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Why I Don't Have Pubic Hair
By Alyssa RoyseSeptember 17, 2012
When my life overwhelms me—which, as an introverted entrepreneur and mother, is often—I try to escape to the one place that I know no one will speak to me, The Korean Day Spa. I spend the entire day there, soaking, steaming, sweating, and watching the glorious variety of women move through this sacred space as the holy bodies that they are. Everyone is naked, as mandated by the spa ...Posted in nfti-home, Sex, Sex and Relationships, Womanhood | (0) Comments »
Can You Seek Enlightenment And Be A Parent At The Same Time?
By Lynn BeisnerSeptember 17, 2012
Lynn Beisner asks: Why are none of our religious role models real parents? A friend of mine is one of the leading experts on Gandhi. In a recent conversation, he mentioned offhandedly, “Yeah, Gandhi was a terrible father.” It took a while for what he said to sink in. At first, it was just a relief. Not even Gandhi did a good job of parenting, so I can let myself off of the hook. ...Posted in Family, Fathers, Lynn, Mothers, nfti-home, Parents, Religion | (0) Comments »
What If Men Challenged Women As The Fashionable Sex?
By Lynn ParramoreSeptember 16, 2012
Men may have finally broken the style barrier. The New York Times’ style magazine T recently offered pages of snazzy geometric sweaters, elegant leather bags, luscious silk scarves and jewel-toned fabrics—all in anticipation of Fashion Week, the glamorous biannual party where designers show off their new concoctions. But one thing was different: It was all about men. This year, me...Posted in Culture and Politics, Current Events, Feminism, Gender Roles, Manhood, nfti-home, Pop Culture, Workplace | (0) Comments »
Why Some Activist Groups Tolerate Rapists
By Hugo SchwyzerSeptember 16, 2012
Because activist groups so ardently fight for a particular cause, a female members' basic rights are often overlooked, says Hugo Schwyzer. One of the better students I’ve had in recent years came by to see me the other day; she’s transferred on but wanted to stop by and say hello before leaving junior college for a four-year university. She gave me an update on her story—one ...Posted in Culture and Politics, Feminism, Hugo, nfti-home, Politics, Religion, Sexual Violence | (0) Comments »
The Friday Five
By Role/Reboot StaffSeptember 14, 2012
This week's roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. When Men Stop Seeking Beauty And Women Care Less About Wealth by Maia Szalavitz of Time magazine says as gender equality rises in any given society, men focus less on seeking mates with youth and beauty, and women become less interested in rich, powerful men. 2. Why Men Fail by David Bro...Posted in Abortion , Culture and Politics, Current Events, Friday Five, nfti-home, Politics, Pop Culture | (0) Comments »
What You Can Do About The Gender Wage Gap
by Kate McGuinnessSeptember 13, 2012
Disturbed by this week's news on the unchanged wage gap, Kate McGuinness offers advice on how to negotiate for better pay. On Wednesday, the U.S. Census Bureau released data for 2011 showing that the gender wage gap remains unchanged from 2010. For every dollar a man earns working full time, a woman working full time earns 77 cents. The disparity exists across virtually all occupations—...Posted in Culture and Politics, Current Events, Kate, nfti-home, Politics, Workplace | (0) Comments »
Why It Might Be 'The End Of Men' For Many Women In My Generation
By Suzanne TurnerSeptember 13, 2012
Suzanne Turner offers her analysis of Hanna Rosin's new controversial book, The End of Men (and the Rise of Women). Despite being a self-avowed feminist, I didn’t know my sons and I were living on the bleeding experimental edge of feminism until I read Hanna Rosin's excellent new book The End of Men (and the Rise of Women). As a last year boomer and first year Gen-Xer, my girlfriends an...Posted in Current Events, Feminism, Gender Roles, Husbands, Marriage, nfti-home, Sex and Relationships, Wives, Working Mothers | (0) Comments »
There's No Wrong Way To Make A Family
By Emily Heist MossSeptember 12, 2012
Emily Heist Moss says understanding how broad and beautiful and strange and complicated a “family” can be is the true definition of "pro-family." How to define a family: I have two parents and one brother. I also have two step-parents. I have one grandmother, one godfather, two aunts, three uncles, and cousins—step-cousins, half-cousins, second cousins—numbering in the ...Posted in Emily, Family, LGBT, nfti-home, Politics | (0) Comments »
There's No Such Thing As "Soul Mates"
By Lynn BeisnerSeptember 12, 2012
If we continue searching for "the one," when do we ever truly love the one we're with? A few years ago a friend of mine found her soul mate, or at least she thought that she had. She was in her apartment, feeling a bit sad about being a single graduate student, when she heard the music coming from what she assumed was the apartment next to her. She had seen a moving van recently, and knew that...Posted in Dating, Husbands, Lynn, nfti-home, Sex and Relationships, Wives | (0) Comments »
Divorce Could Be The Best Thing To Happen To Your Family
By Mark RadcliffeSeptember 11, 2012
The other night a friend of mine confessed he was thinking of getting a divorce. After hearing his reasons why and finding them plausible, I bluntly asked him what was holding him back. “Really?” he barked. “Because I don’t want to ruin my life. Not yet, anyway.” And, hey, I get it. Divorce gets a bad rap. It’s frequently billed as the ultimate example of f...Posted in Family, Husbands, Marriage, nfti-home, Wives | (0) Comments »
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