Gender Studies - November 2007

I hate to be the one to tell them that there is no draft. That went out with second wave feminism. They don't seem to realize there are a lot of very brave women engaged in military service throughout the world.

2007-11-11 05:45:04 · 29 answers · asked by Deirdre O 7

This is a really serious question, before the beer goggles arguments about disinhibition are posted, because it is a real social problem.

Perhaps it springs from the fact that many women suppress their normally sexuality through guilt, and only act on it when drunk, which is unfortunately when their reasoning is at its worst. That is my view, I am interested in hear yours.

Here are some facts from a recent UK article, referenced below:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/1003429.stm

One-third of women admitted to having unprotected sex after having too much to drink.

The survey, carried out in September among 1,000 18 to 30-year-olds, also revealed that:

* 41% confessed to a one-night stand which they would never have dreamt of doing had they been sober
* one in three women have had to ask their GP for the morning-after pill after drunken sex
* 10% have sought treatment for a suspected sexually-transmitted disease

2007-11-11 04:55:44 · 22 answers · asked by Twilight 6

In the U.K. parents are issued with vouchers which can be redeemed at nurseries which provide daycare.

In both the U.K. & Australia generous maternity and paternity leave provisions have been won for both working mothers and more recently working fathers. This is also true to a lesser extent in the U.S. (the provisions are not so generous).

More enlightened companies are now providing creche services at the workplace.

How should Pre-School Childcare be Provided and Funded.

2007-11-11 04:30:10 · 11 answers · asked by Twilight 6

I always here that working mothers are selfish and I have always wondered why fathers are never mentiened.

2007-11-11 04:14:44 · 19 answers · asked by AGM120 4

As a group, since the modern feminine rigts movement have men become more feminine? If yes, is this a good or a bad thing and what are the causes?

2007-11-11 03:59:20 · 17 answers · asked by Red Phantom 5

"Feminism is about giving women all the advantage and put Men at a disadvantage."
This was left on my last question.
I find that this phrase is interesting,
I don't believe it,
but if you do tell me, how does this work?

2007-11-11 03:59:06 · 16 answers · asked by Jack 2

is it still there, or is it gone ?

2007-11-10 19:28:02 · 10 answers · asked by Hindu-Atheist-Rebel 1

2007-11-10 18:57:31 · 9 answers · asked by lakshmi n 1

Does the sex of the person influence your interpretation?

For example, do you associate "submissive woman" with a woman who interprets the Bible as requiring her to always obey her husband?
Or interpret "submissive man" as having an... interest in, e.g. hand-cuffs and black latex?

If so, why?

2007-11-10 18:40:43 · 11 answers · asked by Gnu Diddy! 5

I mean, if someone hates you is better than (s)he doesn't care about you at all?

2007-11-10 16:49:38 · 13 answers · asked by   4

Was it:

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry Truman
Betty Friedan
Gloria Steinem
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Karl Marx
Groucho Marx

2007-11-10 15:41:55 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-10 15:10:37 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Av6ltBxs9KD3.BTVIKiVclHsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20071110185428AAKPiXh

take a look at the girls who answered this question. especially the one who said "i don't think i'd want to be friends with you". why would anyone not want to be frieds with someone based on the way they look?

and i think it's sick how some girls simply look at a guy as a creep or a "sexual predator" because of the way he looks. i don't think i look much better than that guy... so yeah, how do you think i feel aboutthe fact that girls are probably afraid of me and don't even want to talk to me because of the way i look?

2007-11-10 14:09:18 · 17 answers · asked by ? 2

the story -
4-year-old suspended after hugging teacher's aide
By Associated Press


WACO, Texas -- School administrators gave a 4-year-old student an in-school suspension for inappropriately touching a teacher's aide after the pre-kindergartner hugged the woman.

A letter from La Vega school district administrators to the student's parents said that the boy was involved in "inappropriate physical behavior interpreted as sexual contact and/or sexual harassment" after he hugged the woman and he "rubbed his face in the chest of (the) female employee" on Nov. 10.

DaMarcus Blackwell, the father of the boy who attends La Vega Primary School, said he filed a complaint with the district. He said that his son doesn't understand why he was punished

2007-11-10 14:03:48 · 25 answers · asked by americanhero_aa 2

You say it's the most dangerous day of the year for women and that domestic abuse is highest that day. Do you skip town, check into a hotel for a couple of days, and lay low until the storm passes? What about feminists who don't have much money and can't afford that option?

2007-11-10 13:59:54 · 17 answers · asked by JD 4

Why would God need a paramilitary group to assist him?
Is God incompetent, or just too busy to get the whole job done?

2007-11-10 13:57:13 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

As real humans writing behind a computer or as non human avatars with no feelings?

If we are all humans, why so much disrespect?

I know this is the internet, but I never stop to think, that in that other side, behind the typed words, is a human being.

We miss so much by writing, how many misunderstandings come from this?

I know a lot of questions in one (lol)

2007-11-10 13:55:50 · 13 answers · asked by Flyinghorse 6

I'm 16 yrs. old, 5'8 and 120 lbs....my mom's 5'10 and my dad's 6'2....i'm freaking two inches shorter than my mom....and people say that being shorter than your parents is embarassing??

2007-11-10 13:43:41 · 13 answers · asked by Coolio A 5

Does Hillary remind them of their wives & this is a method to lash out?

2007-11-10 13:30:21 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

I know having one's own activities ect are good---but what else have women found useful?

2007-11-10 13:18:25 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

which they didn't even know they needed?

2007-11-10 12:07:12 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

Purely from a hypothetical persepective, (not all people want to be parents, naturally) what would change in our society if every adult was an involved parent to a son and a daughter? Would certain practices change? For example, would it change the way people view child support laws or other laws that might effect teen daughters or teen sons? Would we come to agree more often on gender issues, or not?

If you have a child or children of the opposite gender, do you find that it makes you more interested in the rights of that gender?

2007-11-10 10:52:22 · 10 answers · asked by Junie 6

If women do not make up 50% or so of the world's professors, doctors, scientists, (or any other occupation), does this automatically point to discrimination? Are there other possible reasons for varying percentages of female workers in each field?

I'll give one to start - chefs are overwhelmingly male - perhaps women prefer jobs which require less hours to excel, since chefs often work 70 hours a week. This could be because they want more time with family.

2007-11-10 10:25:41 · 15 answers · asked by Junie 6

2007-11-10 09:54:52 · 4 answers · asked by melissa 1

I've always wondered?

2007-11-10 09:38:20 · 14 answers · asked by Lover of Blue 7

Two books of the 20th century complained of certain members of society being parasites:

One says -
"..under whose parasitism the whole of honest humanity is suffering, today more than ever, (because of)______"
" (These people) are a parasite on the body of others" and "are forced to deny their true nature."

Book 2 says:
(These people) are "less than fully human." (They) "live in a state inferior to their own capabilities". They are "Not people", they "aquire their status vicariously" as "parasites".

So, best answer goes to the person who identifies both books, and tells me whether he/she thinks that both authors, just one, or neither author should be condemned.

2007-11-10 09:04:34 · 14 answers · asked by Junie 6

I lost a bet to a cheerleader named Cathy at my school I said girls can't beat guys in sports and cheerleading isn't a sport.

If I won in basketball she had to be my maid all year, but she beat me, so now she gets to make me into a cheerleader any way she wants.

Do u think she'll just forget about the bet?

Or what do u think she'll make me wear and do for it?

2007-11-10 09:01:10 · 10 answers · asked by Mike H 6

There is an ancient Chinese proverb which goes "He who receives ought never forget it, he who gives ought never remember it". Would you agree with this sentiment? If so, could you please explain its meaning further, giving examples if you can.

2007-11-10 08:22:52 · 6 answers · asked by celtish 3

Normally I'm with the unions, but this sounds like a whole lot of white men whining to me. The Guild is populated by 90 percent white writers:

"A Writers Guild study released earlier this year found that, despite some advances by women and minority writers, white male scribes disproportionately dominate film and TV jobs in Hollywood. Minority writers accounted for fewer than 10% of employed television writers from 1999 to 2005" (http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/tv/la-et-race2oct02,1,2756258.story?coll=la-entnews-tv&ctrack=1&cset=true ).

Women account for only about 30 percent: "The [2005] study by the Writers Guild of America, West, found that minorities accounted for about 10% of the 3,015 employed television writers in 2004, while women made up 27% — even though those groups represented more than 30% and 50% of the population, respectively. ...

2007-11-10 08:05:28 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

Many nowadays say that the exposure of the female skins provokes lust and rapes. Would it be a different case if women were forced to dress-up in a burqa?

2007-11-10 07:54:58 · 26 answers · asked by yo man 1