Gender Studies - September 2007

2007-09-12 09:10:16 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

I could help responing to this questionName the most powerful woman on politics or business or philanthropy that you know and explain why? We got Lisa Ling, Oprah, Hilary Clinton, some german chancellor womam, and Rachel Carson.
Compare these to Einstein, Martin Luther King, Socrates, Bill Clinton, Abraham Lincoln, Winston Churchil, Bill Gates etc etc.
Why do us guys have to believe the whining hysterics we get if we chose to believe we are not intellectually equal!
Of course, women were never educated is what you will say, I would ask you to look beyond the last 300 years history (tough if you are american!) Look at todays society. I dont see any women being banned from university, or anyone stopping them inventing new modes of thought and running business empires!!!

2007-09-12 06:36:35 · 9 answers · asked by someguysomewhere 2

Is it true that women eat more cake on their birthdays than men? And feminists eat even more cake than normal women?... in a symbolic attempt to somehow offset the bitterness of the alleged discrimination? I heard this rumor, not sure if its true...

2007-09-12 06:07:30 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

Why. It's not fair.

2007-09-12 05:51:51 · 12 answers · asked by Me 3

of a child who has now grown up.....

"If your a working mother, your kids will inevitably resent you at at some point; they'll want you there seeing to their needs every second of the day, not out having a career. If you stay home, on the other hand, theres a point at which your kids are going to say, "darn it, why doesn't mom go out and get a life? Why is she always on my case?" Ultimately, parents should do what they need to do, happy parents generally have happy kids, and no child wants a parent who goes around acting martyred."

This is an excerpt from the book, The Conversation Begins, Mothers and Daughters Talk About Living Feminism

2007-09-12 05:13:45 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

If a man commits murder, he is prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, despite lame excuses. Murderers like Mary Winkler and serial killers like Andrea Yates just have to claim some looniness and get off with light sentences. Then they go on Oprah Winfrey and go boo-hooing about being victims. Justice apparently isn't blind, it is massively sexist against men.

2007-09-12 05:05:14 · 19 answers · asked by Stew 2

You know, a good male friend of mine used to say, “a woman’s dream is to have that one guy to whom she means the world. A guy’s dream is to have all of the world’s women.”

What are your thoughts on his theory?

2007-09-12 03:31:56 · 13 answers · asked by Yuy R 2

Like this guy did?
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,296509,00.html
Or would they only give her life in prison like they did to Andrea Yates?
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/yates/
I know they are different states but I am asking if you think that in Tennessee would a woman get the death penalty for killing her four children. Since this guy generally had the same argument as post partum murdering mothers. He suffered from depression and PTSD too so why is it that women like Yates are held to a different standard? When is the last time you heard of any state executing a woman for killing her children?

2007-09-12 03:29:41 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

This girl is miserable because she's not beautiful- everyone- including her friends- say she is just average looking and not beautiful. She has gone insane because of this. What should she do?

2007-09-11 22:51:50 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

I purposely didnt finish the question because I would like to know from you why you think that may be (if it is true)

Let me know of the truthfullness of this because WOW I thought that men and women were split because of brawn not brain. I cant imagine where there is any physical pain in chess.

2007-09-11 19:51:37 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

:2 parts: [please serious answers only]

I'm doing a paper on women and the overlooking of normality when it comes to weight and appearance. I am curious as to what "shape" you are. I know there are variations of the same names: i.e. straight/boyish/H. If you also feel comfortable revealing your weight that would be great as well.

On the other hand what do you find as the most appealing physical appearance?I'm curious as to what size for you personally or for others (women) you find to be the ideal. Try to be as specific as you can. Answering "not fat", etc. is not helpful or appreciated.

Men are welcome to answer as well.
Thanks.

2007-09-11 19:22:12 · 15 answers · asked by CollegeMeg 2

2007-09-11 18:11:51 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

http://youtube.com/watch?v=uiDFXKDXyGs

Time and time again I was asked here about my ideal woman... Ok here she is! Ladies and gents, your thoughts please!

2007-09-11 17:21:31 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

I say beauty is not in the eye of the beholder. Of course, when we watch the Miss Universe Pagaent together, my girlfriend and I never agree on who are going to win but that is because they are all beautiful. But I am talking about can anyone honestly say that the Elephant man is handsome. Or Janet Reno is beautiful? I am talking about physical beauty here so don't give me that personality, inner beauty crap because that is another subject. I have a 3 year old niece and even she can point out the beautiful people from the ugly one...

2007-09-11 17:06:42 · 20 answers · asked by gannoway 6

Does it give them a feeling of greater empowerment, or for a sweeter revenge ?

Besides, there are other effective targets like the eyes, nose, throat, kneecap, and instep.

I personally think it's especially vicious !!

It's obviously unfair !

And I believe it should not be taught to or used by any female under any circumstances !!!

2007-09-11 16:32:10 · 36 answers · asked by Romano 2

Is it the family law of today that makes them believe they have a god given right to have full custody of children and push the father out of the childrens life or to be just a visitor.

Or is it something else

2007-09-11 15:24:09 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have a teacher who is force feeding me her feminist agenda.

2007-09-11 15:21:05 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

She has served her time for shooting her abusive husband and now her in-laws are trying to keep her from getting back custody of her three daughters. I think that this is an outrage and her husbands parents are even trying to keep Mary from appearing on Opra tomorrow claiming that it would make finding an impartial jury difficult. I think that her inlaws should just butt out and that she should get her daughters back. It isn't their business and it's her right.

2007-09-11 15:01:12 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

If a woman uses this exclusive right and the most cherished right of the female gender as means of birth control or to take care of careless carnal behaviour is she wrong legally?

Since it is only her right and her decesion only isnt it her right to use abortion in such a manner?

Isnt it her body after all ?

2007-09-11 13:59:56 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-11 13:52:43 · 15 answers · asked by Flamboyant Dutchess 1

What things/attributes attract you to a man?

2007-09-11 13:18:34 · 6 answers · asked by mista mista 1

In all love stories, the man falls madly in love with the woman, and the woman thinks she's too good for him. Then he has to prove himself and finally she gives in. Also, in love stories where the lovers are separated by class, the woman is always of a higher class than the man. Yet I don't find this to be a particularly accurate description of real life. I'm only in high school, so the guys haven't quite matured, but it seems like they always take advantage of girls, and I can just imagine them comparing later about who they screwed. Why would they use the same cliche in stories for something that is not even true in real life?

2007-09-11 12:30:29 · 8 answers · asked by N4Y4 2

2007-09-11 09:33:25 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-11 09:33:23 · 8 answers · asked by shaq 1

If it was Justin Timberlake, P. Diddy or Michael Jackson that put on a horrible performance at the MTV VMA's, would they get the same sympothy? In fact, how many people feel sorry for Michael Jackson right now?

If male celebrities get less sympothy for being head cases and having issues, what does this mean? How do feminists feel about this issue?

2007-09-11 08:31:57 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

(No, this isn't a "man-hating" question, it's a serious question, folks...) The Bible tells that "man" was the first human on this planet, and that "woman" was "made from" man. Biblical theory aside, what if men actually "came from" women? Could it be that women were first on this planet? Could women have produced asexually (without men)? Could the "Y" chromosome actually be a genetic mutation of the "X" chromosome? Could this explain why men have nipples equipped with milk ducts, and levels of the female hormone "estrogen"?

Serious answers only, please!

2007-09-11 08:13:36 · 20 answers · asked by It's Ms. Fusion if you're Nasty! 7

My family has never found out about the abuse i suffered at the hands of my father and my cousin. It began when i was 2 and lasted till 3rd grade when my mom divorced my dad and my cousin committed suicide. Growing up my family always just considered me the "bad seed," and never really tried to figure out why a 2 yr old would begin acting the way that i did. I didn't straighten myself out until around 18 years of age, I worked through the feelings about my abuse and have moved on.

I want to share with my family what I went through so that maybe they can begin to understand who I am a little better, but honestly do not feel it is my responsibility to help them through the feelings they will inevitably have about the abuse and myself. I don't feel it is my job to help them, they never helped me. Is this selfish of me, should I share with them and make myself available to talk about their feelings or keep it to myself and let them continue to think negatively about me?

2007-09-11 05:53:16 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

Why do people find it funny and entertaining to have sitcoms that display men as clueless idiots? I'll give a couple examples...."Everybody loves raymond" and "The king of queens." Those shows try to portray the woman as the "smart one" while emasculating the male lead.

2007-09-11 03:48:31 · 23 answers · asked by Thundercat 7

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=480755&in_page_id=1770

(1) What do you think about this woman's ordeal? Do you think the police are taking accusations of rape too seriously if someone could be subjected to this?

(2) The article says this:

"The man suggested meeting at Ms Hutchison's home in Worthing, West Sussex, and turned up at 11am on a Thursday in June with two bottles of wine."

""I was taken aback because the wine made it very clear he was there for sex," she said."

Do you think it is fair to say that if someone is willing to drink alcohol they consent to sex?

Considering if a women is drunk and a man has sex with her, and she later claims it was rape, under British law the burden of proof is on him to show the steps he took to ensure consent, should she have been presumed a rapist until she has shown she was not in a court of law, considering alcohol was involved?

2007-09-11 02:45:11 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

But, when I was being graded for Karate only days ago, a girl of 15 smacked the sensai in the groin. As she was a higher belt than me, I had to wait on the sides for all the higher belts to finish their gradings. As this happened, I heard from the audience behind me - many women (only) laughing and mocking the sensai for not wearing adequate protection (this move was not part of her training, thus effectively she cheated).
When she came to the side - her mom asked "Did you get him where it hurts" in a very smug fashion, and they laughed about it as if it were just a comical scenario.
As I was still in attendance and not just a viewer, I was unable to say anything - but it reminded me of all the claims that women don't take amusement...
So, we see often in our daily lives women laughing & tittering when men are sexually assaulted - they get asked and they deny it - then we see it again the next day...

Why lie about it?

2007-09-10 19:28:53 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous