There aren’t many gender-exclusive spaces left in our terribly enlightened society. Who needs them? Men’s clubs filled with (I guess) leather chairs, pipe smoke and oil paintings of hunting dogs have probably been fumigated and converted to pizza chains, while late-morning mothers’ groups have a healthy minority of full-time fathers. Only restrooms are gender-segregated, and ...
Oh, Saudi Arabia. How you continue to baffle me with the problems you create for yourself around the segregating of the sexes. In 2006 a law was put in place that banned men from working in “female apparel and cosmetic stores.” I understand the basic principle here — women don’t want men around when they ...
For Orthodox Jews, Facebook may not necessarily be a bad idea, but it’s also not ideal. There are racy pictures, dirty words, men can creep on women and vice versa. Really, it’s far from Kosher. So one Hasidic programmer is taking matters into his own tech-savvy hands. After hearing a woman say it was a ...
As Saudi women fight for the right to drive so they can move independently, Qatar seems to be going the opposite direction in terms of its opinion of women’s status. On Thursday, the first women only cinema in the Middle East will open in Doha, in the Aspire Zone Foundation Ladies Club, a government-backed sports ...
In the early 20th century, women fought hard for the right to vote. In 2011, some still are. Suffrage may have been a battle women won in countries like the United States, where the Nineteenth Amendment was passed in 1920 and put a halt to the males-only rule at the polls, but it’s an ongoing ...
So, we’re having this baby. It’s due in a few weeks and we’re trying to get organized with all...
I recently heard about what is claimed to be the rising phenomenon of Japanese men remaining virgins for longer...
Ladders. Patriarchal conspiracy. I’ll explain… This week I climbed a ladder. I was trying to reach a loft space,...
Dear Madame X, My boyfriend needs to look at porn while we have sex. It bothers me because I...
Mrs. Dalloway is yet another feminist classic that I had to grow into. Wrapped up in Woolf’s instantly recognizable...
Last week saw a Big Thing come to our soggy little island. Well, it was a Big Thing for...
Last weekend I was entertaining a guest, you know, the sort I was planning to have lots and lots...
All little girls want to be princesses… right?! It’s bad enough that toy aisles are separated out by what...
