Gender Norms

Bad Idea: Spas for Tween Girls

Patricia Leavy, PhD | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Parents, Tweens, Self-Esteem, Girls, Spas, Body Image, Tween Body Image, Gender Norms, Tween-Spas, Parents News
Patricia Leavy, PhD

Offering a bikini wax to a young girl serves only to sexualize her and push her towards an adult ideal of the body-beautiful.

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Photographer Addresses Gender In 'The Pink And Blue Project'

Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Gender Difference, Photography, Consumerism, Video, Jeongmee Yoon, Children, Gender Norms, South Korean Art, Female Artists, Feminism, Slidepollajax, Pink and Blue Projects, Arts News

South Korean artist JeongMee Yoon first embarked on "The Pink and Blue Project" when her five-year-old daughter couldn't get enough candy-colored poss...

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Swap The Audio Between Boys And Girls Toy Ads, And You Will Be Disturbed

The Huffington Post | Mallika Rao | Posted 03.30.2012

Read More: Lego Ads, Gendered Advertising Remixer, Gender Equality, Advertising for Kids, Jonathan Mcintosh, Gender Norms, Gendered Ads, Kids Advertisements, Boys and Girls Toys, Gendered Toys, Culture News

Everyone knows little kids are indoctrinated early. Either they choose pink and Barbies or blue and GI Joes, or they end up getting written about in t...

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When The Gender Boxes Don't Fit

Ericka Sokolower-Shain | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Gender-Variant Children, Gender-Nonconforming Kids, Gender-Nonconforming, Gender-Nonconforming Children, Gender-Nonconforming Youth, Gender Binary, Gender Roles, Genderqueer, Gender Norms, Gender-Variant Kids, Gender Variance, Gender-Variant Teens, Gender-Nonconforming Teens, Gender-Variant Youth, Gender Boxes, Gay Voices News
Ericka Sokolower-Shain

What gender-variant youth need are teachers who don't make assumptions, who ask lots of questions and then listen to the answers. Everyone is different. When a kid tells you what's important to them, that's what they want you to do.

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That Poor Embattled Y Chromosome

Sherman Yellen | Posted 05.11.2012

Read More: Maureen Dowd, Chris Christie, Masculinity, Femininity, Gender Norms, Chris Christie William Brown, Gender Roles, Media News
Sherman Yellen

In thinking about gender, I had hoped that the New York Times would deal with the recent Chris Christie attack on a law student. Christie is considered a "real man" -- a "regular guy" among his supporters, a future presidential contender.

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When Will HRC And GLAAD Go After Miller Lite's Offensive Ads?

David Groshoff | Posted 03.03.2012

Read More: Gender Norms, Gender, Transgender, Cisgender, Gender Nonconforming, Gender Conformity, Gender Normativity, Miller Man Up, Miller Lite Gender Stereotypes, Miller Lite Man Up Commercials, Miller Lite Man Up Ads, Miller Lite Offensive Ads, Gay Voices News
David Groshoff

On Christmas I took the day off from researching corporate law and watched whatever programming our cable TV provided. And that programming contained a seemingly disturbing amount of "manliness," whatever that means.

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PHOTO: What's Wrong With This Forever 21 Tee?

The Huffington Post | Ellie Krupnick | Posted 11.12.2011

Read More: Style News, Video, Allergic to Algebra Tee Shirt, Gender Norms, Forever 21, J.C. Penney, Style News

The media world was up in arms over a J.C. Penney girls' tee-shirt that read, "I'm too pretty to do homework so my brother has to do it for me." T...

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Truck-Loving Girls And Ballet-Dancing Boys: Why Raising Ungendered Kids Isn’t So Simple

Sarah Buttenwieser | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Feminist, Gender Norms, Disney Princess, Cinderella Book, Parenting, Child-Rearing Gender Role, Feminism, Male Gender Role, Cinderella Ate My Daughter, Parenting Gender Role, Boy Gender Role, Boy Ballet, Subverting Gender Norms, Girl Gender Role, Gender Role Parenting, Ballet Boy, Female Gender Role, Gender Role Child-Rearing, Disney Princesses, Healthy Living News
Sarah Buttenwieser

Peggy Orenstein, you totally got to me. After reading your book, I feel all the more resolved not to let the cult of Disney Princesses into her life (or mine).

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Overcoming Clergy Gender Norms

Joshua Stanton | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Homosexuality, Gender Equality, Rabbinical Gender Norms, Judaism, Gender Norms, Gender Roles in Religion, Gender and Religion, Female Rabbis, Clergy Gender Issues, Sexuality and Religion, Gender Identity, Overcoming Gender Norms, Religion News
Joshua Stanton

Archetypes for men and women -- and especially clergy -- press us to conform to the norms dictated by our genders. People want religious leaders to look, sound and seem familiar.

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Prop 8: Let's Get Rid of Marriage Instead!

Sally Kohn | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Vaughn Walker, California, Proposition 8, Heteronormativity, Gender Norms, Prop 8, Judge Walker, Beyond Marriage, Feminism, Progressive Agenda, Gender, Same-Sex Marriage, Marriage Equality, Gay Agenda, Politics News
Sally Kohn

For millions of Americans like me -- gay, straight and in the vast hinterlands in between -- the little box of traditional marriage is too constricting for our evolving notions of love and partnership.

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