Topic: Friday Five

  • The Friday Five

    This week’s roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. How Can We Help Men? By Helping Women by Stephanie Coontz of The New York Times says the most urgent issue facing working Americans today is not the glass ceiling. It is the sinking floor. […]

  • The Friday Five

    This week’s roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. Why Women Aren’t Welcome On The Internet by Amanda Hess of Pacific Standard Magazine says: “Ignore the barrage of violent threats and harassing messages that confront you online every day.” That’s what women are told. […]

  • The Friday Five

    This week’s roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. The Risky Business of Paternity Leave by Scot Coltrane of The Atlantic says when men take time off to care for family members, their long-term earnings suffer—just as women’s do. Here’s why it’s worth it. 2. […]

  • The Friday Five

    This week’s roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. How To Fight Sexism In The Toy Aisle by Mary Elizabeth Williams of Salon says a major retailer vows to go ‘gender neutral’ in the new year. 2. Should Birth Control Sabotage Be Considered A […]

  • The Friday Five

    This week’s roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. Wall Street Mothers, Stay-Home Fathers by Jodi Kantor and Jessica Silver-Greenberg of The New York Times says for a growing number of women on Wall Street, stay-at-home husbands are enabling them to compete at work […]

  • The Friday Five

    This week’s roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. Why Stay-at-Home Moms Should Demand Postnuptial Agreements by Keli Goff of The Daily Beast says it’s no surprise that Rupert Murdoch and Wendi Deng had a prenup. But a postnup? That’s what some attorneys recommend […]

  • The Friday Five

    This week’s roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. How Can We Jump-Start The Struggle For Gender Equality by Philip N. Cohen of The New York Times says to speed up a slowing move to equality, men will need to move into professions that […]

  • The Friday Five

    This week’s roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. A Cold War Fought By Women by John Tierney of The New York Times asks: How aggressive is the human female? 2. Does Hookup Culture Hurt Women? by Peggy Drexler of The Daily Beast says […]

  • The Friday Five

    This week’s roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. Standing Up For The Rights Of New Fathers by Tara Siegel Bernard of The New York Times says more workers are filing legal actions against their employers to gain paid parental leave for the birth […]

  • The Friday Five

    This week’s roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. Paternity Leave by Anna March of The Weeklings says the burden of pregnancy will never be fair. Child support can be—but men need to have a chance to opt out. 2. The Upside Of Infidelity […]

  • The Friday Five

    This week’s roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. Can Older Women ‘Have It All’ Too? by Amanda Hess of Slate.com discusses how longer lives will affect sexism. 2. Female Competition Isn’t Automatically ‘Mean’ by Mary Elizabeth Williams of Salon says a new study […]

  • The Friday Five

    This week’s roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. When Street Harassment Is More Deadly Than Catcalls by Holly Kearl of Ms. Magazine says: While people may think it is a stretch to connect catcalls with assault and attempted murder, sometimes catcalls escalate into […]