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Seeking Satisfaction: New Research Suggests That It May Be Hard Find
By Tom JacobsJuly 29, 2011
Few research papers hit a nerve like the 2009 report The Paradox of Declining Female Happiness. Over the past 35 years, “women’s happiness has declined both absolutely, and relative to men,” Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers wrote in the American Economic Journal. Some interpreted this as an indirect indictment of the feminist movement, which — the argument went &mdas...Posted in Culture and Politics, Feminism, Gender Roles, Manhood, nfti-home, Womanhood | (0) Comments »
It Shouldn't Be A Dirty Little Secret: A Feminist Makes A Case For Porn
By Jennifer EvansJuly 28, 2011
I am many things: a woman, an academic, a feminist, married, raising two girls, and I’m pro-porn. I’m also an expert in queer history, and write about men’s desire and sexual practices. How bizarre? No, actually, how utterly and completely normal.Posted in Feminism, Gender Roles, LGBT, nfti-home, Politics, Pop Culture, Pornography, Sex, Sex and Relationships, Sexual Violence | (1) Comments »
A "Male Pill" Could Have Changed My Life
By Michael ParsonsJuly 27, 2011
I'm very happy and proud to be a father of four. I'm very lucky that we can afford our lifestyle on my wife’s salary. But having a safe, reliable male contraceptive would have given me a measure of greater control over my life. Unfortunately for all of us, it still seems to be a wish and a hope.Posted in Caregiving Fathers, Fathers, Gender Roles, Husbands, Life, Marriage, nfti-home, Sex, Sex and Relationships, Working Mothers, Workplace | (0) Comments »
Navigating Without A Map
By Misty McLaughlinJuly 27, 2011
In groups of other mamas, I am neither full-time caregiver nor career gal, an inscrutable hybrid who can’t make afternoon playgroups nor has a reliable daycare arrangement.Posted in Family, Fathers, Feminism, Gender Roles, Husbands, Marriage, Misty, nfti-home, Womanhood, Working Mothers | (1) Comments »
What Do You Mean I Don't Look Like A Professor?
By Sarah JacksonJuly 26, 2011
“What does a professor look like?” I asked, trying to maintain my composure as opposed to telling this lawyer that he was a sexist asshole. “You know what I mean,” he said. “I don’t mean it like that, it’s just that…” *awkward pause*… “well, you don’t dress like that when you teach do you?”Posted in Academics, Culture and Politics, Feminism, Gender Roles, nfti-home, Race, Sarah, Womanhood, Workplace | (3) Comments »
On The Road Again: Hometown Interlude
By Delani MinerJuly 25, 2011
There is no set timeline to make a decision. There’s just a choice to make, a very difficult one, and everyone’s tolerance for someone else’s bullshit depends on the individual. What’s your brand of crazy? Maybe we should think about it that way, because, the older I get the more I realize that everyone is, indeed, kind of nuts.Posted in Dating, Gender Roles, Husbands, Life, Marriage, nfti-home, Sex, Sex and Relationships, Singledom, Womanhood | (2) Comments »
This Is Not The Father I Want To Be
By Matt SchneiderJuly 22, 2011
I had a conversation this week with a mom who told me that her 13-year-old daughter was sick and would need a daylong series of tests to figure out what was wrong. The story came up because she scheduled the test on a day when her husband (and father of her daughter) couldn’t make it. He heard the news and asked that she reschedule because, “this is not the father” that he wan...Posted in Family, Fathers, Gender Roles, Husbands, nfti-home, Pop Culture, Workplace | (2) Comments »
Young, Single, and Unemployed
By Kaitlyn DowlingJuly 21, 2011
For Millenials, the question of who pays goes beyond gender.Posted in Dating, Gender Roles, Life, Marriage, nfti-home, Sex, Sex and Relationships, Singledom, Workplace | (0) Comments »
How Big Is Your Love?
By Rosilyn RaybornJuly 20, 2011
“I know you have sex,” I told him, “but I’m not ready. If you need to have sex with people to ward off the blue balls, you go right ahead. But do not pressure me for sex, or I’ll dump you.”Posted in Dating, Gender Roles, Infidelity, Marriage, nfti-home, Sex, Sex and Relationships, Singledom | (0) Comments »
If You Wanna Be My Lover
By Emma ShakarshyJuly 19, 2011
After years of hard-fought battles for birth control and the right to choose, early-20s women are the most sexually-liberated group of females in history. As a member of this group I’m grateful not to feel like I have to save my virginity for marriage. However, there are problems with looking to sex as the proof of our progress. Although our dates are no longer chaperoned, we still live i...Posted in Dating, Feminism, Gender Roles, Internet and Social Media, nfti-home, Pop Culture, Sex, Sex and Relationships, Singledom | (1) Comments »
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