When my marriage had an undeniable crisis, I discovered I was pregnant with my second child. I was terrified that I was about to give birth to another kid to whom I would eventually become a Single Mom. I didn’t believe I had the personal resources to go it alone. I don’t have family support, […]
This week’s roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. Knocked Up: Republican Presidential Candidates’ Plan For American Women by Adele M. Stan of Alternet.org says that birth control is under attack by all of the GOP’s presidential candidates. 2. Singled Out: Are Unmarried People […]
I’m a single 32-year-old woman with no kids. I’m going to pause for a second to let that sink in, and to let you think about the images and feelings that spring to mind when you hear that phrase. Pop culture would tell us that I am either: Standing in a leopard print dress at […]
This piece was originally published on the Good Men Project. Republished with permission. Judging from what I read online and hear from my students, the question of the “number” is as compelling as ever. In February, Marie Claire ran an article, “What’s Your Number?” in which five women (whose numbers ranged from zero to 100) told their […]
This piece was originally published on HyperVocal as 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. In June 2011, the creators of Grindr, a popular gay and bisexual smartphone app, announced that they had reached 2 million […]
This piece is a conversation between Hugo Schwyzer, a Gender Studies professor and Sex and Relationship Editor at the Good Men Project, and Nicole Rodgers, the President and co-founder of Role/Reboot. This article is cross-posted at Role/Reboot and the Good Men Project. Hugo: Both sexes regularly accuse the other of being inconsistent when it comes […]
When the New York Times recently asked “Are You as Fertile as You Look?” the question was rhetorical. The reporter suggested womenfolk are ignorant about their declining fertility because they confuse youthful looks with having youthful ovaries. It’s easy to judge women like the ones trotted out for this piece; in their late 30s through […]
Charlotte, Samantha, Carrie, or Miranda. It seems many women I know can tell you – without skipping a beat – which Sex and the City persona they most accurately match. Whether they be traditional and romantic, wildly sexual, in a six year long on-again-off-again relationship, or a workaholic with a penchant for unfortunate haircuts, it […]
The new fall television season is upon us and with it comes the good, the bad, the new, and the tired. However, one show I’m excited about seeing return is The Good Wife, a CBS drama about a lawyer’s wife who stood by her philandering husband. The Good Wife has received critical acclaim for Julianna […]
This post was originally published on the Good Men Project. Republished with permission. Mark D. White wrote a post today that gives an honest look at a guy struggling to understand a woman’s relationship to beauty, and how he, as a guy, should talk to her about it. Compliment her looks? Her intelligence? But why—when the […]
This post originally appeared on the Good Men Project. Republished with permission. Once upon a time, I was in a relationship with a woman who was the most brilliant, creative, and driven person I’d ever known. I told her these things often because she didn’t see herself this way, despite achieving tremendous success and acclaim […]
This post was originally published at HyperVocal. I never thought I would be single with no children at 35. I was ready to marry my first boyfriend Mike when I was 15 and lost my virginity to him. As a Catholic, I convinced myself that as long as I married him, it was okay to […]
