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Gender Stereotypes

Men, Women, and Balance

Leslie Pratch, Ph.D. | Posted 11.03.2009 | Living

Read More: Success, Gender Stereotypes, Relationships, Women's Health, Ceos, Careers, Balance, Power, Family, Gender, The Balanced Life, Living News
Leslie Pratch, Ph.D.

A study I performed on successful CEOs of private equity funded ventures found that their wives played pivotal roles in their success as executives and in their sense of balance.

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Why Parents May Cause Gender Differences In Kids

newsweek.com | Posted 10.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Gender Stereotypes, Sex Differences, Parenting, Male, Sex, Lise Eliot, Female, Pink Brain, Blue Brain, Gender, Living News

Among certain parents, it is an article of faith not only that they should treat their sons and daughters alike, but also that they do. If Jack gets L...

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Those Things of Which We Dare Not Speak, But Should

Danielle Cavallucci | Posted 09.08.2009 | Living

Read More: Sexual Health, Men's Health, Taboo, How to Prevent Prostate Cancer, Prostate, Penis, Penis Size, Gender Stereotypes, Sexuality, Living News
Danielle Cavallucci

I have begun to grow angry on behalf of all of you poor men who have to contend with a storm of disapproval when wanting a safe and open forum for discussing all things penis

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Hangover Star Talks Openly About His "Tiny Penis"

Disgrasian | Posted 07.24.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Chick Flicks, Gender Stereotypes, The-Hangover, Stereotypes, Penis Size, Penis, Asian Americans, Ken Jeong, Asian Stereotypes, Ken Jeong Penis, Dick Flicks, Todd Phillips, Bromance, The Hangover, Ken-Jeong, Entertainment News
Disgrasian

One thing that left me feeling queasy after the movie was Ken Jeong's character, Mr. Chow. I hated the generic Engrish accent. And the character's queeny affectation left me cold, coming across more prissy than funny.

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Mentoring Sonia: The Case of Celina Sotomayor

Virginia Sanchez-Korrol | Posted 07.13.2009 | New York

Read More: Supreme Court, Celina Sotomayor, Antonia Pantoja, Puerto Rican, New York, Sonia Sotomayor, West Side Story, Gender Stereotypes, Nuyorican, Garment Industry, Boricua, Aspira, Bilingual Education, New York News
Virginia Sanchez-Korrol

For more than sixty years Celina Sotomayor's life experience has reflected the evolution of the New York Puerto Rican community. As witness and participant, she puts a face on thousands of migrants like her, who braved dislocation, discrimination and disillusionment for a better life. Shattering ethno-racial and gender stereotypes, hers is a story of family, survival, and perseverance much like that of her compatriots with one distinct difference. Her daughter is President Obama's nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court, the first Nuyorican to be so honored.

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Of Barbies, Bratz and Bimbos

Elizabeth Birch | Posted 06.12.2009 | Living

Read More: Gender Stereotypes, Bratz, Barbie, Women, Girls Body Image, Truechild, Living News
Elizabeth Birch

We can do better than feed a continuous diet of dolls that celebrate eating disorders to our kids, and then wonder why they are expressing a desire to diet as early as third grade.

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That Chinese Sperm Bank Photo: You've Been Shanghaied

Disgrasian | Posted 05.02.2009 | Media

Read More: Sperm Donors, Lies, Gender Stereotypes, Chinese, Sperm, Chinese Sperm Banks, Stereotypes, Hoaxes, Sperm-Banks, Asians, Chinese Culture, Ethnocentric, Racial Stereotypes, Asia, Memes, China, Happy Ending Massage, Cultural Differences, Asian Sperm Bank, Asian Sperm Bank Photo, Shanghai-China, Media News
Disgrasian

I conducted a little investigation and found that this picture first surfaced on the interwebz in late 2008, and it was immediately dismissed as a hoax by officials at Renji Hospital in Shanghai.

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Arab Women Beginning To Crack The Glass Ceiling

Diane Tucker | Posted 04.17.2009 | World

Read More: Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Abu Dhabi Music & Arts Festival, Dubai, Gender Stereotypes, Angela Gheorghiu, Sir Jams Galway, Abu Dhabi, Dubai Airports, Diane Tucker, Arabian Peninsula, United Arab Emirates, Andrea Bocelli, Saudi Arabia, Noor Al-Fayez, Hoda Kanoo, Anita Mehra, The Bolshoi Ballet, Latifa, Women's Issues, Glass Ceiling, International Women's Rights, Middle East, World News
Diane Tucker

Noor Al-Fayez is the new deputy minister for women's education in Saudi Arabia, a country where women are still not allowed to drive a car.

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The Shifting Power Balance: Is Gender the Issue?

Andrea Learned | Posted 03.15.2009 | Business

Read More: Gender Balance, Gender Gap, Gender Stereotypes, Diversity, World Economic Forum, Business News
Andrea Learned

For today's organizations, gender disparity does indeed sound the alarm, but we need to look beyond gender in order to re-adjust the power balance effectively -- and for the good of all.

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See, You Can Wear Your Fairy Wings to School!

Isobel White | Posted 02.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Gender in Schools, Gay Issues in Schools, Gender Stereotypes, Education, Gay Rights, Proposition 8 and Schools, Proposition 8, Prop 8, California Gay Marriage Ban, Schools, Film, Diversity Education, Gay Issues, Gay Marriage, Gender, Living News
Isobel White

Straightlaced: How Gender's Got Us All Tied Up, is about how strict gender stereotypes and pressures deny students the opportunity to be joyfully who they are.

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Guys and Dolls

Stephanie Fairyington | Posted 02.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Women, Growing Up, Webkinz, Children, Boys, Parenting, Feminism, Femininity, Social Activism, Gender, Girls, Marlo Thomas, Free to Be You and Me, Kids, Masculinity, Gender Issues, 1970s, Good Morning America, Family, Gender Stereotypes, Gender Roles, Living News
Stephanie Fairyington

The success of web-based interactive dolls like Webkinz indicates that boys respond to toys that tap into their fatherly instincts; for the month of October alone, boys made up 36% of the site's visitors.

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The Tables Have Turned

Giulia Melucci | Posted 12.24.2008 | Style

Read More: Gender Stereotypes, Gender Roles, Romance, Brooklyn, Cooking, Dating, Online Dating, Food, Internet Dating, Masculinity, Femininity, New York City, Style News
Giulia Melucci

I like to be the cook in my relationships. When I'm not slaving over the stove for some boyfriend or other I'm not sure what I have to offer.

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Sure, Twilight May be Sexist, but it's Also Female Escapist Fantasy

Scott Mendelson | Posted 12.24.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Sex and the City: The Movie, Gender Stereotypes, Twilight, Movies, Entertainment News
Scott Mendelson

The problem, and the key to understanding why the story is offensive to some people, is that the core of the romantic drama revolves around two contradictory and troubling connotations.

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Palin the Frontierswoman?

Victoria Rosner | Posted 11.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Political Commentary, Gender Stereotypes, Women's History, Sarah Palin, Arctic, John McCain, Political Pundits, Mary Jemison, Isabel Gunn, Annie Oakley, Barack Obama, Women in Politics, Susanna Wright, J.R. Dunn, Vice-Presidential Race, 2008 Presidential Race, John Fubbister, Hillary Clinton, Alexander Cockburn, Martha Cannary, Frontierswoman, Politics News
Victoria Rosner

Many see Palin as a frontierswoman-- a throwback to bygone Americans, those women who helped their men win the West (or in this case, the North).

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Girl of the Golden West

Landon Jones | Posted 10.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Gender Stereotypes, Image of Western Women, Sarah Palin, Politics News
Landon Jones

"I'd have a beer with her ... or I'd go to church with her." -- Minneapolis construction salesman Bill Dupont discussing Sarah Palin in the Sept. 3 W...

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No Weigh!

Darryle Pollack | Posted 08.13.2008 | Living

Read More: Beauty, Weight, Gender Gap, Gender Stereotypes, Weighing Yourself, Weight Loss, Scales, Living News
Darryle Pollack

Before you can say "Kirstie Alley", the men all line up by the scale, with absolutely no hesitation and no prodding whatsoever, and weigh themselves. No clearer divide exists between Mars and Venus.

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"Nuancing" The Consumer

Andrea Learned | Posted 08.09.2008 | Business

Read More: Consumer Research, Marketing to Women, Gender Stereotypes, Consumer Trends, Marketing to Men, Gender Trends, Business News
Andrea Learned

Apparently, having so shifted their focus toward women, marketers have lost touch with the male consumer -- but there are several "secrets" to reaching them that will save the day.

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BMW Blows It With Ad Campaign Innuendo

Andrea Learned | Posted 08.01.2008 | Business

Read More: Male Consumer, Gender Stereotypes, Marketing Trends, BMW Ad, Sexism in Marketing, Marketing to Men, Used BMW Advertisement, Business News
Andrea Learned

Quick. What comes to mind when you see a close up of a flaxen-haired young lass with pouty lips and bedroom eyes that includes this caption, "You know you're not the first?" A slightly used BMW, no doubt!

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Cowboys, Prairie Fairies, and Mother Earth: The Political Psychology of Gendering Nature Female

Stephen Ducat | Posted 06.12.2008 | Green

Read More: Women, Gender Stereotypes, Masculinity, Alaska, Hummer, Feminism, Gender, Green News
Stephen Ducat

In the view of conservatives, just as women are there to serve and must know their place, so must the Earth (along with its animals and indigenous inhabitants) be used as a resource that requires no reciprocity.

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