Jezebel: Gender Wars

'Men-Ups' Are So Much More Than Just Men Posing Like Pin-Ups

Dodai Stewart — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 17:35:00 EDT

Rion Sabean is a 26-year-old photography student who has started a series of "Men-Ups," in which men who embody what society considers to be manly — bearded, blue collar types —are shot in poses usually reserved for ultra-feminine pin-up girls. The result is not only funny but thought-provoking, and we asked Rion to tell us about his project. More »

Laugh At Online Sexism, So You Don't Cry

Erin Gloria Ryan — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 16:00:00 EDT

Are you a lady who sometimes interacts with people over the internet? Have we got an atomic truth bomb of a comic for you! More »

Does The Color Pink Really Stink?

Liza Featherstone — Tue, 04 May 2010 18:40:00 EDT

The merchants of pink would have loved School Picture Day at my son's preschool: hardly any other color was visible on the little girls. More »

AskMen Asks A Woman For The 5 Lies All Females Tell

Katy Kelleher — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:00:00 EDT

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AskMen has done the research and come up with a helpful list, "5 Lies All Women Tell." With a title like that how could they go wrong? More »

"If I Were John Steinbeck I Would Say (Casually) That You Have Penis Envy"

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:20:00 EDT

Welcome back to Crap Email From A Dude, in which dudes incriminate themselves in ways at once profoundly alarming and totally familiar. Today, the "Wow Dude, You Found Me Out, Fucking You Twice Means I'm Trying To Marry You" thing. More »

Battle Of The Stereotypes

Katy Kelleher — Tue, 26 May 2009 10:40:00 EDT

The Mirror attempts to forge a truce between the sexes by naming men or women "winners" in various categories, all backed up by scientific research. Men apparently win at driving, dieting, and telling jokes, while women excel at shopping, fighting infection, and working in teams. [Mirror] More »

Ladies, Dudes Freak Out in Heineken Commercial

Katy Kelleher — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 10:20:00 EST

The tipster who sent in this clip was of two minds: she wasn’t sure whether to be offended or to laugh. Ad (in Dutch) after the jump. More »

Survey Says: Women Eat Better Than Men

Jessica G. — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 09:30:00 EDT

No wonder studies show that when women cohabitate with men it makes them pack on the pounds: a new survey of 14,000 Americans shows that men are more likely to eat meat and frozen pizza but women pad their diets with more fruits and vegetables. While those results were predictable, the telephone survey, conducted by multiple state and federal heath officials, reports that some of the more unsavory veggies, like asparagus and Brussels sprouts, are more popular amongst men, while ladies like yogurt and eggs. It's riveting information! Another study out recently says that adolescent males are more prone to eating fast food than young women. More »

Excuses, Excuses

Anna Holmes — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 10:45:00 EST

Husband left you for a newer model? Turns out you were right: He is a narcissistic jerk! Dr. Richard A. Friedman, a professor of psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical College, is sounding off on midlife crises among men, calling them "socially acceptable shorthand for what you do when you suddenly wake up and discover that you're not 20 anymore." Says Friedman: "Why do we have to label a common reaction of the male species to one of life's challenges — the boredom of the routine — as a crisis? True, men are generally more novelty-seeking than women, but they can certainly decide what they do with their impulses." [NY Times] More »

Dude Calls Bullshit On Cosmo's Dude Decoding

dodai — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 12:00:00 EST

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Over on testosterone-fuled blog DoubleViking, Kevin Palmer has written a piece called "Lies Cosmo Tells Women." You see,Cosmopolitan has a dude-decoding feature, "Understanding His Baffling Behavior," which explains why men do what they do, and in his piece, Palmer, an actual man, corrects the magazine's editors, laying out the truth. For instance: Why do guys always sit with their legs splayed? Cosmo says women are taught to keep their legs together as a way of not inviting sex. Notes Helen Fisher, PhD, "In contrast, a man is saying, 'Come and get it.'" Palmer's argument? "It is a comfort factor, are we supposed to sit there with our legs crossed or tightly put together with our hands placed upon our knees? That isn't comfortable." Huh. We thought it was because the menfolk like to keep air flowing around the junk area! Fascinating! So, hey, why do guys hardly ever change their sheets? More »

Study Says That It's Men Who Can't Shut Up

Jessica G. — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 09:30:00 EST

Though the accepted stereotype of a nonstop talker is always that of a nattering old biddy, a new study shows that men actually talk more than women on the whole. But while men are more gabby overall, the level of talkativeness is largely situational: According to an article in the November issue of the Personality and Social Psychology Review, "The researchers discovered that, with strangers, women were generally more talkative when it came to using speech to affirm her connection to the listener, while men's speech focused more on an attempt to influence the listener," which is a fancy way of saying that women like feelings while men are into power. Groundbreaking! More »

Can A Woman Cry & Be Taken Seriously?

Dodai Stewart — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 14:00:00 EDT

It was over a week ago that Ellen DeGeneres had a meltdown over a dog named Iggy. But the repercussions carry on: As Jocelyn Noveck reports in USA Today:"It can be easier for a crying man to be taken seriously than a crying woman." Especially in an election year. Tom Lutz, a professor at the University of California, Riverside, who wrote Crying: The Natural and Cultural History of Tears, says "Bill [Clinton] could cry, and did, but Hillary can't." Apparently, there's a double standard: A recent Penn State study sought to explore the different perceptions of crying between men and women. They found that reactions depended on the type of crying, and who was doing it. Watery eyes were viewed more positively than sobbing, and males got the most positive responses. As in, crying women were viewed negatively. More »

Women In Hollywood Speak Out On Women In Hollywood

Dodai Stewart — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 13:00:00 EDT

Today, Salon has the transcript of a roundtable discussion between a group of the most powerful women in Hollywood. The panel was moderated by producer Lynda Obst (Contact, Sleepless in Seattle). Included in the conversation were (among others) writer/director Nora Ephron (When Harry Met Sally), writer/producer Laura Ziskin (To Die For, Spider-Man), writer/director Callie Khouri (Thelma & Louise), producer Cathy Konrad (Walk the Line), writer/director Kimberly Peirce (Boys Don't Cry), and a female studio head: Universal president of production Donna Langley. (Part of the discussion appears in this month's Elle magazine, but Salon has the extended version.) The group touched on a number of subjects, including whether or not women — other than Julia Roberts, that is! — can "open" films. Some of the highlights, after the jump. More »

Everything You Know About How Men And Women Relate Is Wrong

Dodai Stewart — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 12:00:01 EDT

Chances are you've heard that men and women communicate differently! And you've probably heard statements like: Women talk more than men; women are more verbally skilled than men; men talk about actions and facts while women talk about feelings; men use language in a competitive way while women use it in a cooperative way; blah, blah, blah, But what if someone told you that all of those statements were false? Oxford language professor Deborah Cameron has written a book called The Myth of Mars and Venus. In an excerpt appearing in the Guardian, she explains that there is so much false information out there, we've absorbed it as absolute truth.

In 2006, for instance, a popular science book called 'The Female Brain' claimed that women on average utter 20,000 words a day, while men on average utter only 7,000. This was perfect material for soundbite science - it confirmed the popular belief that women are not only the more talkative sex but three times as much - and was reported in newspapers around the world.

The problem? It wasn't true. A professor of phonetics looked into the numbers behind the author's claim and found that they were based on "pure guesswork." The soundbite was much-publicized; the retraction that came late was a little less so. More »