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 [...]
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: [...]
Why are cats more popular with women and dogs more popular with men? I’ve heard men complain about cats for being too aloof. I’ve even heard them say that they act like women: they do what they want and you never know what they want. Funny, that’s what I thought men were like. And dogs, [...]
Meet Pop, the 2-year-old who doesn’t know whether s/he is a boy or a girl. Presumably her/his parents (and anyone else who has changed his/her diaper) know, but they’re not telling. They want their child to be as free from gender socialization as possible. (Read the whole story here.) This reminds me of a story [...]
I’ve just started reading The Difference: Growing Up Female In America by Judy Mann. She’s a feminist who has two sons and a daughter. So far it’s very interesting. She doesn’t say that there are no differences between the sexes. But what she does say is that the differences are differently valued. I agree with [...]
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