TAG: gender
Craigslist Meets WallStreet...Classic
An economic look at marrying rich.
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It's mathmatically impossible that men could have more sexual partners than women.
Tags: nytimes sex culture gender
Come to Israel, Meet Hot Babes
"Maxim Features Models From Israeli Army; Many in Israel Call It Inappropriate"
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From London: "Eight months into my pregnancy only one man has given me his seat on public transport. Were the rest afraid of being sexist?"
Tags: culture london gender subway psychology
"Although both men and women look at the image of George Brett when directed to find out information about his sport and position, men tend to focus on private anatomy as well as the face. For the women, the face is the only place they viewed."
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"Gender equality has come a long way when the press doesn't differentiate between homicidal maniacs who are men, and those who are women."
One of the women from the feminist scene explains how the whole thing went down.
The Media Assault on Male Body Image
If being a man means having body hair and sweating, why are the sexy guys in ads immune to both?
Tags: gender relationships media culture
The man behind the 'Girls Gone Wild' soft-porn empire lets Claire Hoffman into his world, for better or worse
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Apparently "forever" has been over-rated
"Diamonds are no longer a girl's best friend, according to a new U.S. study that found three of four women would prefer a new plasma TV to a diamond necklace."
Tags: gender television technology panasonic
"These are my passions, but they reflect the part of me that is about horses, running, skiing, skating, the environment, writing, or creating. If I relabel them to reflect my gender, I believe both (my gender and the labeled thing) are diminished by the "
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What if men were drawn in the same objectifying way as women in comic books?
Barbie? Who's Barbie? Young girls are playing electronic house with The Sims, and the game lets them tell their own stories.
Tags: videogames gender culture youth trend nytimes
Men want facts, women seek personal connections on Web
Men more often listen to music and view webcams; women use e-mail more
"But lurking behind it is the more intriguing fact that it is a marketing campaign -- not a political figure, or a major news organization, or even a film -- that ''opened a dialogue'' (as one of the young women said to People)."
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You're emotional. Deal with it.
"People don't choose rationally to listen to your message and then have a feeling about it. They choose to listen to your message because they have a feeling about it."
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Yoko Ono has long been defined by her status first as John Lennon's wife and then his widow. But now, at 72, she says she is brimming with a newfound love for life - kinda thing
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"Welcome to oldmencrying.com, a site dedicated to the lachrymal performances of the elderly. "
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An Open Letter to the Totally Impractical Size Chart for Women's Clothing.
McSweeney's: "If only you were a sensible size chart, one using inches, or even centimeters, the world would be a better place"
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British men are almost twice as likely to use their mobile phones for talking compared with women, who prefer to text, according to research on Wednesday.
Tags: mobile gender culture communication posted research
Washing machine fingers lazy male
BBC News: "It is a washing machine called "Your Turn", which will not let the same person use it twice in a row."
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Guardian: "Girls are the biggest downloaders of ringtones and wallpapers, so they are obviously in tune with downloading content ... just the game subject matter seems not to appeal."
Tags: games mobile gender posted
Toasters, clock-radios, vacuum cleaners - everyday devices, found in everyday homes. So how do manufacturers make us buy more of what we already have? By getting product designers to think harder about how we use things, and designing products for couples
Tags: design business technology posted gender
Gender Differences in Spoken and Written Communication
"One study that she references found that reviewers could guess the gender of the author of a paper with 75% accuracy."
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Adventures in Opinion Writing: No Easy Answers
Why are there fewer female opinion writers? Another possible factor.
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Monkeys Pay to See Female Monkey Bottoms
A new study found that monkeys will actually pay, in the form of juice, to see pictures of good looking monkeys
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