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Point-Counter-Point: Is a Royal Wedding Watch Fun or Harmful to Little Girls
by Fran Sussner RodgersApril 30, 2011
This post debates whether there is harm in a mom (Martha) watching the royal wedding with her daughter. In fact, Martha has made quite a to-do of it which includes keeping her daughter home from pre-school to celebrate. Patrick Malone, clearly a feminist man, argues effectivly that there is enough fairy princess stuff out in the culture to send a girl poor messages about her aspirations and pla...Posted in Feminism, Fran, Gender Roles, Marriage, Pop Culture | (0) Comments »
For the first time more US women have advanced degrees than men..shame they get paid less
by Fran Sussner RodgersApril 28, 2011
This article caught my eye because of its headline in the UK newspaper The Daily Mail. It is the word shame that got to me and the way it was used. It annoyed me given the fact that US women are doing a lot better on advancement than women throughout Europe and the word shame seemed quite inappropriate. The article reviews US census data showing that women have received more B.A.s than men sin...Posted in Feminism, Fran, Gender Roles, Workplace | (0) Comments »
Nervous Nellies
Nicole RodgersApril 26, 2011
The consistent finding that women are more anxious than men (in fact, twice as prone to anxiety according to many studies) is endlessly fascinating, albeit a bit concerning. At the heart of this finding is a very controversial nurture vs. nature debate - the type that underlies the most layered and persistent gender questions. Personally, I've always found the nurture/nature framing to be a fa...Posted in Academics, Gender Roles, nfti-home, Nicole | (0) Comments »
Head of Surgeons Group Resigns Over Article Viewed As Offensive to Women
by Fran Sussner RodgersApril 25, 2011
Unprotected sex calms a woman more than sex when a condom is used? Who the heck would even think to study this? It reminds me of old psychological studies of women designed to address women's "hysteria"- then thought to be a widespread problem. The head of a surgeons group then went ahead and wrote an editorial extolling the virtues of unprotected sex on women. Oy. The only good in this story...Posted in Feminism, Fran, Gender Roles, Sex | (0) Comments »
Hey Male Studies: Maybe you should spare us the confusion and just call yourself Anti-Female Studies?
By Nicole RodgersApril 25, 2011
If you ever wanted to incite a gender war, look no further than the folks from Male Studies. A seemingly sexist, not-terribly-academic bunch, it seems that in their “field” longing for the days of loin cloths and chest-pounding masculinity doesn’t make you out of touch. We've written about Male Studies before (here and here), but even still, I was ignorant to the depths of th...Posted in Academics, Gender Roles, Nicole | (3) Comments »
Two Can Play At Love's Shallow Game
by Fran Sussner RodgersApril 20, 2011
Ladies, if you have money and independence, are you really placing priority on looking for a man who is hot? A new study apparently says that wealthier women now value looks more than financial security since they can really take care of themselves. Men, meanwhile, have not changed much. They want younger, beautiful women. So now men and women are equally superficial but they have different ag...Posted in Fran, Gender Roles, Marriage, nfti-home | (0) Comments »
Tube Crush
by Fran Sussner RodgersApril 19, 2011
Ok, here's a real puzzler. Is it ok for women to post pictures of hot guys on the Tube (the British subway system) without their knowledge? Is it a step toward equality or away from it for women to appreciate and share pictures of men based on their looks alone? I think this site is light and funny but it how would it be different if it were women whose pictures were posted? Of course, if wom...Posted in Feminism, Fran, Gender Roles | (2) Comments »
Shared Parenting: A disastrous double act
by Fran Sussner RodgersApril 19, 2011
This article could set dreams of shared parenting and gender equality back decades. I applaud the honesty of the writer but wonder how much of what was described really has to do with parenting versus a dysfunctional relationship among two people with many idiosyncrasies. The first thing that struck me is the attempt to plan and control parenting duties as though a child is a work project. It ...Posted in Fathers, Feminism, Fran, Gender Roles, Marriage, Mothers, Working Mothers | (1) Comments »
Why Are Conservatives Obsessed With the Sex Lives of College Kids?
April 18, 2011
According to Shira Tarrant, an associate professor of women’s, gender and sexuality studies at California State University, Long Beach, the obsession over college students' sex lives, or "hooking up," is alarmist. After all, young adults have long engaged in casual sex and there is no good evidence to suggest that hook ups are much more common now than in decades past. As Tarrant points ...Posted in Academics, nfti-home, Philanthropy, Pop Culture, Sexual Violence | (0) Comments »
A Hard Look at Getting Ahead at Work
By Melissa E. ThompsonApril 15, 2011
I applaud the idea behind McKinsey & Company’s new special report, Unlocking the full potential of women in the U.S. economy, which hits on a number of important issues including why more women are not getting into higher management positions; how choices about the quality of the work/life balance affect both men and women; and what structural, lifestyle, and other factors may be holding ...Posted in Fathers, Gender Roles, Mothers, Working Mothers, Workplace | (0) Comments »
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