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Work In Gender-Opposite Job, Get Criticized More Often

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  • January 4, 2011

Check out this post about gender-opposite jobs by Emerald Catron on MyDaily.

If your job as a lady fire chief seems harder than you expected (and you’ve seen “Backdraft” like 40 times), it’s not all in your mind. Research shows that people who have jobs associated with their opposite gender are often judged more harshly for their mistakes. … More »

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Work In Gender-Opposite Job, Get Criticized More Often

Sarah Palin’s America by Heart: Feminists, Beware


We’re sure you were in line at Barnes and Noble at 7:00 a.m. yesterday so you could get your very own copy of Sarah Palin’s latest masterpiece, America by Heart. No? Great, you aren’t nuts. But we know that you have a perverse desire to see what kind of backwards gems are hidden within the book’s patriotic pages. So, to save you the trouble of putting a paper bag over your head and flipping through the pages at your local book store, Slate’s Jessica Grose read it so you don’t have to. According to her, it’s safe to say that America by Heart won’t become a feminist classic any time soon: … More »

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Sarah Palin’s America by Heart: Feminists, Beware

Who’s Afraid of Your Vagina? Dartmouth, Apparently


Yes. Feel-good reminders about grabbing your favorite hand mirror and spending some quality time with your vagina are certainly tired. But with the recent noise surrounding a simple act of body awareness on Dartmouth’s campus, you’d think the idea was radically offensive. On October 18, Mayuka Kowaguchi handed out mirrors to female students complete with notes on how to examine their lady parts. Kowaguchi was handing out the mirrors as a part of her training for an on-campus sexual advisory group.
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Who’s Afraid of Your Vagina? Dartmouth, Apparently

Feeling Stressed? Stare at Some Meat


Hey, we just found our new favorite way to relax: Meat-staring. Just stare at an image of meat, and feel the calm wash over you. At least, that’s what a post on Treehugger suggests could help men relax. A study done at McGill University showed that men are less aggressive when they’re looking at meat. … More »

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Feeling Stressed? Stare at Some Meat