On AlterNet: gender roles

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "gender roles"

Boy or Girl? Why Do More Americans Prefer Male Children?

Jessica Mack, AlterNet. July 11, 2011.

We need a global overhaul of the way we value girls and women.

Why Does Reality TV Present Women As Marriage Obsessed Bimbos?

Jennifer L. Pozner, On The Issues Magazine. December 15, 2010.

Reality show producers paint American women as romantically desperate and hypertraditionalist in their views about the "proper" role for wives and mothers.

Disney’s Racist Stereotyping and Gender Roles Remain Un-Tangled

Natalie Wilson, Ms. Blog. December 4, 2010.

Alas, Disney’s stated goal isn’t ending the helpless-princess theme; it’s making sure the movies have big enough audience appeal (read: appeal to boys and men).

10 Things That Feminism Could Do Better

Nina Power, AlterNet. July 9, 2010.

Feminism should realign itself with social justice and avoid reducing all questions of women's lives to issues of sexuality and sexual behavior.

Be Manly but Not Too Manly? 311 Sexist Pieces of Advice for Men

Greta Christina, The Blowfish Blog. July 7, 2010.

If you're a man who wants to attract women, don't own a cat or play video games. This review challenges an author's rigid definitions of who's dateable.

Rethinking Stripping: So Why Are So Many Men Paying Women to Take off Their Clothes?

Shira Tarrant, Huffington Post. May 20, 2010.

We need to talk about gender, sexuality, safety, pleasure, earning power, and choice when we discuss sex work.

Profile of the New Filipino Family: House-Husbands Watch the Home Front While Women Fill U.S. Demand for Nurses

Anthony D. Advincula, New America Media. September 25, 2009.

While the data is largely anecdotal, many from the Filipino community say these situations are increasingly common.

Why Men Need to Get Over Their Femiphobia -- Fear and Disdain of the Female

Michael Eric Dyson, Basic Books. August 11, 2009.

The author argues in his book excerpt that a "great deal of the nation’s gender problem has to do with how men think about women."