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• Definition of Human Being: The Animal That Endlessly Worries Unnecessarily

  
  Figleaf's Real Adult Sex - Confessions of a libertine prude / grumblings of a prudish libertine — Authority: 126
  Summary: An inquiry into gendered assumptions about nutrition and “manliness.” Amanda Marcotte of Pandagon notes a conservative columnist, Debbie Schlussel, has taken up a banner raised by some actor, Jeremy Piven, who claims drinking a bunch of soy milk gave him “man boobs.” Soy being some kind proxy ...
  11 hours ago

• Watchdog citizen journalism against gender violence

  
  Gender Masala — Authority: 112
  The sisters can do it by themselves. By A. Vilanculos The buzz in Mozambique during the recent elections was not the TV debate among presidential candidates debate (there is none) or their programs  (all vague). What had tongues wagging was citizen’s journalism, dispatches by ordinary folk about electoral ...
  15 hours ago

• Doing Gender Diversity: Readings in Theory and Real-World Experience

  
  Feminist Review — Authority: 542
  Edited by Rebecca F. Plante and Lis M. Maurer Westview Press What does it mean to be female or male in modern American society? How does this limit the endless ways in which human beings are capable of expressing themselves? More importantly, how do we promote open-mindedness in a world that grooms people from ...
  1 day ago

• On proper feminist automobile behavior

  
  Heartless Doll — Authority: 479
  By Andrea Grimes ​ I never thought my aversion to being in cars Im not actually driving could be a feminist issue, but according to the New York Times Freakonomics blog , it just might be. Eric Morris takes on travel-related gender issues in todays post and, apparently, a forthcoming series. Come ...
  2 days ago

• The Palin Phenomenon

  
  Cosmopolitan Conservative — Authority: 128
  The subject of conservative women emerging in America keeps appearing over and over again in the news. It’s fascinating to watch other women get involved in politics, and it’s fascinating to observe  the media collectively explode in frustration. I keep seeing examples of women who were inspired to enter the ...
  3 days ago

• Anti-choice ‘feminist’ knows what you ought to think and feel

  
  Jem's Lair — Authority: 411
  At least she says so. Faithfully Agnostic has recently posted two posts on how she makes her anti-choice stance match up with her proclaimed feminism . Of course, she calls it pro-life. I engaged for a while – mostly out of boredom – until I noticed something I had apparently not truly digested in my first ...
  4 days ago

• Malaysia Report: Transgender Day of Remembrance

  
  Ex-Gay Watch — Authority: 464
  Held on the 20th of November every year, this day is set to commemorate transgenders who have been killed due to discrimination, prejudice and hatred towards the community . It is also to raise awareness and act against the violence, brutality and murder of gender variant or non-gender conforming individuals within ...
  4 days ago

• Palin, Huffington, Rice -- Speculating on the Imbalances in Public Reaction to Prominent Women

  
  Figleaf's Real Adult Sex - Confessions of a libertine prude / grumblings of a prudish libertine — Authority: 126
  Summary: Speculation about the peculiar gaps in application of sexualized slander against highly-visible women. With a quick allusion in a note at the end about the soft underbelly of privilege. Quote of the day (ok, from sometime last week) from Echidne of the Snakes : It’s nearly impossible to separate ...
  5 days ago

• Importance vs. Significance of Penis Size Between Men and Women

  
  Figleaf's Real Adult Sex - Confessions of a libertine prude / grumblings of a prudish libertine — Authority: 126
  Summary: Based on the disconnect between a woman’s response to men’s concern this is a meditation on how men use our own criteria for determining the significance of penis size to women. In response to… quite a few other comments on an advice post at Em & Lo titled “My Boyfriend Has a Small Penis,” ...
  5 days ago

• Study Claims That Women Yell At Men Over Housework In Order To "Feel More Feminine" [Study Break]

  
  Jezebel — Authority: 813
  According to a study conducted at the University of Missouri, female breadwinners often go a bit overboard when it comes to nagging males about housework in order to stay connected with traditional female roles in the household. According to Dr. Rebecca Meisenbach, who interviewed over 15,000 "breadwinning" women ...
  5 days ago

• One Possible Answer to the "Disappearing Boyfriend" Question: They Might Be Men, Not Boys

  
  Figleaf's Real Adult Sex - Confessions of a libertine prude / grumblings of a prudish libertine — Authority: 126
  Summary: A brief history of teen pregnancy policy and how, long before I found this domain name, it motivated me to start blogging. Actually I can answer part of my previous question, about whether the boyfriend is likely to disappear if his girlfriend becomes pregnant . In fact it was the second issue that made ...
  6 days ago

• Where Do Disappearing Boyfriends Come From?

  
  Figleaf's Real Adult Sex - Confessions of a libertine prude / grumblings of a prudish libertine — Authority: 126
  Summary: Are boyfriends really “most likely to disappear” when their partners become pregnant? Fact or cultural gender messaging? And who’s decision? Echidne of the Snakes , while doing an otherwise pitch-perfect job of countering anti-choice slippery-slopery, hits one hypothetical that seems like it might ...
  6 days ago

• Amir Alerts Yours Truly to a Stupid Post

  
  Biblical Manhood — Authority: 113
  Amir gets the hat tip for this: Motte Brown has posted a video of " cussing pastor " Mark Driscoll talking about manhood. I wanted to make a response to the post but Boundless website would not accept my comments. Motte obliquely mentions "niceguys" in his post. I wonder who he had in mind. A couple of ...
  6 days ago

• Fascinating Manhood Fireside

  
  The Exponent — Authority: 492
  by Jana Fascinating Manhood Young Men’s Fireside next Sunday at the Stake Center Speaker: Brother Clinton Kelly For more info and directions Learn what messages your clothes are sending to women, how to make the most of your wardrobe, and how to groom yourself for ETERNAL SUCCESS! ...
  1 week ago

• Family health managers

  
  Gender Masala — Authority: 112
  Women manage family health in Ethiopia. Pics by M. Sayagues
  1 week ago

• Aucassin and Nicolette by an Out-of-the-Box Medieval Author

  
  Rebecca Reads — Authority: 120
  Aucassin et Nicolete was written in medieval France, but it’s not your typical roman d’amour . I haven’t actually read any other medieval romances. My expectations of “typical” are all formed on stereotype. In many ways, Aucassin and Nicolette meets those fairy tale stereotypes. On the other hand, ...
  1 week ago

• Week 44, Day 304 - "Not All Dogs Go To Heaven"

  
  365 Sketches — Authority: 129
  “Not All Dogs Go To Heaven” Written by Joe Janes 11/18/09 304 of 365 Cast: Floyd, 40s Cassandra, 12 Maria, 40s (Lights up on Floyd doing dishes far stage left. Cassandra walks in.) CASSANDRA Dad? FLOYD Yes, Cassie? ...
  1 week ago

• Are you afraid of bed and breakfasts because you are a dude?

  
  Heartless Doll — Authority: 479
  By Andrea Grimes ​ What does a guy vacation look like? Las Vegas, maybe--strippers and Jager shots and Ed Hardy shirts! Or a trip to the Grand Canyon! Whats more duderiffic than climbing stuff and sleeping outside and being in big nature things? But we do know what a dude vacay doesnt look like: a ...
  1 week ago

• One sex or two?

  
  nickhereandnow — Authority: 118
  Now and again for a bit of fun I suggest to people that life would be a hell of a lot simpler with one sex instead of two. All those endless tensions and aggravations and misunderstandings would disappear and it would be so much easier to get on with each other. But its surprising how many people dont like the idea ...
  1 week ago

• Sex as negotiable action

  
  Jem's Lair — Authority: 411
  When I went to pick up the boo, today, I was listening to the radio as usual. I was zapping around between 4-5 stations because my tolerance for music I don’t like is terribly low, and whenever a song I don’t like is on, I switch to a different station. As luck would have it, I ended up on a station just as they ...
  1 week ago

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