Unless someone can contest government statistics and longitudinal studies conducted by this country's premier universities (and of course people can and do contest statistics all the time) I'm not sure how it can be considered a "secret."

There are PLENTY of articles and books written about the problematic relationship between Black men and Black women in our post-slavery world. Because the uncomfortable reality is that, societally, it is a problematic relationship which statistics bear out (low marriage rates, high out-of-wedlock birth rates, low…

But isn't bringing up how straight women contribute to the fetishizing important? Why can't we talk about both at the same time? In my mind we SHOULD talk about how gay men and straight women treat each other as "other" in the same conversation.

Are you referring to the millions of people who have bought his albums, watched his music videos, attended his concerts, and bought tickets to see his movies? The people who have made him one of the biggest pop stars, arguably ever, and a millionaire many, many, many times over?

I'm not in the modeling industry and I would not think that plus size models would feel pressure to exercise.

She falls into that valley—-sizes 6 and 8, generally—-between straight and plus size modeling. Models in that range are advised to either lose weight to become a straight model or gain weight to become a plus-size model.

Thanks.

Because of typical Hollywood casting or because you perceive the book to be about/aimed at White women?

I'm still quite confused by Jezebel's dislike of Lean In. Can anyone crystallize for me the feminist (or Jezebel) critique of it? I found it motivational and quite useful in my own career and so have several friends of mine, but, obviously, the 4 of us are a rather small sample size.

I'm sorry, none of this makes no sense to me. It's a bad thing if a guy thinks of you as his GF? I would LOVE that, actually. I'm tired of being only thought of as a late night booty call (hence why I now have to sleep with my ringer off).

Sexism, both internalized and institutional.

My friend is working "in the trenches" so to speak, at a public school in the Murray Hill section of NYC and that's her experience with her junior high-school aged students.

Different kinds of businesses have different kinds of culture. Hollywood is peculiar because it is so "inside baseball." There are plenty of amazing writers peddling screenplays who aren't douchebags. But Hollywood has extremely high barriers to entry, as in, who do you know? No one? Goodbye and please don't contact…

This from the guy who compared JLaw's time working on 'The Hunger Games' to slavery (to paraphrase the idiot: "Talk about '12 Years a Slave,' they are working that poor girl to the bone...").

Yes, I agree. But sadly I do think that wanting to be liked by boys/wanting to seem "cool" by the boy you like starting around the 5th or 6th grade can make some girls stifle their intellect, at least outwardly. Young girls have already internalized that being "nerdy" or a "know-it-all" is intimidating and…

Yes, I asked the question because I'm attempting not to conflate college with primary school.

I see, yes. It's rather odd to be in a coed space but then segregate along gender lines in a way that highlights difference.

This article is confusing. I have no idea as to the merits of ACLU's case (I haven't had the time to read the source material). But it's been my understanding that, proportionately, more women graduate from women-only colleges with degrees in the hard sciences and STEM-related fields than from coed institutions. Is…

Gorgeous from the neck up and from the shins down but that dress is doing nothing for me.

Why must women be considered little girls or boys when they don't have the body shape ypu desire? I hate this whole "real woman have curves" crap. We are ALL real women whether we are curvy, straight up-and-down, super-toned or voluptuous.