They Say - Women Argue With Men About Housework to Feel More Feminine

Oh please.

A survey of 15,000 American women discovered that female breadwinners ride their husbands about housework and childcare because they’re worried about losing touch with their “feminine” identity.

Excuse me while I go scream into a pillow.

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Simulation Allows Man to Experience Childbirth

Starting out with the provocative statement that research shows men can stand a lot more pain than women, a doctor begins an experiment in gender bending that makes for a pretty enjoyable watch. Continue reading »

Alternative, Lesbian and Eating Disorder Barbies (Maybe NSFW)

Bulemic Barbie

If Barbie, often little girls’ exemplar of womanhood, is to represent females, she needs to mix it up.

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Revenge by Craigslist - Woman Charged in Setting Up Teen

Another day, another disgruntled person using Craigslist as a means of revenge.

This time it’s Elizabeth A. Thrasher, a 40-year-old (read: should know better) Missouri woman who had a “deteriorating relationship” with the woman her ex-boyfriend was dating.  (Because that’s unusual.)  The woman’s 17-year-old daughter got involved in some virtual back-and-forth and sent Thrasher a MySpace message that commanded she “grow up.”

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What Makes Moms Cry

Spend enough time on Facebook, and eventually you’ll get one of those memes — you know, the ones that ask you what you had for breakfast, if you still talk to your first love, and when the last time is you cried.  I haven’t met to many men who actually fill those things out, but women tend to answer that last question:  “an hour ago,” “yesterday,” or some other time in the very recent past.

According to TheBabyWebsite.com and 3,000 women, that’s because women spend a lot of time crying.  Up to 16 months of our lives, in fact, are spent weeping, and after the age of 19, we spend a whopping 2.5 hours a week in tears.

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Search is On for Girl Who Didn’t Think She’d Walk on the Moon

Go back forty  years, and what do you have? Woodstock. The moon walk. And a generation of little girls who didn’t think they could be astronauts . . . because they were girls.

Canadian broadcasters are on an international search for a humble little girl interviewed as Neil Armstrong made his historic leap for mankind. Continue reading »

The Differing Shower Habits of Men and Women

Quick: Who takes longer showers, men or women?

What bugs parents the most in the bathroom?

Who changes the showerhead (it’s not magic? Just kidding …)

Water Pik, the company that brought you a little pulsating spray teeth-cleaning system that your parents bought back in the ’80s but nobody every really bothered to use, has released the results of its survey of adult bathroom habits.

“Behind the Shower Curtain” answers the above questions and many more you didn’t know you had.

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They Say: Women Need More Sleep Than Men

Live Science has set out to remedy the gender discrepancy in research, with more clinical trials focusing on men than on women. Their handy slide show on 5 Myths About Women’s Bodies may not be sufficient to tip the balance toward gender equality in research, but it does point out some fascinating stuff. Continue reading »