This piece was originally published on the Good Men Project as part of a special series on the End of Gender. This series includes bloggers from Role/Reboot, Good Men Project, The Huffington Post, Salon, HyperVocal, Ms. Magazine, YourTango, Psychology Today, Princess Free Zone, The Next Great Generation, and Man-Making. I’d like to present a hypothetical situation. What if you discovered that the words “girls are allergic […]
This piece was originally published on the Good Men Project as part of a special series on the End of Gender. This series includes bloggers from Role/Reboot, Good Men Project, The Huffington Post, Salon, HyperVocal, Ms. Magazine, YourTango, Psychology Today, Princess Free Zone, The Next Great Generation, and Man-Making. It has been almost a year since Hanna Rosin penned her provocative and controversial essay entitled, “The […]
This piece is part of a special series on the End of Gender. This series includes bloggers from HyperVocal, Role/Reboot, Good Men Project, The Huffington Post, Salon, Ms. Magazine, YourTango, Psychology Today, Princess Free Zone,The Next Great Generation, and Man-Making. Hanna Rosin’s now-famous Atlantic cover story, The End of Men, made me cringe instantly. You’d have to be an idiot to look at all the […]
This piece is part of a special series on the End of Gender. This series includes bloggers from Role/Reboot, Good Men Project, The Huffington Post, Salon, HyperVocal, Ms. Magazine, YourTango, Psychology Today, Princess Free Zone,The Next Great Generation, and Man-Making. As a lesbian, it is always an interesting experience to join a conversation on changing gender roles and the future of the role of […]
Republished from Citibabes, where Matt Schneider is a regular contributor. Check out his other work on their site. Parenting gurus often like to point out that moms and dads are very different, and they often use back-handed statements to suggest that mothers are inherently more capable and nurturing. These experts will say things like, “dad […]
This piece was originally published on The Current Conscience. Republished with permission. You’re so sensitive. You’re so emotional. You’re defensive. You’re overreacting. Calm down. Relax. Stop freaking out! You’re crazy! I was just joking, don’t you have a sense of humor? You’re so dramatic. Just get over it already! Sound familiar? If you’re a woman, […]
There was a recent incident where some middle class white guy wrote to me, in two successive emails, the following things: “You are sick, stupid and a plague on the world.” “The only thing you could write that would improve the world, is your suicide note.” Here’s what made it worse: it wasn’t a random […]
This article originally appeared as a guest post of the She Negotiates blog on Forbes.com. Republished with permission. As a publisher I appreciate a provocative headline. A good hook is more important than ever in our link-and-like economy. But I bristled at the sexist assumption in the title of Daniel Freedman’s March 16th column, “Do […]
Editor’s Note: This piece is a collaboration between Misty McLaughlin and Michel Erard, a husband and wife who have a young son together. They have each authored a section, denoted by the name that appears above the text. Misty: Our son, who I’ll call V here, has my last name. Not a hyphenated name, nor […]
Shortly after tying the knot, a friend asked if I wanted to watch a football game at a local bar and grill. I hesitated. “Maybe. Let me check with the wife first.” Then I quickly added, “I’m probably forgetting some plans we’ve already made, but if not, then I’m definitely in.” The sinking feeling in […]
This post originally appeared on Feministe. Republished with permission. Back when pretty much the only men wearing makeup were either rock lords or Boy George, I privately came up with the guideline that if any particular piece of grooming was something women generally performed while men generally didn’t, I could safely consider it “beauty work.” […]
The post originally appeared on the Good Men Project. Republished with permission. Never mind your tanking 401K or the astronomical price of gold. How’s your erotic capital? According to Catherine Hakim, a professor at the London School of Economics, erotic capital is a combination of “beauty, social skills, good dress sense, physical fitness, liveliness, sex […]
