Gender Studies - October 2007

Does it then make sense that the man should then be critiqued on every aspect of his performance, like he's doing a job?

If sex is a reward, but one is still expected to perform, what's the reward for THAT?

It sounds to me like a treadmill. (Glad I got off. No pun intended.)

2007-10-31 20:56:57 · 20 answers · asked by Gnu Diddy! 5

I went to a friend's house with another friend and gave candy and took a little girl trick or treating. She was Dorothy. I was a vampire and my friends were a cat girl and a witch :)

2007-10-31 18:21:01 · 4 answers · asked by ♥ ~Sigy the Arctic Kitty~♥ 7

Sex Slaves Returning Home Raise AIDS Risks, Study Says
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/01/world/asia/01hiv.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

The study, in the Journal of the American Medical Association, concerns girls from Nepal trafficked into bordellos in India, but the problem is also emerging elsewhere, said the lead author, Jay G. Silverman, a professor of human development at Harvard’s School of Public Health.

Brothel owners pay twice as much for young girls, Dr. Silverman said, & charge more for sex with them, sometimes presenting them as virgins, because men think young girls have fewer diseases or believe the myth — common in some countries — that sex with a virgin cures AIDS.

Even though focus has been on Asia and Africa, this is a world-wide myth, also believed in Europe and the Americas, according to Avert, a world-wide international AIDS charity (scroll near the bottom of the page): http://www.avert.org/cure-for-aids.htm

Sex with a virgin cures AIDS? Why believe this?

2007-10-31 14:12:39 · 14 answers · asked by edith clarke 7

This is not my opinion by the way... There was a poll by E, the entertainment channel, that showed that...

2007-10-31 13:14:59 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous

There was a question posted earlier in this link that brought up this thought:http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Aj3ovMhVKOSOyprIjkWhqTwYxgt.;_ylv=3?qid=20071031120652AAljIuy

So why do SOME women that are insecure and have body issues and are such critics of themselves take blame on men? Granted there are very picky jerks, but as you see from the answers in that link, men are not all up into the perfect playboy look as women think. Of course men find that quite sexually attractive, but it seems that many guys find women of different shapes and sizes sexy and aren't as particular as some women think. Like there are many women that I see at the mall that I find attractive that don't have perfect bodies, but still look good. There is always a feature or so that even among these women that is sexy. So if the blame should come, I think the media should be blamed more so, because men's perceptions of women's bodies are more appreciative I think than the "idealized" media view.

2007-10-31 12:44:29 · 7 answers · asked by Brennan Huff 5

Is this because most cultures view playing drums as a "masculine" occupation?

2007-10-31 10:51:17 · 21 answers · asked by firecatspacer 1

Staying Silent in Marital Spats a Killer for Women
http://uk.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUKKIM05985320070820?pageNumber=1

From the article: Women who force themselves to stay quiet during marital arguments appear to have a higher risk of death, a new study shows. Such "self-silencing" during conflict may have provided an evolutionary survival advantage long ago, and unfortunately may be a necessity for women in abusive relationships, Dr. Elaine D. Eaker of Eaker Epidemiology Enterprises in Gaithersburg, Maryland, the study's lead author, told Reuters Health

Eaker and her colleagues found that, over a 10-year period, the most striking finding was that women who self-silenced were four times more likely to die than women who expressed themselves freely during marital arguments.

Eaker and her team looked at 3,682 men and women for 10 years, participating in the Framingham Offspring Study, most of whom were in their 40s and 50s at the beginning of the study.

2007-10-31 10:31:31 · 12 answers · asked by edith clarke 7

1. Why are obsene, derogatory terms targetting women such as "feminazi' freely used by the pop-culture media? Why does a racist DJ lose his job when he sputters out the words 'nappy-headed ho's' in reference to a black women's sports team? Would he have lost his job had he just referred to these women as 'ho's'? Or would that have been 'allowed to slide'? The fact remains that the 'nappy-headed' racist slur got him into hot water, NOT the misogynist slur. Why is this? Why is only one considered hate speech?

2. When an older non-American female refers to a young, white male poster on this forum as 'boy' or 'son' - it's condescention, while - at the same time
When an older, non-American female refers to a young, black male poster on this forum as 'boy' or 'son' (and she not even yet aware the individual she is addressing is black)- it's racism and 'hate speech'?

2007-10-31 09:48:36 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

Would you wonder about my..mmm..preference..?

2007-10-31 08:49:15 · 22 answers · asked by ♥ ~Sigy the Arctic Kitty~♥ 7

A beautiful powerful woman? If the woman has everything. Beauty, money, power. Is it possible that some men could be jealous of that?

2007-10-31 08:41:23 · 12 answers · asked by . 5

Like at work or at home ....

2007-10-31 08:16:08 · 25 answers · asked by Me 3

I do. :) And I don't mean models I mean most women.

And hey y'all I'm just saying !

2007-10-31 08:06:52 · 22 answers · asked by ♥ ~Sigy the Arctic Kitty~♥ 7

2007-10-31 07:32:01 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-31 07:25:34 · 20 answers · asked by anna w 1

And please don't say that not all jobs can be telecommuted .. we all know that! But more jobs can be than are today.

It looks to me that supporting telecommuting is a Real way of supporting stay at home moms and dads.

I mean for real it would be more free choice for both men and women. And career and family would not be so much an either/or thing.

I think this is much better than the corporate hell rat race that so many people have to live in and be stressed out by.

And much better than some lame trying to turn back the clock to the bad old days and pretend that economic reality and woman's choices are not real and important.

Hey this is the 21st century and we have the Net.

And Yes I do know that most corporations and governments are not high on doing this even if they say they are. That is something we can try to change. Workers who are more happy are better workers. It I was in business I would want that.

So how can we help make this happen more?

2007-10-31 07:22:56 · 7 answers · asked by ♥ ~Sigy the Arctic Kitty~♥ 7

This is really pissing me off!

And why does it have to be on the MOM?

Why not talk about stay at home Dad as a choice too?

2007-10-31 06:51:34 · 12 answers · asked by ♥ ~Sigy the Arctic Kitty~♥ 7

describe someone who fits this description and/or explain how to achieve non-physical sex appeal.thanks.

2007-10-31 06:09:01 · 10 answers · asked by polly-pocket 5

So, based on the general consensus that most two-income couples with children "must" work to "survive", one could assume that there is are a large number of people in the US who would rather be at-home parents. So, what can we do to help people to make freer choices?

If there really are lots of women who would rather not be working full-time, then taxpayer-funded daycare doesn't seem very supportive of their free choice. This would make it even harder for one-income families to compete with two-income families. So what could we do so that women don't feel that they must work?

Ms. Friedan started quite a revolution by telling the world that a large number of housewives felt forced into it and would rather be at work. Shouldn't feminists now fight for women who would rather be at home, along with fighting for working women?

2007-10-31 05:40:22 · 16 answers · asked by Junie 6

be specific.explain.thanks.

2007-10-31 05:17:28 · 16 answers · asked by polly-pocket 5

Taking the man's name in marriage is an American tradition similar to shaving the legs; it dies hard, and I understand why. But, don't feminists believe in maintaining identity, in equality? If a man would never in a million years take your name, why would you take his? Where do most women stand on this?

2007-10-31 04:42:33 · 26 answers · asked by Kinz 4

I'm going to be a french maid. I'm a guy !!! TOO Cool ???

2007-10-31 03:20:14 · 15 answers · asked by Me 3

http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_rap_percap-crime-rapes-per-capita

United States: 0.301318 rapes per 1,000 people.

That's around a 1 in 3,300 chance of being raped next year.

Next year you also have:

A 1 in 77 chance of being killed in any sort of transportation accident.

A 1 in 69 chance of being killed in any sort of non-transportation accident.

A 1 in 1,820 chance of dying of any sort of injury.

A 1 in 2,232 chance of fatally slipping in the bath or shower.

For women over 30, who seem to be the most vocal of all women about how they are worried about being raped, they make up 10% of that figure, so they have a 1 in 30,000 chance of being raped. That means they have a better chance of:

Being murdered (1 in 18,000) and Finding a four leafed clover on the first try (1 in 10,000).

Why are they not as vocal and concerned about this sort of thing, which will result in death and are far more probable, than they are about rape?

2007-10-31 03:05:24 · 22 answers · asked by Rio Madeira 3

http://www.teethmovie.com/film.html

High school participant Dawn works hard at suppressing her budding sexuality by being the local chastity group's most active participant. Her task is made even more difficult by her bad boy step brother Brad's increasingly provocative behavior at home. A stranger to her own body, innocent Dawn discovers she has a toothed vagina when she becomes the object of violence. As she struggles to comprehend her anatomical uniqueness, Dawn experiences both the pitfalls and the power of being a living example of the vagina dentata myth.

What do you think of this movie?

2007-10-31 01:55:41 · 4 answers · asked by Rio Madeira 3

Hit me once - Shame on you.
Hit me twice - Shame on me.

Why in the heck would any *ADULT* Man or Woman whose partner beats on them so much as ONCE - stay in that relationship?

I'm seeing so many questions posted about beaten wives, men who suffer DV from women and I cannot understand why any normal person doesn't just up and leave.

"He loves me" or "She loves me" just doesn't cut it - how do they love you? By commiting assualt? That seems like a strange kind of love to me.

Heck you were independent before you met your abusive partner weren't you? So what's keeping you?

Domestic Violence..Why don't they just LEAVE their abusive partner?

2007-10-31 00:20:47 · 16 answers · asked by Twilight 6

This is a hypothetical exercise to see how sexually restrictive you find the world you live in. With the way you are now, what would be your ideal scenario or fantasy if all restrictions were taken off the way adults could conduct their sex lives with each other? Imagine a miracle world in which there could be no disease, no unhappiness, no unwanted pregnancies, no conventions or judgement, that whatever your sexual desires, fantasies, preferences or habits with other adults, they would be totally consequentless and there would always be willing people? Would you choose to conduct your sex life similar to the way you do now, would you choose monogamy, polygyny, polyandry, polyamory, free love sex, casual sex, celibacy etc? What sexual landscape would you create? Remember, there are no bad consequences.

2007-10-30 22:38:25 · 6 answers · asked by Prokofiev 2

Just wondering and if so why?

2007-10-30 19:50:08 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

Discuss.

2007-10-30 19:38:46 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

The internet opens up the possibility of greater interaction between different people, cultures and sub-cultures. The anonymity of the internet also allows people to be more honest and explore areas of life without the fear of public disapproval. All of this means you can really learn a lot about other worlds, sometimes dark, and people, without the censor of a public façade. Given all of this, do you ever visit discussion forums in areas which would ordinarily be beyond your reach in the real world, out of prurient or academic interest? If you do, which ones?

2007-10-30 19:31:47 · 5 answers · asked by Prokofiev 2

why is it that a man is socialy not allowed to hit a woman even for self defence but is then made fun of when he is beaten?

2007-10-30 18:56:54 · 18 answers · asked by Terrier KIng 3

It seems the government is doing everything they can do to help girls in maths and science, but not focusing on the real issue and letting boys fall further behind in everything else. We're blaming boys for them failing, shouldn't we be fixing the education system to help them? It's a fact that most girls in school are doing better in grades than boys. Now there are more girls than boys in college.. your views on this, what do you think should be done. If you don't have anything nice to say don't say anything at all. Thanks

2007-10-30 18:41:07 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous