Fag Bashing & Slut Shaming: It’s About Policing Gender Roles
- Sep, 08, 2010
- Charlie Glickman
- gender, sex & culture, shame, social oppressions
- 11 Comments.
When the topic of slut-shaming comes up, it’s often said that there is no equivalent for men. After all, the terms used for men who have a lot of sex or a lot of sex partners are things like ladies-man, stud, or Don Juan. They lack the negativity of slut and I’m certainly not going […]
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- Sep, 03, 2010
- Charlie Glickman
- sex & culture, social oppressions
- No Comments.
This post also appeared on the Good Vibrations Magazine. Clipped from: au.news.yahoo.com (share this clip) According to an article from the West.com.au, an Australian Court of Appeal has handed down a decision that transgender men are not legally men: In a summary of the 63-page judgment, the court said Chief Justice Martin and Justice Pullin […]
Read MoreEmotional Skills Help Men Live Longer
- Aug, 31, 2010
- Charlie Glickman
- relationships, sex & culture, sex research, shame, social oppressions
- 1 Comment.
This post first appeared on the Good Vibrations Magazine. Clipped from: www.time.com (share this clip) It’s been known for a while that men tend to have a shorter life expectancy than women. While there are a few guesses as to why that is, one factor is having a macho attitude. Time Magazine reports that some […]
On Being a Transgender Child
- Jul, 06, 2009
- Charlie Glickman
- gender, sex & culture, sexual communities
- 1 Comment.
via therumpus.net “It’s ok to be different because it just matters who you are. It doesn’t matter if you’re different than anybody else. It just matters if you’re having a good time and you like who you are.” Why does that seem so hard for so many people to understand?
Read Morethe gender grid
- Jan, 07, 2009
- Charlie Glickman
- gender, sex research
- No Comments.
I recently read a fascinating book called The Sexual Spectrum, which explores some of the cultural and biological factors that lead to sexual diversity. I highly recommend it. And one of the things that the author delves into sort of rocked my world. I don’t know how often I’ve heard people talk about the gender […]
Protecting and Maintaining Your Heterosexual House of Cards
- Oct, 22, 2008
- Charlie Glickman
- social oppressions
- No Comments.
<irony> It explains what guys need to do to protect their heterosexuality. Apparently, heterosexuality is even more fragile than we thought. It’s not just gay marriage that threatens it. Something as simply as eye contact can make it fall apart. Thank goodness for this video. It’ll save the world. </irony>
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