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"Don't Bring A Gun To A Snowball Fight" • Stolen Auschwitz Sign Recovered In Pieces
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True/Slant blogger Bob Cook feels conflicted about this video depicting a female high school hockey player striking back physically at two male players who tried to tag-team her. More »Writer Wonders Why Women Keep Swallowing For Democrats
Using a slightly vulgar oral sex metaphor, Linda Hirshman takes to Salon today - the National Day of Action against Stupak-Pitts - to rage against female complacency when it comes to using a pocketbook veto on the Democratic Party. More »Are Single-Sex Schools Bad For Boys?
"There's Not Going To Be Any Pink Dresses:" Moms Who Wanted Girls, Get Boys
We've met reluctant dads and bad mothers. We've met moms who didn't want girls. And just so no child will be unscarred by a Google search in 2010, here are mothers terribly disappointed to have baby boys: More »Lilly's Kids: What's Christmas Without Reinforcing Gender Stereotypes?
"You Should Play Basketball!"
The Onion cracks a joke about a girl being recruited for basketball "based on her above- average height, the presence of two functional arms." I would laugh, but... I can relate. [Onion]NY Times Magazine Explores "The Daughter Deficit"
Strip Club Disapproves Of Miley's Crappy Pole-Dancing
Female CEOs Mentor Girl Scouts At Camp CEO
Girl Power: This WSJ video takes a look at Camp CEO, a program in Indiana that matches teenage Girl Scouts with female CEOs who mentor them and help them decide what career path they want to follow. [Wall Street Journal]Is Calling Detained Adult Journalists "Girls" A Calculated Move?
What Little Girl Wouldn't Want To Go To "Wife Camp?"
"Make-over camp" turns girls into young ladies. Who could object to that? More »"I Am A Princess" And, Apparently, A Narcissist
The other day, I saw a toddler on the subway sporting a rhinestone-bedecked t-shirt bearing the words "Baby Bitch. Bow Down." I declined her kind offer. But not because, like some people, I think she's ruining society. More »Are Kids' Toy Preferences Hardwired?
In news that will likely please gender essentialists and leave others confused, boys and girls as young as six months appear to (maybe, sort of) prefer toys deemed traditionally appropriate for their gender. More »Boys Have It Worse, Says Psychologist
Psychology professor Judith Kleinfeld says issues that affect boys, such as higher rates of drop-outs, suicide, and arrests, are worse than those that affect girls. Can't we get away from who has it "worse" and focus on helping kids? [EurekAlert]Sorry, Larry Summers: Math Gender Gap Caused By Culture, Not Biology
A new review of studies from around the world shows that where girls lag behind boys in math (and it's not everywhere), the cause is likely culture, not biology. More »Addressing The Princess Problem
Just this year alone, Disney believes it will make nearly 4 billion dollars internationally off of their "Disney Princesses" brand, a marketing scheme that has set off a wave of "princess fever" amongst young girls. More »Pink Ouija Board: Finally, One Girls Can Use!
Internet Battle Of The Sexes! (Also Known As Civil Science Debate)
Since there's nothing we all love more than an internet throwdown (wait, no?) grab your ringside seats for a Battle Royale between Isis at ScienceBlogs and, um, some scientists quoted in the Globe and Mail. More »