 52 percent for men and 17 percent for organizations.

Men Rule Media Coverage of Women’s News - The Daily Beast (via librariesandlemonade)

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Picture of the Day: Combat Outpost Ab Band, Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. Small dust particles striking the rotors of a CH-47 create a light show as the 73rd Cavalry Regiment boards.
Check out: The best photojournalism from May in Afghanistan collected by the folks at The Atlantic’s In Focus photo blog.
Read: The Afghanistan #longreads piece this week was by Luke Mogelson in June’s issue of GQ: “The Great Taliban Jailbreak.”
Credit: Sgt. Mike MacLeod/US Army. Via.
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Picture of the Day: Combat Outpost Ab Band, Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. Small dust particles striking the rotors of a CH-47 create a light show as the 73rd Cavalry Regiment boards.

Check out: The best photojournalism from May in Afghanistan collected by the folks at The Atlantic’s In Focus photo blog.

Read: The Afghanistan #longreads piece this week was by Luke Mogelson in June’s issue of GQ: “The Great Taliban Jailbreak.”

Credit: Sgt. Mike MacLeod/US Army. Via.

View more Picture of the Day postsSubmit a photo.

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