I find the implications of this research (Scientists find a gene for the transsexual experience) absolutely fascinating, but can also already see how it’s going to be spun by the evpsych pseudoscience brigade in their continual battle to tell women… Read More ›
gendered roles
“The great army of impure women”
Another instalment in the Ladies’ Handbook series! The initial post is here. This instalment is part three of Chapter IV, “Sex Physiology and Hygiene”. (Part One, Part Two.) This passage is quite dense with meaning, but a few things I… Read More ›
SF Sunday
A few things lately have got me thinking about two distinct strands of definitively “what-if?” speculative fiction which sometimes intertwine – the alternate history based narrative, and the utopian-dystopian narrative.
Gender roles and their damage to men
The Portly Dyke, at Shakesville: Robbing the Hearts of Men Think about this the next time you hear someone say the words: “Be a man!” Actually look at the situation in which this comes up, and think about what is… Read More ›
The Violent Triad of Masculinity: Warriors, Soldiers, Fighters
Tyson Yunkaporta, a Nungar-descended Murri man, blogs at suite101. His posts are insightful and thought-provoking. Add him to your blogroll if you’re at all interested in the Australian blogworld. Today’s post just made me sad: “Native Rites of Passage Today:… Read More ›
The next Carnival of the Radical Feminists is at la doctorita’s – put in your submission now
la doctorita is running this month’s Carnival of the Radical Feminists. The carnival will take place on Monday, December 24th. The submission deadline is Friday, December 21st. Submissions may be left as comments to this post at la doc’s, or… Read More ›
So Similar
A draft I’ve had hanging around since last month: I’m trying to get these things out for some discussion even if I haven’t been able to wrap a bow around them to my entire satisfaction. Via Samara at The F-word… Read More ›
Debunking differences
Get your Gender Essentialist bingo cards ready, but this time so that we can cross off various myths being vigorously debunked. First the headline and teaser: The difference myth We shouldn’t believe the increasingly popular claims that boys and girls… Read More ›
Predictable
The one time I read a newspaper report of a social study that actually is reported with a bit of attention to fine distinctions and looks like a reasonable summary of the actual journal paper, what happens? The comments section… Read More ›
Ever found that whole Mars/Venus male/female thing sorta suss?
You’re not alone. The problem is that John Gray knows very well how to hit all the socially constructed hot buttons on male entitlement and female submission so that readers infer the message that Venusians have only themselves to blame… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 