Stacey Cunningham has taken on the role of CEO from Thomas Farley. Her appointment means that both the New York Stock Excahnge and the NASDAQ Exchange will now be run by women.

She has said in the Financial Times that she “fell in love” with the trading floor during a summer internship while studying engineering at university and explained that  “The way you interact with your co-workers during stress – everyone knows not to take it personally, for the most part.
“On the floor you might in the heat of the moment be aggressively fighting over a trade, and at the end of the day go grab a beer together.”

There are no reports of any affirmative action plans since her appointment to alter the demographics of the male-dominated NYSE which employs just a single female broker.

Excellent piece by Madison Breshears exploring both the gender patterns and experiences in ballet and tech. Highly recommended.

Daughter’s of Feminism (the sister volume to Sons of Feminism: Men have their say), edited by David Shackleton is available on Kindle. Kindle Apps can be downloaded in most App stores for PCs and phones.

The book is a collection of 30 stories by women “about how they came to gender balance, to an appreciation for the legitimacy of men’s issues as well as women’s issues”. Contributors include: Janice Fiamengo, Karen Straughan, Diana Davison, Cassie Jaye and Barbara Kay.

The French National Assembly has approved new legislation to present persons guilty of such offences as making lewd comments, wolf-whistling, following people, bugging them for their phone number and blocking their path with on-the-spot fines of up to €750.

The legislation which still needs to be debated in the Senate has been described (by Emmanuelle Menard) as a “witchhunt against men” that outlawed “a certain bawdy behaviour which cannot be compared to harassment.”

Our thanks to James for bringing this news to our attention.

Legal and General Investment Management (LGIM) have launched the first investment fund aimed at increasing gender diversity in the workforce.

The Future World Gender in Leadership UK Index Fund (GIRL) will favour shares in firms that have the best record on gender diversity, ranking companies on various measures – such as how many women they have in the boardroom.

This attempt to coerce companies into making employment decisions based on gender (sic) rather than merit has the potential not only to disadvantage individuals (of the ‘wrong’ gender) but also to impair the functioning of the businesses rejecting meritocracy and therefore the economy and the functioning of society.

Read more: here.

Our thanks to James for the link to this balanced and insightful Computing Forever video: Why Men are Killing Themselves

Welsh First Minister, Carwyn Jones, wants to create a feminist government and make Wales “the safest place to be a woman in the whole of Europe”.

Jones sees Sweden as the example he wants to emulate “and move even further forward”. He is particularly concerned about abuse and harassment inflicted on women online, the gender pay gap, 50/50 representation in the public sector and the potential for Brexit to “turn the clock back”. He is also concerned about the “hidden” nature of modern sexism (against women) because it’s “much more difficult to detect.” and worries that it will be difficult to convince the Welsh people that the problems he sees require action (or if they exist at all? – EH).

Carwyn insists that feminism “is for all of us”, I hope that the Welsh disagree – and show feminism the door, with Carwyn, as he steps down in December.

Read more: here.

A student from another school has filed the complaint in response to Yale’s privileging of women, with various benefits, despite falling male enrolment.

Read more: here.

He has also published a Guide to Abolishing Affirmative Action for Women in hopes that others will take action.

Our thanks to Ann for this.

We’ve just added new shirt designs to the online J4MB shirt store bearing the text “This is what a Gender Equality Activist looks like”.