Really interesting interview with Stephanie Coontz about her new book, A Strange Stirring: The Feminine Mystique and American Women at the Dawn of the 1960s, about the Feminine Mystique and its legacy (you can read the first chapter of the Feminine Mystique in Session 2 of Turn the Page). Her argument that feminism was good […]
This is a must read. Much of it rings true to me, but the “boys will be boys” thinking about sexually aggressive behavior – that men and women are different sexual beings, and that for men, the impulse to degrade and be aggressive toward women can’t be removed from the male sexual fantasies and acts […]
Today we’re launching a new project to encourage informed and important conversations about how gender roles and expectations are changing and we’re excited to share it with you. Please join us by using our discussion group kit, Turn the Page. You can also read our materials and comment or give us your feedback. Over the […]
Drum roll please! From the “things we already know without scientific evidence” category: Women’s tears are not a turn on to men. (Gasp). Every straight man I know has found the nature of this discovery to be, well, hilariously unsurprising, although researchers appear to be a bit puzzled. What interests me most about this study, […]
This is a really good summary of the history of heterosexual marriage, and a persuasive argument for how the relatively recent revolution in heterosexual marriage arraignments (re: gender roles/expectations) has naturally paved the way for gay marriage. It’s also a good reminder of how far we’ve come in a short period of time. It’s amazing […]
Why does the lead researcher of the study “Rejection Hurts: The Effects of Being Dumped on Subsequent Mating Efforts” think that men prefer women who have been dumped? She speculates that when a man initiates a breakup, his actions reinforce the male dominance that is inherent to gender roles. Sweet. I wonder how this works […]
Hanna’s Rosin’s recent TED talk (based on her article, The End of Men, which we feature is Session 1 of Turn the Page) was criticized for being obnoxious and stoking the gender wars. Here, she defends herself, and explains why she’s been misunderstood. Read her response here: http://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/01/11/rosin.ted.women.men/ -Nicole
I stumbled upon this blog post by a 19 year old aspiring fashionista: an open letter to men, telling them to “man up,” and that they have become overly feminized. Her tirade feels like a very specific type of gender-equality backlash that’s becoming increasingly prevalent –especially, it seems, among younger women. As offensive as her […]
For those following the now-infamous Karon Owen PowerPoint documenting her sexual escapades and partners at Duke, this is a must read. Is Karen Owen a modern day vision of female sexual empowerment or just an insecure woman trying to be “one of the guys” by embracing a male-sanctioned version of sexuality? I’d argue clearly the […]
