Eric Sentell argues that the real reason for the Secret Service’s use of prostitutes in Colombia isn’t necessarily about a man’s need for sex, but that men crave validation from their peers, and never want to be the “wet blanket” in the group. The recent scandal of U.S. Secret Service and military personnel carousing in […]
Stephanie Hlywak rejects the claim that Lena Dunham, the 20-something creator and producer of HBO’s new series Girls, has had success because of her famous parents. Did your cultural seismograph register a disturbance in the tectonic plates of society at approximately 10:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time Sunday night? That tremor was the premiere of Lena […]
This article originally appeared on KristinMaschka.com. Republished here with permission. Equal Pay Day and Tax Day both fall on April 17th this year due to a simple calendar coincidence. But the connection between the two and the financial impact for women and especially mothers is no coincidence. April 17, 2012 is the day that symbolizes […]
After Ann Romney admits that she often raised six boys, not just her five sons, Hugo Schwyzer wonders if Mitt Romney’s latest attempt to gain likeability among voters simply perpetuates the myth that men are nothing more than overgrown boys. Are we ready for a Peter Pan Presidency? Judging from one campaign ad, perhaps we […]
This week’s roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. The ‘Pregnancy Police’ Are Everywhere (Even in Your Head) by KJ Dell’Antonia of The New York Times Motherlode blog asks: Are pregnant women who color their hair—or paint their toenails, or hire a baby nurse, […]
This week’s roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. Must Women ‘Civilize’ Men? by Joan Walsh of Salon.com says that at the root of the conservative war on contraception is a deep-seated anxiety about the traditional family. 2. Life Without Sex: The Third Phase […]
This was originally posted at CharlieGlickman.com. Republished here with permission. In all of the discussion and debate about Rush Limbaugh’s recent attack on and pseudo-apology to Sandra Fluke, there’s a piece that I want to call out: If you don’t respect sluts, you don’t respect women. There have been other articles, like Yasmin Nair’s In […]
This week’s roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. Census Data Reveals Elder Women’s Poverty Crisis by Leslie Bennetts of The Daily Beast says that a study of census data reveals that more than half of older women in America are unable to pay […]
Despite his anti-feminist views, Rick Santorum has still managed to cultivate a faction of female Conservative supporters. But how? Hugo Schwyzer points to Santorum’s “soft patriarchy” as one possible answer to that question. Why do so many women love Rick Santorum, arguably the most anti-feminist major party political candidate in a generation? The New York […]
This week’s roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. Gloria Steinem, A Woman Like No Other by Sarah Hepola of The New York Times says that for more than 40 years, Gloria Steinem has been the near-singular voice of the women’s movement. Why, in […]
Hugo Schwyzer weighs in on the recent shooting of Trayvon Martin and points to white men’s long history of fearing black men as the root cause. I thought about starting this essay with a stock phrase, saying that the now-infamous February 26 shooting of Trayvon Martin has “reopened an old wound.” But in reading about […]
This week’s roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. To Reclaim or Reject ‘Slut’? by Tracy Clark-Flory of Salon.com says the Limbaugh controversy is a perfect example of the complexities of reappropriating, or renouncing, the slur. 2. The Strange, Fascinating History of the Vibrator […]
