Laughter is women’s go-to, and socially palatable substitute, for something men might really not like, aggression and anger. Women around the world were thrown into fits of side-splitting laughter earlier this week after media reported that a clinical trial for an “extremely effective” form of male contraceptive was closed after men in the study didn’t […]
My high school refused to print my picture in the yearbook because my A-cups were demanding too much attention. “I can see your cleavage all the way across the court.” That’s what my female Bible teacher told me when I was just 15. I was the new kid at a private Christian school. What could […]
Women in Hollywood are too often crutches propping up the status of their aging male leads. By now, you’re well aware that Renee Zellweger’s face, not the actor, has been making headlines. News feeds have been blowing up with speculation and ridicule over the Bridget Jones star’s supposed “new” face asking idiotic questions like, “Is That Really You, […]
Research shows that most people don’t see sexism even when it’s right in front of their noses. Sexist behavior, such as the man who parked his car and refused to pay me when I was a running a car lot because “women can’t work in parking lots,” is usually easy to spot. But, in general, sexism, so densely […]
