Gender Studies - December 2007

why is it that elderly women need more care then men?

2007-12-17 04:35:16 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

I've noticed that women will put down other women when they are not in the same vicinity, but if a man criticizes a woman (e.g. calls her "fat" or "ugly"), women will swing to her aid and call her beautiful. Does this explain the rumored "pretty feminists"? Are they, in fact, just coming to the aid of the ugly?

2007-12-17 04:30:33 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

When women get in to a place free for being women and men have to drop $20.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071215/ap_on_fe_st/odd_ladies_nights

2007-12-17 04:29:46 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

She has a talent to annoy, if you ask me.

http://www.artcommotion.com/Issue2/VisualArts/

2007-12-17 03:36:54 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

And not for being women? Given that feminists are overwhelmingly homely and given that most responded in agreement to my question below and given that the responses also seem to reject equalizing the playing field based on beauty-discrimination, does it stand to reason that feminists simply oppose men because men have rejected them based on their looks?

2007-12-17 03:07:08 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

G&WS very frequently highlights the divisions between the genders. Abusive relationships. Childcare custody battles. Gold Diggers. The list goes on.

For all that, and with no prejudice to the answers, what do you believe? Are most relationships fundamentally nurturing and healthy, or are they dysfunctional lives of quiet desperation. Perhaps somewhere in the middle?

There are no right or wrong answers here, I guess it is a question of your own outlook and experiences.

It would be really interesting to know why you believe what you believe too.

2007-12-16 20:03:10 · 10 answers · asked by Twilight 6

If you have, what was it, and what did it feel like?

Some examples that come to mind of the sort of shift meant are:

Deciding that there is, or is not a God where you previously thought the opposite.
Deciding poverty is caused by oppression rather than laziness.
Shifting from a Pro Life stance to a Pro Choice stance.

What's interesting to me is not just what those changes were, but how you felt.

For me there have been a few of these sorts of changes, shifts in belief, and at the beginning I have always found them really uncomfortable. Shaking off long held ideas and ideals and moving to totally new ways of seeing things. Then becoming more comfortable and happy with the new established patterns.

Have you ever had a Radical Shift in Beliefs?

What are Your Experiences?

How did it Feel?

2007-12-16 19:34:51 · 20 answers · asked by Twilight 6

When I hear views that contradict mine, I tend to immediately react by putting my own ideas forward, and identifying flaws in the opposing views.

Sometimes I play devils advocate, generally amongst groups of friends who share my opinions, but want to enjoy the debate.

Very rarely, but sometimes, I will sit down and really try to think "in the mindset" of views which oppose my own. Work to the best of my ability to understand them, elaborate on them and see if they logically override my existing beliefs.

Because if you cannot challenge your beliefs with all your own intellect, in your own time, in quiet reasoning, how can you really have the courage of your convictions?

It seems like a philosophical question, yet I think it applies very strongly to the prejudices between genders. Walking a mile in the others shoes, beyond that, looking logically at why people hold different beliefs.

How often do you put your own Intellect at the Service of Opinions that Contradict your Beliefs?

2007-12-16 19:09:06 · 13 answers · asked by Twilight 6

2007-12-16 18:52:36 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

This forum is designed to be a place where questions and answers are exchanged. Community Guidelines clearly and explicitly set out rules which preclude chatting, ranting, insulting other forum users and many more things besides.

Yet in th 3 months or so that I have been here, in most every section, it seems more like a social networking site. Q&A are posted to provoke responses. Set agendas. Retaliate or disprove ideas set out in previous Q&A. And I wonder if this were not the case, whether the site would exist, or perhaps just become one vast Homework Help forum, relying on the generosity of those able to contribute.

Given that (in my view), this forum is more Edutainment and Social Networking than some "pure" Q&A ideal, and the human tendency to use all means of communication to relate to each other,

Are Personality Conflicts Inevitable Whenever Humans Interact?

2007-12-16 18:25:30 · 11 answers · asked by Twilight 6

2007-12-16 18:04:17 · 16 answers · asked by Chichiri 1

My childhood had a lot of sexism. My dad is a handy man and would only teach my brothers how to be handy around the house and not me. Also, they had more freedom, like later curfews and could hang out with anyone.

2007-12-16 13:39:45 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

Ok well I was talking to this guy and we liked each other alot. We met at the gym cuz we both play racquetball. We talked for about 2 weeks but it seems we were real compatible but I decided to stop talking with him because I have a b/f. My b/f and I went and played racquetball today and the other guy was there also. My b/f laughed at him one time when he messed up when he was playing his friends in a match, and it made him mad. ( we were watching them ) Later on, he watched me and my b/f play and I would look at him and he would look at me like he wanted me and one time when I looked at him, he smiled and clapped when I was playing. We don't really talk at all but we are still attracted to each other and there is something there. Does it sound like he still likes me? He kept on giving my b/f dirty looks for what he did, which I dont blame him because it was rude. What do you think?

2007-12-16 12:55:22 · 7 answers · asked by greenturtle 1

i'm pregnant with my first child and part of me wants to stay at home...but i feel strange saying that. ive worked so hard to get where i am in my career. ive been a feminist since college

2007-12-16 12:45:39 · 30 answers · asked by Billie 1

so much of our government taking care of the heroes, huh?

I'm strongly anti-war because I lived in Iran during the 7-year Iran-Iraq war (in which the US strongly supported Iraq and its regime) and saw our windows blown out enough times, not to mention all other destruction war brings. I still get panic attacks if I hear thunder in the middle of the night. But I feel resentment towards dirty politics and politicians, not the innocents who fall victim. Many of the homeless are Vietnam war veterans...

This question was triggered by an answer I gave about homelessness. Here are more facts if you care to discuss: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Al5RzhqXDe0aLkV7p.S6dLnty6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20071215023658AAizJgJ&show=7#profile-info-0avV2Nzxaa

2007-12-16 12:07:40 · 16 answers · asked by Lioness 6

It is sexist that the media often doesn't use Hillary's last name in print media, or is it a sign of power that it isn't needed for everyone to know who she is? Is it disrespectful, or not, in your opinion? Have you ever seen any of the male candidates for president appearing in a headline with just his first name?

2007-12-16 11:24:25 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

My perception of how women are stereotyped is of a 'sexualised' nature. Their sexuality is conveyed as 'Goddess sexuality' - the media spend stacks of cash in portraying the average woman as an absolute sexually desirable person.
Some feminists, however, see this as offensive and to a degree - I understand (I'd get tired of men being sexualised and never given credit for brains & such).

On the other hand, men are portrayed in one of two stereotypes: idiots who cannot do anything right without the help of an enduring wife, or paedophiles/ abusers of women & children (even though women actually outnumber men in terms of child abuse).

Which would you prefer to be stereotyped as:

Sexually (positively sexualized)
Abusive / Stupid

?


(I'm not looking for 'excuses' or copouts - just answers)

2007-12-16 09:54:52 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

shes literally a model

this is the first time i feel ENVY i hate it

2007-12-16 08:27:04 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-16 07:28:48 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

Women always get upset whenever a male states he is against abortion. However they forget that in this country half of women are against abortion and that the other half who may be in support of a woman's choice most of them will not choose to get an abortion. Some of these same women who are offended forget that they came to life because a woman was willing to give them birth and go through the sacrifice.

2007-12-16 04:33:00 · 22 answers · asked by Scott 1

2007-12-16 03:37:56 · 44 answers · asked by Thinker 2

He is a good guy, and about a month and a half ago clearly told me that he just wanted to be good friends. He had been flirty in the last couple weeks, and was the one pushing us getting together.
I don't want to be so naive as to think he wants me back, however - I am fine with waiting things out as long as I am not completely getting used. I stopped things just short of sex. He thanked me a couple times for 'staying' and wanted ot make me breakfast although I couldn't stay in the morning.
Anyways, is it best to just let him steer what happens next, or am I being silly to even think there is a chance?

2007-12-16 03:25:48 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

do you believe they should make it known to perspective mates? what are the implications in reproduction? is this an ethical issue pertaining to honesty?

2007-12-16 03:08:23 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

Just wondering?

2007-12-16 02:29:10 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

so i have to write a persuasive 'speech' if you will, about a controversial issue. i choose to do plastic/cosmetic surgery among women, and how it perpetuates the idea of women as sex symbols when they get bigger boobs or thicker lips or all of these things. do you think this is good to write about? i need to back it up with statistics, but i haven't found any that i think relate on google, what would be some pros/cons of getting these surgeries.

by the way, i mean surgery for purely aesthetic reasons. not for anything related to health beacuse that's completely different.

2007-12-16 02:09:44 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-16 00:17:22 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

Things like 'Miss Polly' song now has a female doctor and silly stuff like that. I realise its intentions but it's warping the historical place of these traditional songs. What next? The Duke of York's a gal with 10,000 chicks? Dr. Foster's a she? Sleeping Beauty's a fella? Let's stop all this rubbish. Feminism isn't made of changing the words to old songs.

2007-12-15 23:15:09 · 15 answers · asked by Boudicca 4

We are all equals aren't we? I say take down these walls of segregation and make the sexes truly equal!

2007-12-15 20:23:48 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am. I've been alone all weekend and only my son rang me.

Christmas is nearly here and I'm probably going to spend it alone again, with very little money.

I've been sick a lot in recent months but worked more hours than usual, so I'm run-down and tired.

Don't worry folks, I don't need advice, just someone to talk to.

(I've got my antidepressants on hand, I'm taking my multivitamins, and I know what to do.)

2007-12-15 18:42:50 · 30 answers · asked by zucchinisisback 3

How do you think the lives of American families were effected after WW2, specificlly in relation to women working outside of the home?

2007-12-15 16:26:15 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous