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Tag Archive | "Gender Issues"

Marriage = An Institution Free from State-Mandated Gender Roles

Monday, August 9, 2010

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Check out this insightful passage, just one of many from the full text of Judge Vaughn Walker’s overturning of Prop 8 in California last Wednesday: The evidence shows that the movement of marriage away from a gendered institution and toward an institution free from state-mandated gender roles reflects an evolution in the understanding of gender rather [...]

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Overnight Handbag Redux

Friday, July 16, 2010

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photo by dunikowski A few weeks ago we did a post on the ideal contents of a woman’s purse, should she find herself suddenly having a casual sleepover. Well, you guys reamed us. Deservedly so in a few cases (we phoned some of it in); undeservedly, we thought, in a few others (especially considering we give [...]

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Guess Whose Year Book Pic?

Monday, July 12, 2010

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photo via UnAmericana Yep, Rachel Maddow’s. Out and proud Rachel Maddow of MSNBC’s kick-ass liberal politics show “The Rachel Maddow Show.” Maddow, who wears as little makeup as the producers will let her get away with, who would never be caught dead in feminine jewelry (let alone pearls!), who’s always in jeans and sneaks under her [...]

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What Do Men Think of Women Who Have Their Own Condom Supply?

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

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Just in Case condom carriers Advice from three of our guy friends. This week they answer the following: “What do men think of a woman who has her own supply of condoms? What do they think of women who expect men alone to always buy the condoms?“ Gay Married Guy (Jon Ross): I think a woman [...]

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Wise Guys: Do Men Notice a Woman’s Shoes?

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

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photo by jayceeloop Advice from three of our guy friends. This week a straight woman asks, “Do guys ever notice a woman’s shoes, or care whether or not she wears heels?” Straight Married Guy (Ben): I will never understand women’s ability to differentiate between very similar items of clothing and pairs of shoes. My wife has about [...]

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Will the Real Elena Kagan Please Stand Up?

Monday, May 24, 2010

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Image by Charles Fettinger We have mixed feelings about Maureen Dowd: on the one hand she is a totally awesome butt-kicking columnist who can swing with the big boys while pointing out how many of them are actually just whiny little boys. But on the other hand, she seems to phone it in a lot these [...]

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Comment of the Week: Vaya con Dios, Bro!

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

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photo by SteveMakesNoise In response to last week’s “Your Call,” in which a reader admitted to getting caught — four times! — sending flirty texts to women other than his girlfriend, Slartibartfast had this to say. It’s not that deep, it just made us laugh! (Which we know is kind of mean, considering this repentant guy’s [...]

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Comment of the Week: A Great Date Mistaken for Emasculation

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

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photo by Albany Tim We couldn’t believe this crazy story from BCofUIMhere in response to our Wise Guys Post “Can’t Women Ask Men Out?” It made us so thankful that we live in more enlightened times. Which then got us thinking, Do we really? The last time I asked a guy out was probably before EM & [...]

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Men Are from Mars, Blah, Blah, Blah…

Friday, April 2, 2010

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Oh, isn’t it fun to talk about how men are from Mars and women are from Venus? It’s like we’re practically two different species! And once almighty “Science” comes down from on high and explains these differences as natural, well then you better suit up because the inter-galactic, inter-species war of the sexes is going [...]

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Wise Guys: Can’t Women Ask Men Out?

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

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photo by rick Advice from three of our guy friends. This week a straight woman asks, “Why do some guys get freaked out if a woman asks them out, and act like she’s desperate? Is it because they feel like they have to say yes? Or does it actually make a woman seem less attractive to [...]

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