“We need to change the attitude that punishes women for their sexuality, but gives men a pat on the back for theirs.” President Barack Obama said at the White House Summit on the United State of Women, this past week.
Filmmaker Jessica Newsom has made an important documentary titled, The Mask You Live in. It’s a powerful examination about the troubling straight jacket of expectations young sboys as staddled with as they grow into men. When we say, ‘Be a man’ Exactly what does that mean, and has society put expectations on young that perpetuate the ugly, male dominant paradigm that has prevailed in human society since the beginnings of agriculture and permanent settlements, more than 10,000 years ago.
Go for it! Don’t be afraid. That’s the message from four women filmmakers, who travelled the US, interviewing exceptional women, who have found great personal success in their chosen careers. (more…)
A movement has emerged in America to make breasts and nipples equal in the eyes of the law. It’s a fact, the bare chest of a man is publicly legal, while a female baring her breasts and nipples is subject to shame at the least and arrest at the worst. (more…)
Why are we not surprised. The study referenced in this article found that, among players of the game HALO3, the loser segment of the players are responsible for most of the ugly remarks and harassment aimed at those women players , who dared enter the arena. (more…)
Josy Jablons, a student at New York University, launched the Better Sex Project as a response to the need for unambiguous socio-sexual communication among college students. We admire and support the messages she and her colleagues are sharing at NYU and other university campuses across the country. (more…)