What are we going to do about all of the "non-manly" guys running around the United States? Apparently, the great assumption is that by engaging in activities ranging from military exercises to boy scouting, we could eliminate the "problem" altogether.
Allison Hope | Posted 05.22.2012
Imagine a world where someone with a penis can wear dresses every day if this person desired. Gender-neutral bathrooms and department stores and professional sports become the rule rather than the exception to it. Children can play with whatever toys they prefer.
Posted 05.18.2012
Lamenting the prevalence of toystore gender stereotypes, a wise little girl named Riley once said: "Some girls like superheroes, some girls like princ...
Shira Hirschman Weiss | Posted 05.18.2012
The women in my neighborhood always seemed to be complaining of some injustice or another and I wanted them to stop. "Why bring attention to yourself like this?" I remember thinking at age 10.
Ekaterina Walter | Posted 05.08.2012
Lots of women like to chat about their feelings. Lots of men don't. But the minute we start insisting that men are this way and women are that way, we actually understand each other less.
Marianne Mollmann | Posted 05.02.2012
Guys: If you find yourself about to snap a picture of your junk, ask yourself if that really is your best side, and if you wouldn't rather be known for who you are.
Veronica Rhodes | Posted 05.01.2012
“Thumb to thumb!” the old man shouted, holding up his hands in front of his chest. “Thumb to thumb – what does that mean???” His crooked f...
Ken Solin | Posted 04.30.2012
To react out of fear is neither manly nor authentic. Living in integrity is the moral high ground, and men needn't aim lower than that.
Posted 04.13.2012
Even in 2012, it's a big deal that a young boy dressed up as Spiderman poses with a toy baby carriage in a Swedish catalogue. It's notable that a girl...
Catherine Oliver | Posted 04.04.2012
Some parents have tried to raise their kids without gender stereotypes, only to get accused of being hippies at best and downright abusive at worst. Tell me what's abusive about not shoving your kid into a box that says, "This is how you're supposed to act given your genitalia."
Catherine Oliver | Posted 04.02.2012
Gender-nonconforming kids need to know there are others like them. In the media they should be portrayed just like everyone else. At home they need to be accepted and loved, not forced into roles they can't fit. In schools they need to be treated with respect and dignity.
Sandra Matsevilo | Posted 03.28.2012
While the gender spectrum is a plausible stepping stone in better understanding gender, it is in no way a final solution to helping individuals find their identities.
Dr. Peggy Drexler | Posted 05.20.2012
The deep emotional connection between mothers and sons has been demonized for far too long.
Posted 03.19.2012
Sofia Vergara has a made a career for herself playing the stereotypical loud and boisterous Gloria in the show “Modern Family.” And what can we sa...
Vanessa Pinto | Posted 05.08.2012
Sugar, spice and everything nice is what little girls are made of. So, what are little boys made of?
Katherine Bindley | Posted 03.07.2012
When it comes to the tiffs (or the full-blown fights) that inevitably come up in relationships, it turns out that a woman doesn't need the man in her ...
Hayley Rose Horzepa | Posted 05.05.2012
Those with clout like Rush talk about and regard us with the same type of annoyance and irritation that they also reserve for the brave participants of the Occupy Movement.
Samara Green | Posted 04.15.2012
In The Little Mermaid, who provides Ariel with a shelter and future life of luxury? Prince Eric. In Cinderella, who brings her out of rags and into riches? Prince Charming.
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Posted 02.06.2012
This is a teen-written article from our friends at Youth Communication, a nonprofit organization that helps marginalized youth develop their full pote...
Domenick Scudera | Posted 03.18.2012
I always thought you were a champion of female empowerment. Calling Ricky Gervais a "girl" seems beneath you. Women like you are symbols of strength and confidence, helping to erode pervasive gender stereotypes.
Joan Williams | Posted 03.15.2012
These results are being used as proof that men and women's brains are fundamentally different, but what's important is what the study doesn't measure.
Ilene H. Lang | Posted 03.10.2012
The misguided assumption that women are less ambitious than men puts companies at risk of underutilizing talented women and overlooking -- or outright dismissing them -- for key roles.
Monica Gallagher Sakala | Posted 03.10.2012
Teaching the lesson that things associated with females are considered weak or soft and things associated with men are considered strong, at such a young age, is a dangerous and slippery slope.
Kristen Wolfe | Posted 03.08.2012
The dad sees the boy's purple game controller and starts in on the him about how he needs to pick something different. Something more manly. Something with guns and fighting.
Jill Lynne | Posted 02.29.2012
The sensibility Marilyn displayed -- alluring but devious and manipulative, infantilizing, a baby babe -- were the very behaviors that we were protesting against, striving not to be.
Troy Roness | Posted 05.26.2012