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There once was a young woman who published a book of essays about her life, including her work as a mid-level aide to a politician. Although her book wasn’t primarily about her work there, it did include instances of what many would term sexual harassment by her office’s chief of staff.  When asked if she [...]

Here are a few statements about women that are stated as facts. Some of them are patently untrue while others have at least a kernel of truth to them. I’ve added some generalizations of my own in the comments. See what you think.

Women are bad drivers. I discuss this in my February 11, 2010 post, [...]

We’ve all heard the epithet, “Women drivers!” Some of us have even said it ourselves. (Personally, I like to say, “Men drivers!” But that’s another issue.) Why do women drivers have such a bad reputation? And is it fair?
Charlotte Allen wrote about women drivers in her March 2, 2008 article for the Washington Post:
Depressing as [...]

In 1970 Alix Kates Shulman wrote an essay titled “A Marriage Agreement” and instantly became one of the voices of the burgeoning Women’s Liberation Movement. She was ten years into her second marriage when she came up with a set of rules that she and her husband agreed upon to make their relationship more equitable.  [...]