I am endlessly delighted by this video: [Transcript: "To the Western World." A couple of men saying "I am an African man." "But do you know who we are? If you've only seen us in Hollywood movies, this is what you may think of us: machine guns." Their words are intercut with scenes from Hollywood [...]
The Knight/Beast Dichotomy
April 2, 2012 By 17 Comments
Just as women are trapped by the stereotypes of the virgin/whore dichotomy, so do good guy/bad guy stereotypes trap men. Ozy Frantz breaks down how these cultural images work.
Advertising Sins: Food and Masculinity
March 12, 2012 By 34 Comments
(Hat tip to Sociological Images.) I have previously expressed my puzzlement at the bizarre gendering of food. Men like Big Portions, did you know? And meat! Women like teeny portions and gourmet food and vegetables, possibly because they are always dieting because our sizeist culture is under the impression that if you’re not size zero [...]
Anti-Intellectualism in Boy Scout Badges
March 12, 2012 By 41 Comments
Sociological Images has an interesting post on the gender differences between Boy Scout and Girl Scout manuals, one bit of which really sticks out to me. Interestingly, and in contrast, Denny also found that Boy, but not Girl Scout manuals taught “intellectual passivity.” When faced with unanswered questions, girls were often encouraged to do further research, [...]
The Before Body
February 27, 2012 By 78 Comments
(Hat tip to Sociological Images.) Below the cut, we have a fascinating video in which a man becomes both the “before” and the “after” body for a weight-loss, muscle-gain ad– within only a few hours. To get the after body, he lifts weights (to make his muscles more prominent), tans, sprays his body with PAM, takes the picture [...]
Social Change, Gender Roles, and Richard Scarry’s Best Word Book Ever
June 25, 2011 By 16 Comments
Richard Scarry’s Best Word Book Ever has changed from its initial publication in 1963 to reflect changing gender roles. Here’s how.
The 10 at 10
March 1, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Dirty facts, the Force, and cats who quote Charlie Sheen.
When Do We Choose to Interfere?
December 6, 2010 By 5 Comments
A neighborhood goes after a loud musician, but refuses to intervene in a violent domestic dispute. Why are abuse and harassment such odd blind spots in our society?
“I’m happy I have a wife, and having two people both contributing across the board goes a long way.”
This is a comment by Lars Fisher on the post “I’d Benefit From a Traditional Wife”.