Tag Archives: education

Melissa Tempel Is Doing It Right

Posted on December 21, 2011 by noahbrand

This inspiring article has been Tumblred and Facebooked and [whatever else you damn kids do when you’re not on my lawn] all over the place, and with good cause. It’s by a kindergarten teacher who’s taking simple, common-sense, nonthreatening steps … Continue reading →

Posted in education, gender identity, gender performativity, noseriouslywhatabouttehmenz | Tagged education, gender policing, gender roles | 10 Comments

Jonathan Kay and The Exciting Adventure Into The Land of Confounding Variables

Posted on August 13, 2011 by ozymandias

Admittedly I have only read one article by Jonathan Kay. For all I know, he’s won Nobel Prizes in multiple disciplines in his spare time from writing Pulitzer-Prize-winning articles about the national debt, programming open-source software, working as a UN translator and directing … Continue reading →

Posted in femmephobia, noseriouslywhatabouttehmenz, the media | Tagged baby storm, boys, education, gender conformity, gender roles, girls, jonathan kay, my chemical romance, queer, social construction of gender | 47 Comments

Education Fails Boys

Posted on June 27, 2011 by Cheradenine

There’s a nice bold statement to kick things off. What’s the evidence for this? Part 1: The Boring Statistics Bit If you’re short on time or attention span, you might want to skip to the infographic at the end of … Continue reading →

Posted in education, issues, noseriouslywhatabouttehmenz, sexism | Tagged education, infographic, misandry, pygmalion effect, self-fulfilling prophecy, social psychology, statistics, STEM, stereotype threat | 135 Comments

“Women, Be Safe!” vs “Rapists, Don’t Rape!”

Posted on June 24, 2011 by godlessaltruist

So, there’s this raging debate and this big divide on the question of “How should we be proactive about the problem of rape/sexual assault of women?” People fall in two camps – those who think that the reality of rape … Continue reading →

Posted in noseriouslywhatabouttehmenz, violence | Tagged education, rape, sexual assault | 86 Comments

Who Cares About Men’s Rights?

Posted on June 17, 2011 by ozymandias

I do. I care about every boy that was ever called a fag or a pussy or a sissy for being emotional, or sensitive, or unathletic, or just not manly enough. I care about the boys who are afraid they’ll lose their … Continue reading →