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The Friday Five
By Role/Reboot StaffMarch 30, 2012
This week's roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. Census Data Reveals Elder Women’s Poverty Crisis by Leslie Bennetts of The Daily Beast says that a study of census data reveals that more than half of older women in America are unable to pay for their basic needs. 2. Why Women Aren’t Taking Over Congress After All by Kathlee...Posted in Culture and Politics, Current Events, LGBT, Mothers, Movies, nfti-home | (0) Comments »
That Damn Family Unit: How A Lesbian Couple Explains Family Heritage To Their Son
By Paige SchiltMarch 30, 2012
Here we go again. For Texas families with elementary-aged kids, every school year seems to include at least one unit on families. My son, Waylon, is in third grade, so we’ve been around this thorny mulberry bush a few times before. But this year the path took a new turn. “Mom,” Waylon asked, “how come some people don’t have kids?” He was hanging on the back...Posted in Family, LGBT, Mothers, nfti-home | (0) Comments »
A Turning Point In The Fatherhood Revolution
By Al WattsMarch 30, 2012
After a tasteless ad campaign in which dads were portrayed as helpless when it comes to childcare, Huggies' facebook page was inundated with outraged consumers. That response and subsequent revamping of the ads marked a turning point in the Fatherhood Revolution, which has been building steam over the last two decades, says Al Watts. Dads have been the butt of a lot of jokes over the last 30 y...Posted in Al, Caregiving Fathers, Family, Fathers, Gender Roles, nfti-home | (1) Comments »
Table For One
By Dan GriffinMarch 29, 2012
Who calls and reserves a table for one in a restaurant? Dan Griffin has learned to enjoy his own company. Just the other night I went out to dinner while out of town for work. I left my iPhone in the room knowing how often I use that as a way of having to avoid being with myself and simply being present. I sat in the mostly empty dining room and noticed my fellow travelers sprinkled throughout...Posted in Life, Manhood, nfti-home, Singledom | (0) Comments »
Ask An Internet Sociopath: What Is My New Guy Hiding From Me?
By Clarisse ThornMarch 29, 2012
Hi, I’m Clarisse. You may already know me as a feminist sex writer, and Role/Reboot’s Sex + Relationships editor. I met Internet Sociopath years ago, when he started commenting on my blog. At first I didn’t take him seriously; then he unsettled me; eventually I started to think he was kinda smart, and then I realized that his lack of innate empathy or remorse gives him a weird...Posted in Clarisse, Dating, Internet and Social Media, nfti-home, Sex and Relationships | (2) Comments »
Bad With Men: He Actually Kept Score
By Dana NorrisMarch 28, 2012
So I reactivated my account on Match.com. I receive a wave of emails from men, but I’m dismayed to see that this is the same group of men who warmly welcomed me onto the site last time I joined. Oh. It’s not so much that they think I’m cute as this is what they do. Stalk the fresh meat. I sit back and wait for the non-creepy emails to start rolling in. But they don’t. I...Posted in Dating, nfti-home, Sex and Relationships | (2) Comments »
I Don't Fit...In My Desk Or The World
By Jenn LeyvaMarch 28, 2012
Despite having difficulty navigating the classrooms and hallways of her prestigious university, Jenn Leyva accepts her fat body. She just wants the world to start accepting it, too. I go to one of the most prestigious universities in the world in one of the greatest cities in the world, and I spend a good chunk of every day worrying about where I sit in class. You see, I'm too fat for most de...Posted in Culture and Politics, Feminism, Life, nfti-home, Womanhood | (20) Comments »
The Definition Of Sexy
By Alyssa RoyseMarch 27, 2012
When it comes to sex and sexuality, words can get in the way of expressing things that really matter. Especially when expressing ideas that we use to define our worlds and our place in them. As someone who writes about sex and sexuality all day long, I think a lot about gender roles and how we express them sexually. Spoiler: We all do it differently. I always start my explorations with myself...Posted in Gender Roles, LGBT, nfti-home, Sex and Relationships, Womanhood | (0) Comments »
Why So Many Conservative Women Love Rick Santorum
By Hugo SchwyzerMarch 27, 2012
Despite his anti-feminist views, Rick Santorum has still managed to cultivate a faction of female Conservative supporters. But how? Hugo Schwyzer points to Santorum's "soft patriarchy" as one possible answer to that question. Why do so many women love Rick Santorum, arguably the most anti-feminist major party political candidate in a generation? The New York Times tried to answer that question...Posted in Culture and Politics, Current Events, Feminism, Gender Roles, Hugo, nfti-home, Politics, Womanhood | (3) Comments »
How Modesty Hurts Men, Too
By SierraMarch 26, 2012
I’ve written a few times about how the modesty doctrine hurts women. Now it’s time to switch lenses. The modesty doctrine also wreaks havoc on the minds of young men in the Christian patriarchy movement. Here’s how: It teaches men to be afraid of women because their sexual power is too great to be resisted. It teaches men to despise women and hampers their relationships. It t...Posted in Culture and Politics, LGBT, Manhood, nfti-home, Pornography, Sex and Relationships | (11) Comments »
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