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Is It Really Empowering For A Women To Make The First Move?

13Dec

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DATING

Is It Really Empowering For A Women To Make The First Move?

Heterosexual dating conventions have long held that men make the first move: first to flirt, first to ask out on a date, first to propose. What if the roles were reversed? That’s what one dating app, Bumble, has tried to do. Bumble brands itself as a feminist dating app that’s designed to empower women. According to Bumble’s website, the app was developed to “challenge the antiquated rules of dating” by requiring those who identify as women to initiate communication with men they match with. With over 100 million users as of 2020, Bumble is one of the most popular dating apps on the market, and in interviews I conducted with over 100 people about online dating in my “Connecting Digitally” study, more than half reported using Bumble. But my research shows that Bumble, despite purporting to ...

Women For Men Or Men For Women? – Who Has More Rules?

13Dec

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DATING

Women For Men Or Men For Women? – Who Has More Rules?

OK, here's a test - who has more rules - women for men or men for women? If you guessed men for women you are WRONG. During my relationship research over the years (no this research wasn't formal, had no benchmarks or was validated in any way - just gut reactions and experience) I believe that generally speaking (I'm using the word generally because I'm trying to avoid the wrath of any women out there and their need to email me their personal views on the subject) anyway, I believe that women have more rules for men than men do for women. Whose rules are you living by yours or his or hers? Why do we even need rules for each other? The assumption we make when another person has rules for us is that the way we do things is wrong or not acceptable to them for whatever reason. Come on. . ....

For Low-Wage Women Of Color What About Work-Life Balance

2Apr

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For Low-Wage Women Of Color What About Work-Life Balance

October is National Work and Family Month, a designation that the U.S. Senate first marked in 2003. The struggle that workers face in balancing job-related responsibilities with family obligations became a signature issue for former President Barack Obama, who in a 2014 speech at the White House Summit on Working Families declared, “family-friendly policies are good business practices.” Today, government officials, corporate executives, and media outlets are increasingly calling attention to the importance of alleviating workplace stresses and promoting better “work-life balance.” But most of the rhetoric is directed at higher-income professionals such as managers and executives who tend to be largely White, and not low-wage workers of color, particularly Black and Brown women. During th...

Disturbing Things I Do On The Phone With Women

13Dec

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Disturbing Things I Do On The Phone With Women

Back in the day, when I suspected a woman was going to flake, one of my tactics was to call her before meeting her. I discovered it reduced flaking by a lot. Once on the phone, I did something I think women would find disturbing! In fact, I'm pretty sure if they knew what I was doing, they would freak out and maybe even call the cops on me. You curious? Wanna know what I did? Positive? I'll tell you... IN ANOTHER ARTICLE:p Alright, alright, fine, FINE... I'll tell you now... (Gee!) Okay... So here we go... Most times, while on the phone with a woman, I would hold a knife in my hand! Don't worry. It wasn't a butcher's knife or anything like that. It was my Swiss Army knife. Now, why would I play with my Swiss Army knife while on the phone with a beautiful woman? Am I some sort of whack job ...

A Problem For Women’s Health – Too Few Women Get To Invent

2Apr

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A Problem For Women’s Health – Too Few Women Get To Invent

Rem Koning, Harvard Business School MacArthur Genius and MIT professor Linda Griffith has built an epic career as a scientist and inventor, including growing a human ear on a mouse. She now spends her days unpacking the biological mechanisms underlying endometriosis, a condition in which uterus-like tissue grows outside of the uterus. Endometriosis can be brutally painful, is regularly misdiagnosed and misunderstood, and has affected Griffith’s life along with the lives of over 6 million other women in the U.S. Griffith’s research and inventions have the potential to improve women’s health dramatically. The problem for women is that she stands out for another reason: She’s female. In 2020, only 12.8% of U.S. inventors receiving patents were women, and historically male researchers have i...

Men & Women’s Perspectives On Relationships

13Dec

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Men & Women’s Perspectives On Relationships

Sexuality is about a sexual relationship, which includes social, emotional and sexual aspects. Long-term committed relationships are vital to supporting families over the decades needed to raise children. A woman wants affectionate companionship but a man focuses on his sexual needs. We have two sexes, which complement each other by being different. Men see their personal status as central to how others value them. They enjoy erotic fantasies and genital activity. A man is sexy because he is responsive. Women are emotional. They enjoy love and companionable activities. A woman is sexy because she makes effort to attract a man and fulfill his needs. If men and women wanted the same things in life, then we would have a much easier time getting on with each other. Of course, no two people are...

It’s Just Casual Sex – Why Do Women Still Get Judged So Harshly?

12Dec

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It’s Just Casual Sex – Why Do Women Still Get Judged So Harshly?

F. Scott Fitzgerald famously called the Roaring Twenties – which happened on the heels of the 1918 flu pandemic – “the most expensive orgy in history.” Now, as more and more Americans are vaccinated, some are saying all the sexual energy pent up over the past year will be unleashed, with Yale sociologist Nicholas Christakis predicting a summer marked by a surge in “sexual licentiousness.” Women, however, might face backlash for exploring their post-vaccination sexuality. In a new study, we found that women – but not men – continue to be perceived negatively for having casual sex. This stereotype persists even as casual sex has become increasingly normalized and gender equality has risen in the U.S. and much of the Western world. Specifically, both men and women assume that a woman who ...

Infrastructure That Has Long Been Devalued – Women-Dominated Child And Home Care Work Is Critical

14Dec

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Infrastructure That Has Long Been Devalued – Women-Dominated Child And Home Care Work Is Critical

A fiery debate has erupted over the definition of “infrastructure.” Does it mean roads, broadband and other physical structures included in the traditional meaning of infrastructure? Or should it have a broader definition that includes other important parts of the economy, such as workers who care for children, older adults and people with disabilities? President Joe Biden prefers the latter meaning and wants to use nearly one-fifth of the US$2.25 trillion of spending in his jobs and infrastructure plan to expand and strengthen child care and home-based long-term care. As a sociologist who has studied the paid-care workforce for over 15 years, I know how critical it is to the U.S. economy – as the COVID-19 pandemic has made quite plain. The problem is, these workers have long been under...

Mother Wounds: Can A Man Emotionally Shut Down Around Women If He Had An Abusive Mother?

3May

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Mother Wounds: Can A Man Emotionally Shut Down Around Women If He Had An Abusive Mother?

Although a man may be in tune with his feelings when he is by himself and even around a man, this may seldom be the case when he is around a woman. What will be normal, then, is for him to be out of touch with his body when he is in their presence. This could be something that he is acutely aware of; then again, this might not be something that he is aware of. If it isn't, it is still going to be something that has an effect on his life. Part of Life It can seem strange as to how he wouldn't be aware of what is going on but, if this is how he has been for a very long time, why would he? Also, if he spends a lot of time being out of touch with how he feels, his experience is not going to be very different when he is around a woman. His point of awareness can generally be up top, so to s...

12Dec

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College Women Embracing More Diverse Sexuality -The Feminism’s Legacy

Most adults identify themselves as heterosexual, meaning they report being attracted to, and engaging in sex with, only members of the other sex. However, women ages 18 to 29 are increasingly rejecting exclusive heterosexuality and describing their sexual orientation in other ways. These changes in women’s sexuality are not mirrored by their male peers. That’s the primary finding in our most recent report on nine years of surveys at the Binghamton Human Sexualities Research Lab, just published in “Sexuality in Emerging Adulthood.” Together with our Binghamton University colleagues Richard E. Mattson, Melissa Hardesty, Ann Merriwether and Maggie M. Parker, we conclude that changes in young adults’ sexual orientation are not just as a result of increased social acceptance of LGBT people – b...