Culture + Politics

The Friday Five

By Role/Reboot Staff

December 28, 2012

This week's roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women.

1. The Year In Sex by Tracy Clark-Flory of Salon.com says it was a good year for sex. Whether it was K-Stew’s infidelity or kinky “mommy porn,” we just couldn’t stop talking about it. Here’s a handy guide to what defined our sexual culture in 2012.

2. The Gender Divide On Gun Control by Anne-Marie Slaughter of The Atlantic says the majority of women favor tougher laws, while 50 percent of men oppose them.

3. Top 10 Sexist-Media Moments of 2012 by Patricia Leavy, PhD, of The Huffington Post says the media are far from gender-neutral, and this year had plenty of blunders.

4. What Conservatives Taught Us About Women’s Bodies In 2012 by Amanda Hess of Slate.com asks: Who can best explain the workings of the female body? Medical professionals? Sex educators? Or geriatric Tea Party billionaires?

5. When My Son’s Brother Became A Dad: An Adoptive Parent’s Christmas by Susan Antilla of The Atlantic shares one man’s story of adopting a baby boy and starting a relationship with the family he came from.