Gender Studies - November 2007

The US Government spends double on breast cancer research over prostate and the corporate disparity is much greater. Campbells soup doesn't have Prostate awareness soup cans! Although deaths from breat cancer are 1/3 higher there are far more cases of prostate cancer, over 240,000 per year. The funding and awarness differential is 300 or 400%. So is it a gender issue, an age issue (tends to be later onset) or What?

2007-11-10 07:51:45 · 19 answers · asked by Red Phantom 5

Please be sensitive about it.

2007-11-10 07:00:23 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

...shouldn't working women develop better relationship skills, just in case? There is a danger to not being able to support yourself, but isn't there also a danger in taking your relationship for granted? Since dual-income couples are more likely to divorce, shouldn't a working wife spend some time learning the skills to save her relationship?

One benefit of being a housewife is having the luxury of having plenty of time to work on family relationships. Indeed, women were once advised to "cultivate" their marriages. Shouldn't busy working women be advised to learn some anti-divorce skills, just as housewives should learn some anti-poverty skills?

2007-11-10 06:39:28 · 15 answers · asked by Junie 6

Just wondering if anyone else finds this a bit annoying as well. For example, how would someone who isn't married "know" what makes a happy marriage? How would he or she "know" what makes a husband more or less likely to cheat?

It's quite fair for them to discuss it, of course, but it seems kind of silly for them to disparage what happily married people are saying works for them, isn't it? Or is it really possible to know what makes a good marriage without actually doing it yourself? Did your ideas about relationships change once you had a LTR or got married?

2007-11-10 03:54:37 · 35 answers · asked by Junie 6

Women don't want to do it but it's okay if her husband does. Strange. A woman at my work doesn't want her husband to go back to work. She wants him at home, watching the kids and cooking and cleaning. My, how times have changed!!!

2007-11-10 01:55:02 · 26 answers · asked by jacobimmugatu 2

referred to as submissive ?

2007-11-10 00:33:22 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

Have you ever had a need to not only SAY the right thing, but to also THINK and FEEL the right thing?

For example, have you ever had a partner where you were very aware of their moods, their approval and disapproval, and it got to where throughout the day, you almost felt they were constantly there. Or like your every thought or feeling, you were aware of whether they would approve or disapprove, so your beliefs and attitudes and emotions all started to change?

2007-11-09 23:17:44 · 25 answers · asked by Gnu Diddy! 5

If yes , why??

2007-11-09 21:57:36 · 18 answers · asked by . 1

2007-11-09 21:20:07 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

please the men in their lifes as good as she can, as long as they are returning the favour. Seriously its like saying Iam bored of all that peace and quite, give me a Stalingrad sized war and the latest HK toys.
Why do feminists think men dislike harmony in a relationship and what sort of woman would want a man that doesnt stick around unless she delivers all that drama and arguing ? Is it to delude themselfs that men like string assertive womyn ?

2007-11-09 20:27:12 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

Especially when there is a huge body of evidence suggesting mothering behaviors are learned? I never wanted a kid - and here I am- 46 - still not wanting to have a kid. And there are MILLIONS of women just like me! How much 'baby-making' desire is a product of consumer advertising? McDonalds wants cradle-to-grave customers, and so advertise images of 'happy families'. Check out the home pages of fertility clinics who are quite happy to perform procedures on women almost guaranteed to fail. It's all about the money, honey. Comments?

2007-11-09 16:55:08 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

Please do not be offended by my questions, I am simply asking as an observor who was raised Catholic.
Do you think that there is a proper place for women in Catholicism?
I think that women are a side note - that the bible and theological answers are for supporting a patriachal society.
What do you think women's role is in Catholicism?
Is there a sense of equality?
Can women expect equality only in a domestic and reproductive atmosphere?

2007-11-09 16:36:03 · 8 answers · asked by Jack 2

The world is embracing feminism like never before. Did feminism destroyed patriarchy?

2007-11-09 15:42:35 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

Why do so many of you have kids with the biggest losers ever? Your always having kids with deadbeat dads but why? Wouldn't you rather have a kid with a wealth guy who can pay for it?

2007-11-09 15:04:33 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

Seems the term can apply equally to men?

"According to Elyse Rubenstein, a Philadelphia psychiatrist who counsels new mothers, the term refers to "an inborn tendency to want to protect and nurture one's offspring." Almost all mothers (human and animal alike) eventually come to feel this way after they have a child."

2007-11-09 14:11:42 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

Is it true children are in general more attached to their mothers than fathers? if so, does this mean men are less emotional?

2007-11-09 14:09:26 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

There is much speculation as to why a couple is more likely to divorce if the wife works fulltime. Conservatives will say it's the additional stress on the family, or forcing an "unnatural" role onto the woman. Liberals will point out that having her own income gives a woman greater freedom to leave a bad marriage. But here's a thought for anyone interested in economics:

Role specialization. Every business partnership benefits greatly when roles are specialized. For instance, instead of two people each sewing a whole suit, one cuts the patterns and one runs the sewing machine. Could it be that marriage itself is less valuable when there is no role specialization? If you do not benefit intrinsically because of your "partnership" - if you are not more efficient together than apart, is there less reason to stay together when the chemistry fades? If you can do it all yourself, are you less motivated to find that marriage itself benefits you?

2007-11-09 14:08:07 · 16 answers · asked by Junie 6

Why or why not? If not because 40% marriages end in divorce, would you be more inclined as time went on? Say after 5, 10, 15, 20 years together?

2007-11-09 13:55:03 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

Chile is trying to crack down on domestic violence:

http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm/dyn/aid/3372/context/cover/

Thousands of Chileans to March Against Femicide
Run Date: 11/04/07
By Matt Malinowski
WeNews correspondent

Safety advocates in Chile are planning nighttime marches across the country to protest the growing number of women killed by domestic violence; President Michelle Bachelet has proposed related legislation to be debated in coming weeks.

excerpt:
The activists initiated their awareness campaign "Careful! Machismo Kills!" three months ago with solemn memorial services dedicated to victims of femicide. It used empty pairs of shoes to represent the more than 300 women they estimate have been murdered because of their gender since 2001.

--I thought the empty shoes was a good idea. (Also, that they took the issue seriously - not with apathy)

Have you heard of any other good ideas to combat domestic violence? --

2007-11-09 13:04:43 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

What blood type are you? And if someone in G & WS needed a transfusion would you donate your blood to save their life?

(I'm O+ and yes, I would donate, even to save Happy Bullet!)

LOL!

2007-11-09 13:03:11 · 23 answers · asked by It's Ms. Fusion if you're Nasty! 7

2007-11-09 12:20:18 · 12 answers · asked by   4

Much as I hate to invoke Nietszche on this of all forums, he said some pretty good stuff on this topic.

Quote supplied from http://www.sparknotes.com/philosophy/nietzsche/section2.rhtml

Zarathustra also preaches against those who promote ideas that are contrary to life. His primary target is religion, which focuses on the spirit and the afterlife. We are creatures of flesh and blood, and those who wish to turn attention elsewhere are fundamentally opposed to life. Meekness and pity are the virtues of the weak, promoted by those who resent the power of the strong. There is no virtue in being meek if one is too weak to be capable of being otherwise. Zarathustra praises the three things religion condemns the most: sex, the lust to rule, and selfishness.

2007-11-09 12:19:23 · 11 answers · asked by Twilight 6

marry a virgin ONLY??

I know their views might sound a little disrespectful for non-virgins but the truth is that a lot men DO care about their women's past and so whats wrong with that??

2007-11-09 11:41:59 · 36 answers · asked by Anonymous

Where is the threat?
Women are human too.

2007-11-09 11:41:58 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-09 10:28:35 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-09 10:20:10 · 10 answers · asked by girlygurl23 2

The suede jackets with fox fur trim. Lovely sweaters. Ankle length wool coats. Square toe boots. The hair shines more than ever. Skin glows from the cool air. I dunno, every winter I'm stunned at how newly beautiful women become. Anyone else?

2007-11-09 07:30:22 · 22 answers · asked by eine kleine nukedmusik 6

2007-11-09 07:18:36 · 18 answers · asked by mrpoet03 4

There is a trend of lumping together one poster, who occasionally comes off as somewhat haughty, with another poster who is utterly hateful and irrational. Also insisting (with no evidence I can see) that the hateful poster is also another poster. And lumping that hatefulness with one poster who is a cheap shot artist and pseudo-intellectual (but not usually nasty to people) and another who asks very thoughtful, intelligent questions, but shows occasional sanctimony. Why are these women being lumped together?

Would it be any more fair to lump one guy who sends threatening posts to young women and another who advocates rape and sexual violence, with one who merely posts ungrammatical non sequitur, and another who makes fallacious arguments against feminism, but doesn't seem to attack anyone?

Is guilt by association EVER appropriate? And doesn't it ultimately WEAKEN the credibility of the critic, by trivializing the really negative behavior?

2007-11-09 07:14:40 · 10 answers · asked by Gnu Diddy! 5

2007-11-09 07:01:53 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous