On the subject of gendered insults (in this case, the use of specific terms to signal acceptable behavior):
gender & feminism
Guys, Don’t Do That
Months later, the woman who spoke these four words is still dealing with cyber-harassment including rape and death threats
Today in Evo-psych Gender essentialism…
Gender essentialism at its best.
Friday Hoyden: Emilia
In Othello, it is Emilia, unfortunate wife of the villainous Iago, who delivers the woman’s equivalent of Shylock’s more famous “Has not a Jew eyes?” speech.
Such is the focus on the central couple that it is easy to forget that two husbands kill their wives in this play.
Do you see what I see?
The SMH is at it again.
Saudi women can now vote (still can’t drive)
King Abdullah said his decision came because “we refuse marginalising women’s role in the Saudi society in all fields” and followed “consultations with several scholars”.
Hoydens About Town Hall
Mim, her daughter, her mother, and I spent a very, very, very long afternoon filming a new ad advocating same-sex marriage with Australian Marriage Equality and GetUp!. Let me tell you all about it. The organisers had kept the specifics… Read More ›
Who’s afraid of feminists raising sons?
I’m a huge Lionel Shriver fan – difficult, divisive, dark and absolutely enthralling. My sister and her friend and I trade Shriver novels and can talk about them endlessly. I have often thought that I’d like to belong not to… Read More ›
Girls Not Brides, a new campaign against child marriage
From the press release: Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Dr Gro Brundtland and Mary Robinson will draw global attention to the neglected issue of child marriage during the United Nations General Assembly week in New York, 19-23 September. […] Each year, an… Read More ›
BFTP: Hyphenating – who goes first?
…what is seen as usual – the woman’s name first, the man’s name last. This has become so customary that when my husband and I chose to hyphenate our surnames for the kids with his name first and my name last it was considered odd.
Hoyden About Town 