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Men Feel The Pain Of Miscarriage Too
By Kim ChristensenMay 21, 2013
Men are often expected to support their grieving female partners after a pregnancy loss, but who's supporting them? Chris had a miscarriage. We were about nine weeks in when the doctor unceremoniously announced he could no longer detect a heartbeat in our pea-sized bundle to be. I stared and stared at the ultrasound monitor, willing it to show movement, to emit that rhythmic whoo-whoo-whoo so...Posted in Gender Roles, Manhood, nfti-home, Sex and Relationships | (0) Comments »
How My Old School Dad Raised Me To Be A New School Feminist
By Katerina ZachariaMay 20, 2013
When Katerina Zacharia and her brother were kids, her father gave her brother more money to spend at the roller rink. When she asked, “Why the difference?” He replied, “He’s a boy.” My dad grew up a poor boy from a small fishing village, just minutes away from the site of Shakespeare’s Othello. He spent his childhood playing along the walls of the great Vene...Posted in Family, Fathers, Feminism, Gender Roles, nfti-home, Parents | (0) Comments »
Not Everyone Fits Into Those Pre-Determined Gender Boxes
By Russell O'ConnorMay 13, 2013
Russell O'Connor has never neatly fit into the traditional "masculine" box, and because of that, he's been ridiculed his whole life. When we speak about gender, we are speaking about the masculine and the feminine. What on earth do we mean by the “masculine” and the “feminine”? Those of us who live unhappily in a world with only these categories can find this kind of q...Posted in Culture and Politics, Gender Roles, Manhood, nfti-home, Sex | (0) Comments »
The Friday Five
By Role/Reboot StaffMay 10, 2013
This week's roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. Horror In Cleveland: Why The Warning Signs Went Ignored by Katie J.M. Baker of Jezebel says the willful ignorance of police and neighbors is a not-so-hyperbolic metaphor for what millions of domestic abuse survivors experience every day. 2. My Virginity Mistake by Jessica Ciencin Henriqu...Posted in Culture and Politics, Current Events, Friday Five, Gender Roles, Internet and Social Media, nfti-home, Politics, Pop Culture | (0) Comments »
Why You Should Share Photos Of Your Son Wearing Pink
By Avital Norman NathmanMay 10, 2013
I just read Randi Zuckerberg’s HuffPo piece, “My Son Wears Pink: To Share or Not To Share?” and it took me a bit to figure out why it didn’t sit quite well with me. Zuckerberg takes on the question of whether or not it’s in our children’s best interest to publicly share photos of them that fall outside the “norm.” Childhood is a time to experimen...Posted in Family, Gender Roles, nfti-home, Parents | (0) Comments »
How I Came To Love Metrosexual And Hipster Men
By Leah BerkenwaldMay 07, 2013
Leah Berkenwald shares how the "Straightest Girl in the World" learned to stop worrying about gender and love real men with feelings and fashion-sense. Growing up in Northampton, Mass., a liberal oasis of lesbian and queer culture, I grew up assuming it was likely, if not probable that I’d turn out to be gay. But as it happened, I was straight. I love men, masculinity, machismo, and body...Posted in Dating, Feminism, Gender Roles, Manhood, nfti-home, Sex and Relationships | (0) Comments »
On Making The World A Safer Place To Be A Boy
By Susan McLeod-HarrisonMay 05, 2013
It's time to let our boys be themselves in all their variety as human beings, rather than walking representatives of masculinity. Three years ago, I wrote an essay called “Raising an Egalitarian Son” (published in Mutuality Magazine). Our process for doing that was straightforward: Don’t use sexist language; don’t push gender-based activities; and don’t watch TV. ...Posted in Family, Fathers, Gender Roles, Manhood, Mothers, nfti-home, Parents | (0) Comments »
What If Workplaces Were Based On The Needs Of Women?
By Emily Heist MossMay 01, 2013
How can "boys club" industries begin to create more space for the influx of women? In 2004, pregnant and waddling across the expanses of Google’s parking lot, Sheryl Sandberg realized something obvious: There should be parking spaces reserved for expectant mothers. She made the case to the CEOs and they promptly agreed and accommodated. There had been no hostility, only obliviousness; no...Posted in Culture and Politics, Emily, Gender Roles, Internet and Social Media, nfti-home, Workplace | (0) Comments »
Avoiding Conflict Can Often Make Matters Worse
By Sydne DidierApril 24, 2013
Rather than dealing with an issue upfront, Sydne Didier wrote about it here, and in the process, the problem only escalated. Last week, I wrote something for Role/Reboot—about the parent cliques at my son's school—that struck a cord. And I've been on the verge of tears ever since. Nauseous. Sad. Worried. Anxious. And at the same time, somehow paralyzed and unable to take the steps ...Posted in Family, Fathers, Gender Roles, Mothers, nfti-home, Parents, Womanhood | (0) Comments »
The Difference Between The Appreciation Of Beauty and Sexual Objectification
By Jamie UttApril 23, 2013
As I come to the end of my first Minnesota winter, I have never been more excited for spring. Temperatures above 32 degrees! Sunshine on my skin! Long walks with my partner and the puppy! Even just writing this makes me freak out a little in anticipation. Which is why I was really surprised to see a woman express on Facebook how much she was dreading Spring. “If it weren’t for th...Posted in Gender Roles, Manhood, nfti-home, Sex and Relationships, Womanhood | (0) Comments »
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