Decoded Digs Deep on Women's Issues

5:16

S3 • E3
Decoded
Three Black Female Stereotypes That Need to Die

Franchesca shows how slaveholders and Jim Crow laws created and perpetuated stereotypes of Black women well into the 20th century.
05/11/2016
6:22

S6 • E2
Decoded
Do All Muslim Women Wear a Hijab? featuring Fareeha Khan

Franchesca tasks Fareeha Khan with explaining the Muslim tradition of wearing a hijab.
01/11/2018
7:14

S7 • E1
Decoded
Four Reasons School Dress Codes Are Sexist

Franchesca explains how dress code enforcement at school disproportionately affects girls, polices their bodies and unfairly limits their wardrobe choices.
10/19/2018
7:11

S7 • E5
Decoded
Where Does the "Fiery Latinx" Stereotype Come From?

Joanna Hausmann breaks down the history of a Latinx stereotype, from one-dimensional roles in 1920s Hollywood to Sofia Vergara's character on "Modern Family."
11/16/2018
6:17

S7 • E7
Decoded
The Virginity Double Standard

Franchesca concludes the viginity double standard serves no one and oversexualizing women -- and men -- reduces them into objects.
12/07/2018