Gender Studies - October 2007

2007-10-24 03:57:53 · 10 answers · asked by hiss 1

Why do some women like to wear high-heeled shoes (not many men do) and why? Most women find them very uncomfortable and cannot wait to get them off. So do they think it is sexy or do they wear them to gain extra height so that they can reach up to their husbands more easily? Do shorter women prefer them more?

2007-10-24 03:51:07 · 26 answers · asked by celtish 3

Feminism fights for womens rights only, thats ok.

It is when feminism fights against mens rights that draws its critics

2007-10-24 02:48:57 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

Does this not indicate the level of sexism in this world?

2007-10-24 02:47:50 · 17 answers · asked by Deirdre O 7

by tolerable I mean, more likely to let "things" slide. by things i mean situations where emotions can run wild like intimidation, challenge, or compromise. and by slide i mean brush them off and retain focus of the bigger picture.

2007-10-24 02:36:22 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

Denise Sloan decided she wanted to have kids, even though she was single, so she researched the safe way to get the job done and wrote a book about it called "Knock Yourself Up--The Tell-All Guide to Becoming a Single Mom". She wrote about over 40 other single women who did the same thing:
http://www.knockyourselfup.com/Home.html

Obviously there is a market for a book like this.

I have three questions:

1- The statistics overwhelmingly indicate that children from single parent families have a higher likelihood of turning out maladjusted. 70% of felons are from single parent families. Why do some people insist it justifies single parent families if a minority of 30% of felons are from families with both parents?

2- Is this book and the approval it gets from feminists more evidence that women's attitudes that they don't need men to raise children is the main cause of single mothers?

3- Would men saying women are not needed to raise children be considered male supremacist?

2007-10-24 00:45:39 · 22 answers · asked by Rio Madeira 3

that all sex is rape and calling for the killing of all men ?

2007-10-23 23:55:23 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-23 23:24:05 · 13 answers · asked by Is that all there is? 4

I've seen a lot of male bashing here from some who claim to be feminists, but obviously misunderstand the concept and twist it into something that it isn't meant to be (which should offend a true feminist, men, women, and any sane person)... And of course there's also women bashing. It comes from both sides.

I would like to ask, do you let your views affect your relationships with people? Do you think you could live a happier and more productive life if you didn't spend it hating half of the population? Do you ever think you're sabotaging yourself with your own beliefs?

That maybe one day you're going to look back and regret how you spent your time?

2007-10-23 22:39:08 · 5 answers · asked by Jinton 3

I'm talking extreme ugliness here like men with no hair, flopping manbreasts, and enormous, swollen beer bellies.

These men do not have the traditional qualities associated with masculine power, so how can they be empowered?

2007-10-23 20:58:23 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm talking extreme ugliness here like women with no hips, no breasts, and beards, and this girl:

http://www.grimmemennesker.dk/ugly-people-85.htm

These women do not have the traditional qualities associated with feminine power, so how can they be empowered?

Also, why do hopelessly ugly women still wear make-up? I know some women can make the make-up work wonders, but for some there's no point.

2007-10-23 19:45:58 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous

Is it a woman who has sex? Women have done that as long as there have been women. Women who have sex with more than one partner? Women who don't require marriage to have sex? Women who have sex with other men despite being married? Women who enjoy sex?

All of these have happened throughout history.

Women who talk about it openly and make a grand show of being sexual, as if people wouldn't recognize that she was a sexual being otherwise?

If that's what it means, what's the fascination?

2007-10-23 19:18:35 · 14 answers · asked by Gnu Diddy! 5

When feminists fight for abortion for women, it's clear they want women to be in control of their own lives.

When feminists fight against men legally opting out of parenthood, it's clear they want men to have limited control over their own lives.

Feminists fight FOR reproductive rights for women & AGAINST reproductive rights for men.

(If you try the "well it's for the child" angle here, I may point to the fact that aborting the child isn't exactly a fun-filled party for the child either.)

Feminists insist that women should be considered every bit as tough as a man & be recruited for police/firefighting squads without regard to their biology.

Feminists also insist that women need to be protected from sexual words uttered by men in the workplace because women aren't able to handle these things.

Women can take down a perp or hack through a burning door with an axe just like a man, but a joke of a slightly sexual nature at work will make women crumble like overcooked cheesecake.

2007-10-23 18:34:08 · 18 answers · asked by hopscotch 5

2007-10-23 17:27:23 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

Denise Sloan decided she wanted to have kids, even though she was single, so she researched the safe way to get the job done and wrote a book about it called "Knock Yourself Up--The Tell-All Guide to Becoming a Single Mom". She wrote about over 40 other single women who did the same thing:
http://www.knockyourselfup.com/Home.html

If you don't agree, please don't tell me your religious reasons since I'm agnostic. I know, I'm hot-flashing now in preparation for the fiery pits. Also, don't tell me your reason is because the kid will be screwed up having a single parent, since plenty of people are screwed up and have two parents, ok? Get original about the reasons, entertain us, don't bore us.

2007-10-23 16:57:31 · 23 answers · asked by edith clarke 7

2007-10-23 16:43:01 · 6 answers · asked by   4

Men in high end careers like Doctors, Lawyers, Excutive types and the like are all in away married to thier careers---90% of thier time is in some way taken with thier career world.
My question is how many women really find relationships with them satisfying?
Why or why not?
I've been told I'm crazy because I don't want a relationship with them because for me, there's just not enough time with the person---it's painful.

2007-10-23 15:27:35 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-23 14:52:04 · 37 answers · asked by Lioness 6

The Women's and Gender Studies Program endorses a broad and flexible definition of feminist research, scholarship, and teaching, and seeks to offer a diverse and inclusive range of courses representing all disciplines and numerous feminisms. Multiple understandings of how gender and sexuality are inflected by race, class, and nationality are encouraged.
Feminism, in theory and practice, begins with the assumption that social and cultural institutions have historically treated men and women differently, and that this different treatment has been to the economic and cultural disadvantage of women. Women's and gender studies courses take a feminist perspective in exploring issues in the personal lives of women and men; in cultures, both past and present; in social and religious institutions; and in policy making. In addition, women's and gender studies courses focus on how women represent themselves and are represented in artistic and literary creations and productions.

2007-10-23 13:47:42 · 11 answers · asked by Deirdre O 7

2007-10-23 12:42:44 · 24 answers · asked by Sxoxo 5

2007-10-23 12:28:51 · 15 answers · asked by TheJudge 2

I read an article related to a book a few years back written on the subject of the deveIopment of the male birth control pill. It said that a big reason there hasn't been as much progress as was expected many years ago is that people didn't believe men were interested in using a male birth control pill.

I hear a lot of men complaining that they don't have as much control over their reproductive destiny as women, because women have the say when it comes to abortion. If men are really interested in gaining more control over their role in reproduction, and having more reliable means of preventing pregnancy, why don't they stand up and make it clear that they would be interested in a pill? It would certainly provide them more security than condoms, and if used together, they'd have a pretty good chance of preventing pregnancy.

2007-10-23 12:16:22 · 24 answers · asked by Priscilla B 5

If you're not shocked, but have other comments, lay em down; but why are some women shocked?

2007-10-23 11:44:51 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

do you think something in their life happened to trigger this?

2007-10-23 10:39:39 · 41 answers · asked by Anonymous

Both men and women have reproductive rights and responsibilities. By virtue of biology, because a woman is the one to bear the child, it so happens that men must exercise their rights NOT to bear children. This way of thinking should start in the bedroom and not at the abortion clinic or in the courtroom. While it is true that after conception a woman has more control than a man over the decision whether to bear a child, and may unilaterally refuse to obtain an abortion, those facts were known to the father at the time of conception. The choice available to a woman, by the fact that she, and not the man, must carry the child and must undergo whatever traumas, physical and mental, that go right along with pregnancy, does not excuse his part in the conception process.

2007-10-23 10:07:43 · 7 answers · asked by omorris1978 6

I hate to stay on this topic so long, but I need to understand the logic here:

Women think it is NOT ok to force a woman to care for an unwanted child, but its ok to force a man? Abortion is a womans right to not have a child she doesn't want. So why can't a man have the same right and not have to pay child support?

Please explain how this makes sense.

2007-10-23 09:12:20 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-23 08:51:52 · 25 answers · asked by Me 3

Is it ok to have an abortion after a woman is raped? Or should she keep the baby because it's considered murder? If she would keep it, how would she support it if she comes from a low-income family and is 17 years old? Any good comments would be helpful. I am doing a Maternity Research Paper on this topic. Thanks!

2007-10-23 08:19:11 · 33 answers · asked by Anonymous

Does anyone else think that we have a downright stupid setup with our government in terms of financial aid for students going to university (again, NOT college! The difference in cost is beyond ridiculous!)
I can barely afford going to university being that it will cost me between 5000-6000$ a year. My brother barely pays 3000$ a year for college, and how long are most of their courses? Two years? To earn my Ba. of Education, I will be in school for roughly 4 or 5 years. Teacher's college costs 10,000$.
My parents make too much money for me to earn OSAP, so I'm expected to put all of that money away flipping burgers. So technically, they're saying that financially, I have no ties to my parents, yet a kid coming from a poor family can earn OSAP. Why the heck can't HE earn a job like the rest of us and just bank it? It's fkn ridiculous!!

Ok. /end rant.

2007-10-23 07:46:43 · 8 answers · asked by Ashley =) 1

After 3+ years of careful birth control, I somehow managed to get my wife pregant. (How that accident happenned isn't really important). What IS important, however, is that I had scheduled a vasectomy just the week before we discovered this with her full knowledge and approval. We planned to never have children. Go figure.

If you disagree with abortion or a woman's right to chose, that's fine, but read no further. You can't help me, and faith-based answers will be ingorned. Everyone else...

My wife says, "This is our decision. I don't want to make it by myself." Although I agree that this is a very different kind of decision than for me to have a vasectomy, I fail to see how I factor into this decision. While I can express my opinion (hint, it's the same as it was when I decided to get the ol' snip-snip) and tell her that she will have my support whatever she decides, SHE is the one who will decide. Two people can't make a democratic decision, so is it really OUR choice?

2007-10-23 07:24:33 · 25 answers · asked by fluvial_shell 2