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On Women And Guilt
By Misty McLaughlinNovember 29, 2011
I’m on the board of a small, parenting-related nonprofit organization, a board comprised of smart, thoughtful women who are mostly mothers of small children (and one dad, though our father pool is growing). In addition to our full-time parenting jobs, pretty much all of us have professional jobs, or are students. We’re all juggling a lot of balls, and we all take on this additional ...Posted in Family, Gender Roles, Misty, Mothers, nfti-home, Womanhood, Working Mothers | (11) Comments »
Off-Limit Job Interview Questions for Modern Dads
By Mark KempNovember 28, 2011
I'm just old enough (or young enough, depending on how you look at it) to remember the waning days of the sexist job interview. As a law student and lawyer, I remember reading the do's and don'ts of what to ask or how to respond. For female candidates, there were many no-nos: Never ask about marital status or if she had or planned to have kids, for example. The fact that these admonishments ex...Posted in Caregiving Fathers, Fathers, Gender Roles, Life, nfti-home, Workplace | (0) Comments »
Mike McQueary’s Real Responsibility
By Eric SentellNovember 28, 2011
Mike McQueary has been vehemently criticized for his response to witnessing Jerry Sandusky’s rape of a ten year-old boy on a Friday night in March 2002. People universally agree that McQueary should have put a stop to the rape rather than leave “distraught.” As it turns out, an anonymous friend recently leaked an email from McQueary in which he claims to have “made sure ...Posted in Culture and Politics, Eric, Gender Roles, nfti-home, Sexual Violence | (2) Comments »
Why Occupy Should Be An Inherently Safe Space
By Melissa ByrneNovember 26, 2011
I've been wrestling with the intersection of gender and the Occupy movement since I saw a picture of topless women dancing in Zuccotti Park during week two of Occupy Wall Street. The prominent display of this photograph on one of the Occupy websites angered me, as did the shallowness of equating activism to the hippie period of free love and nakedness. I see the Occupy movement as one calling f...Posted in Culture and Politics, Feminism, Gender Roles, nfti-home, Politics, Sexual Violence, Womanhood | (1) Comments »
Women Battle Law Firm Bias
By Kate McGuinnessNovember 26, 2011
Gender diversity is good for business. As a 2010 McKinsey Global Survey reported, 72 percent of executives "believe there is a direct connection between a company's gender diversity and its financial success." The study also noted that companies with the greatest gender diversity had better than average operating results and returns on equity. Yet, despite these monetary benefits and legal proh...Posted in Culture and Politics, Feminism, Gender Roles, Kate, nfti-home, Womanhood, Working Mothers | (1) Comments »
Resist The Old Boys And Their Ways
By Hugo SchwyzerNovember 23, 2011
This piece was originally posted on the Good Men Project. Republished with permission. As we continue to assess the fall-out from the Penn State scandal, a near-consensus has developed that “Old Boys’ Networks” are a huge part of the problem. Whether they’re found in corporations or athletic departments or churches, Old Boys’ Networks often tend to be characterize...Posted in Culture and Politics, Gender Roles, Hugo, Manhood, nfti-home | (0) Comments »
Being A Woman In An Old Boys' Club
By Caralyn GreenNovember 23, 2011
It's been weeks since the Penn State child molestation scandal broke and most of my fellow alums are ready to move on. They're done condemning the riot and commending the candlelight vigil, finished with the Facebook trolling and the self-congratulatory donations to RAINN. They flip the dial when NPR moves from Egypt to Happy Valley, and Tweet "WE ARE" on Saturday afternoons from Beaver Stadium...Posted in Culture and Politics, Gender Roles, Manhood, nfti-home, Womanhood, Current Events | (0) Comments »
On Boys, Suicide, And The Lessons Of Unfilled Holes
By Lori DayNovember 22, 2011
This piece was originally published on the Good Men Project. Republished with permission. On our first date three years ago, my husband Geof told me where he went to college, what he did for a living, that he was involved in climate activism, that he was allergic to wheat, and that his younger brother had committed suicide almost 30 years ago. As we got to know each other better, the suicide a...Posted in Fathers, Gender Roles, Husbands, Life, nfti-home | (0) Comments »
Daddy Issues
By Ani KronenbergNovember 22, 2011
A few months ago, while waiting in line for coffee, I overheard the two men behind me discussing a recent break-up one of them had gone through. It sounded like a typical case of one person being more “in” the relationship than the other. There was no bad guy and no one to blame; the feelings just weren’t there and the guy was obviously torn up about his decision to call it qu...Posted in Fathers, Gender Roles, Life, nfti-home | (1) Comments »
The Unconscious Feminist
By Sarah JacksonNovember 21, 2011
My friend, you are not a feminist, but you may be the best one I know. It recently occurred to me the number of incredible women I have in my life. I also realized that as I’ve gotten older my friendships with women have taken on a deeper meaning. I’m not sure when exactly it happened, but at some point my best female friends stopped being only people to laugh, shop, sip cocktails, ...Posted in Feminism, Gender Roles, Life, nfti-home, Sarah, Workplace | (13) Comments »
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