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Salon.com June 21, 2000 Cathy Young |
It's payback time In "The War Against Boys," author Christina Hoff Sommers claims that unfair programs to empower girls have taken a toll on boys. |
Salon.com February 5, 2002 Amy Benfer |
Lost boys While girls surge ahead in all subjects at school, boys are lagging behind. Is "girl power" to blame? Do boys need their own dose of "empowerment"? |
Salon.com March 9, 2001 Amy Benfer |
Battle of the celebrity gender theorists Christina Hoff Sommers skewers Carol Gilligan, Jane Fonda and their "girl crisis" rhetoric... |
ifeminists June 15, 2005 Wendy McElroy |
Missing: Males on College Campuses Some researchers call them the "Lost Boys." They are the students you don't see on college campuses. New statistics show an annual decreasing ratio of male-to female students in all degree-granting institutions. |
ifeminists April 29, 2003 Cook & Sacks |
Mysterious Decline -- Where Are the Men on Campus? Females now outnumber males by a four to three ratio in American colleges, a difference of almost two million students. The trend is unmistakable and some fear it is irreversible. |
Salon.com February 5, 2002 Amy Benfer |
One for the lads The British tackled their own education gender gap by letting boys be boys -- with mixed results... |
ifeminists March 23, 2005 Glenn Sacks |
New Study of Youth Shows It's Boys Who Are in Crisis The question of whether boys or girls have been doing better has been a point of sometimes rancorous debate among feminist and other scholars in recent decades. |
ifeminists February 1, 2006 Carey Roberts |
Bias Suit Reveals the Truth Behind the 'Boy Crisis' Why American boys are falling academically behind in a glitter and feathers world. |
Reason October 2007 Cathy Young |
That's What Little Boys Are Made Of The Dangerous Book for Boys, by English brothers Conn and Hal Iggulden, revels in retro, conjuring up a pre-computer idyll of hunting, skipping stones, making paper airplanes, and heartening tales of battlefield heroics. |
ifeminists September 22, 2004 Glenn Sacks |
Start of School Very Different for Parents of Boys, Parents of Girls Modern schools are not boy-friendly. This can be seen from the time boys enter school, when many of them are immediately branded as behavior problems. |
ifeminists September 10, 2002 Glenn Sacks |
The 'Boy Parent Dilemma' Modern schools are not suited to boys' personalities and learning styles. |
ifeminists February 8, 2006 Carey Roberts |
Who's Afraid of Carol Gilligan? Thanks to the girl hysteria that psychologist Carol Gilligan engendered, the Gender Equity in Education Act was passed in 1994. Of course by that time, girls had surpassed boys on most measures of school performance. |
ifeminists April 22, 2003 Carey Roberts |
UNICEF's One-Sided Pursuit of Gender Equality This Special Report analyzes the UNICEF sex-specific programs for girls and boys. |
Reason May 2006 Cathy Young |
The Great Fellatio Scare Is oral sex really the latest teen craze in America? |
Salon.com January 10, 2001 Amy Benfer |
A teen sex guru speaks Kids -- and their parents -- need to tackle taboos, says psychiatrist Lynn Ponton... |
ifeminists August 27, 2002 Tresa McBee |
They're Only Boys T-shirt maker Hot Topic is producing shirt aimed at teen girls that sport anti-boy phrases like "Boys Are Great. Every Girl Should Own One," "So Many Boys, So Little Minds," and "Boys Make Good Pets." |
Salon.com May 21, 2002 Lara Riscol |
Go out and get a piece, son! Right-wing moralizers wink at boys' sexual foibles -- it's unfettered female sexuality that they think is leading us into perdition... |
Finance & Development June 1, 2007 Lewis & Lockheed |
Getting All Girls into School New ways are needed to educate "excluded girls" in developing countries. |
American Journal of Nursing July 2011 Dowdell et al. |
Original Research: Online Social Networking Patterns Among Adolescents, Young Adults, and Sexual Offenders The use of online social networks like Facebook continues to increase rapidly among all age groups and segments of our society, presenting new opportunities for the exchange of sexual information as well as unsafe encounters. |
Salon.com January 26, 2000 Cathy Young |
Out with the old and out with the new Feminism of every stripe has failed. It's time for a gender equality movement. |
Fast Company Dec 2013/Jan 2014 Jillian Goodman |
A Girl Who Codes Girls Who Code expanded to eight programs in five cities (New York, San Francisco, Detroit, San Jose, and Davis, California), with 10 to 15 more programs to come next year. |
Investment Advisor September 2005 Olivia Mellan |
The Psychology of Advice: Gender Matters A financial advisor's understanding of male-female differences (and similarities) can offer more insight, more compassion, and more inspiration in helping individuals and couples create the life they envision. |
Salon.com April 12, 2001 Cathy Young |
Sex and science Are women discriminated against in the lab? Or are gender imbalances due to intellectual differences? |
T.H.E. Journal March 2006 |
Girls on Technology A study brings video games into the classroom to address the persistent digital gender gap. |
ifeminists June 17, 2003 Carey Roberts |
Please Add Me to Your Blacklist The Canadian government recently published a report that recommends monitoring and prosecution of gender equity advocates under federal hate crime laws. |
ifeminists September 3, 2002 Tresa McBee |
When Separate Can Be Equal -- and Better A look at the advantages of single-sex schools, and the barrier of providing "comparable" opportunities for both sexes. |
Reason November 2001 Cathy Young |
Good Sports? Despite continuing Title IX controversy, women are having a ball... |
ifeminists November 19, 2002 Tresa McBee |
Girls will be boys In our quest for gender neutrality, no one likes to talk about this much, but there's something about the thrill of the chase, the back-and-forth, that dance, where, ultimately, the girl is in control. |
IEEE Spectrum December 2009 Prachi Patel |
Math Quiz: Why Do Men Predominate? It's culture, not biology. |
Finance & Development June 1, 2007 Janet G. Stotsky |
Budgeting with Women in Mind When leaders in developed and developing countries alike ponder ways to boost growth, reduce inequality, and improve living standards, the enduring battle of the sexes is most likely the last thing on their minds. But reducing gender disparities can lead to improved macroeconomic performance. |
Fast Company November 17, 2011 Anya Kamenetz |
The Case For Girls Most would-be parents prefer boys, not girls. Is part of the trouble, dare we say, a branding problem - one that advertising could solve? |
ifeminists February 10, 2004 Glenn Sacks |
Why I Launched the Campaign Against 'Boys are Stupid' Products "Dad, why are they always saying things like that about boys?" This question asked by my 11 year-old son triggered a campaign which in just six weeks has driven T-shirts, hats, and other merchandise bearing the slogan "Boys are Stupid -- Throw Rocks at Them" out of nearly 3,000 retail outlets worldwide. |
ifeminists May 11, 2008 Wendy McElroy |
A Feminist Defense of Men's Rights Women are individuals and anything that weakens individual rights based on a shared humanity harms women as much as men. |
Science News June 14, 2003 Janet Raloff |
Oh Boy -- Is Mom Hungry! At birth, boys tend to weigh about 100 grams (3.5 ounces) more than girls. An international research team wondered whether that meant that boys' moms ate more during pregnancy. In data published this week, the scientists now confirm that's exactly what happens. |
ifeminists May 3, 2007 Carey Roberts |
AAUW's Fuzzy Math an Insult to Working Women Beyond the claims of sex discrimination, Behind the Pay Gap contains a put-down to all working women. That message reads, Ladies, you are unwilling to accept the financial consequences of your decision to work shorter hours and in less lucrative occupations. |
BusinessWeek February 7, 2005 Catherine Arnst |
Getting Girls To The Lab Bench To remain competitive, the U.S. must close the gender gap in science. |
ifeminists September 29, 2004 K. C. Wilson |
On-Going Gender Bias We define aggression as, "what men do," and nurturing as, "what women do." The genders are used to define the terms. This blinds us to the equal aggressiveness of women, and equal nurturing of masculinity. |
Salon.com November 11, 2002 Lynn Ponton |
From Laramie to California The father of a cross-dressing teenage boy is terrified for the boy's safety. He's right to be worried, says the author, a psychiatrist. It's a scary world for these courageous teens. |
Finance & Development June 1, 2007 Buvinic & King |
Smart Economics In the long run, greater gender equality in access to opportunities, rights, and voice can lead to more efficient economic functioning and better institutions, with dynamic benefits for investment and growth. |
Reason February 2003 Cathy Young |
Consciousness Raising 101 Inside the gender studies classroom |
ifeminists September 14, 2005 Glenn Sacks |
Are Boys Really Better off Without Fathers? While Peggy Drexler's Raising Boys Without Men: How Maverick Moms Are Creating the Next Generation of Exceptional Men may seem like a harmless, feel-good affirmation for these mothers, it could have a damaging impact on children by affecting both the choices women make and family law. |
CIO November 1, 2000 Janese Swanson & Emily Keller |
The Forgotten Majority Why do women hate IT? Because most technology products are designed for men... |
Fast Company Elizabeth Segran |
Most Teen Boys Want More Strong Female Characters In Video Games, Study Finds For years, the video game industry has come under fire for its sexist portrayals of women. |
Reason September 2004 Cathy Young |
Taking Science Seriously Stephen Rhoads, author of Taking Sex Differences Seriously, mixes genuinely interesting information and analysis with dubious generalizations, slim or anecdotal evidence, and sometimes downright junk science. |
T.H.E. Journal June 2002 Douglas W. Green & Thomas O'Brien |
The Internet's Impact on Teacher Practice and Classroom Culture Does Internet use result in an increase in constructivist teacher practices? What other features of classroom life are impacted when the Internet is used as a source of information for student research projects? |
ifeminists March 3, 2004 K. C. Wilson |
Male Nurturing 101 The real gender bias we all face is a society that defines aggression as "what men do," and nurturing as "what women do." This blinds us to the equal aggressiveness of women, and, more tragically, equal nurturing of masculinity. |
ifeminists May 26, 2004 K. C. Wilson |
Misandry and Female Sexism There has been no social progress nor movement for gender equality in the U.S. Not if equality means equal dignity and respect for all. |
ifeminists August 19, 2003 Carey Roberts |
UNICEF Pushes an Anti-Child Agenda While boys are merely neglected by current UNICEF programs, girls are being subjected to an aggressive campaign to inculcate them with radical feminist ideology. |
Sports Illustrated November 21, 2001 |
Not Your Average Skirt Chaser The difficulties caused for female high school field hockey players when boys join the team, as allowed by equal rights amendments in states like Massachusetts. |
Psychology Today Jan/Feb 2008 Hara Estroff Marano |
Skinny Sweepstakes In the push for achievement, the perfect body is now part of the perfect resume. Deprived of an internal compass, girls compete to be "hottest," turning colleges into incubators of eating disorders. |