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Power Couples of Mad Men
The show may be titled Mad Men, but every season the female characters become more prominent, more successful, and way more interesting. But if there's a woman behind every moderately successful man then the writers of Mad Men are trying to tell us something. Let's look at the couples and find out!
Dear Poll: Are You More Like the Girl or the Guy?
When I asked if your significant other shows his emotion well, the results were pretty evenly split, although very extreme — the men were either completely closed off or very in touch with their feelings. Hearing stories of guys who are not ashamed to cry got me thinking about the roles we play in our relationships. Sometimes, we take on the stereotypical traits our gender dictates, but that's not always the case.
Do Tell: What Double Standard Drives You Nuts?
Is it just me or does it seem like there’s a big gender divide when it comes to expectations about marriage? A middle-aged, unwed man is considered to have made a choice to remain a bachelor, while an unmarried woman of the same age is assumed to be desperately waiting for a man to rescue her! Though we’re lucky enough to live in a society that values women’s rights, it’s still inevitable to encounter double standards.
Dear Poll: Do You Prefer Working With Men or Women?
In this day and age, office buildings are full of both male and female employees. While it's great to see so many hard working women in the work place, it's easy to get a reputation of being a b*tch vs. a hard working, powerful businesswoman.
News to Me: Gender Roles Exist
Do you wear the pants in your relationship, or does your partner? A recent study proves that silence is golden but only for women. Jennifer Sellers, an assistant professor of psychology at Green Mountain College in Vermont, gathered 95 participants of equal parts men and women to view four videos of couples in conflict, some with a more dominate female, and some with a more dominate male.
Gender Roles - How Do You Feel?
I have a friend who is a vegetarian and when she recently got engaged, she told me that her grandmother asked, "Are you going to cook your fiance meat now?" We both agreed that that was totally absurd. Just because you are getting married or in a relationship, doesn't mean you would give up your values, right?
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Gender Roles — Love 'Em Or Leave 'Em?
Here's a poll from OnSugar blog Rantings of a Single Girl.
Let's go back to the 1940s for a minute. My grandmother was married, raised a kid, ran a farm, taught school, and kept a clean house.
A Generation of Male Commitmentphobes?
A recent Marie Claire trend piece takes on a certain species of man: the commitment-phobe. Lest you think this is but one unavoidable type of man, the writer suggests that there's a whole generation of 30-something men having early midlife crises:
These guys are part of a cause-less generation. They didn't grow up burning their draft cards or fighting the Nazis.
Behind the Iron Curtain: Was Sex Better Before the Wall's Fall?
Life may be better since the fall of the Berlin Wall, but is sex? It was at first. Prostitutes came in vans, porn was everywhere, and sex shops opened like wine bars in a gentrifying neighborhood.
Say What? Sarah Haskins Rages Against the Machine
“As the Internet and TV and movies all become one scary machine in your living room, it’s important that we all have some level of media literacy."
— Sarah Haskins, who sends up ads directed at women in her amazing Target Women clips on Current TV. She thinks advertisers show how clueless they are about women by doing two incompatible things at once: "trying to still use some of the traditional gender roles, while also trying to match the changes .
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