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Atlantic Stirs Another Sideline Scuffle over Moms

By Caryl Rivers & Rosalind C. Barnett ● Arts & Culture ● June 26, 2012

The media narratives about women, motherhood and work provide three chronic themes of distortion and outright falsehood. As silly as they can seem to people in the real world, they have serious social and political consequences.

School Sex Segregation Loses Ground

By Caryl Rivers & Rosalind C. Barnett ● Commentary ● June 18, 2012

Sex-stereotyping is rife in single-sex classrooms in U.S. public schools. Boys are encouraged to move around, girls are told to sit still and think in terms of cosmetics and wedding dresses. This is why the ACLU victory in West Virginia is so huge.

‘Glass Escalators’ Move Pink-Collar Guys Ahead

By Caryl Rivers & Rosalind C. Barnett ● Commentary ● June 2, 2012

Strange but true: If you’re a white male and you’re moving into a female-dominant work sector, you’re lucky to get a supervisor who is a woman or member of a minority. Recent research shows they’ll speed you along your way.

Female ‘Stereotype Threat’ Brain Drains U.S. STEM

By Caryl Rivers & Rosalind C. Barnett ● Arts & Culture ● May 25, 2012

Negative perceptions are still choking off women’s access to careers in science, technology, engineering and math. But if girls are encouraged in the early grades they will benefit, along with the U.S. economy.

Vatican Attack on Nuns Reopens My Brother’s Wounds

By Caryl Rivers ● Arts & Culture ● May 14, 2012

Caryl Rivers has not yet forgiven the Vatican for the sexual molestation suffered by her deceased brother. Male church leaders should be seeking forgiveness, she says, not reprimanding nuns who truly do God’s work.

Atlantic Runs Screed Against Working Families

By Caryl Rivers ● Commentary ● April 26, 2012

Do working parents need to be pitted against non-parental coworkers? Should they be configured into boy vs. girl teams? That’s the pernicious effect of this false diatribe against child care and family leave.

‘Neutering of American Male’ Is Same Old Story

By Caryl Rivers & Rosalind C. Barnett ● Commentary ● February 13, 2012

A new, not-for-Valentine’s Day book offers another tired warning about the anti-erotic effects of ambitious women. Caryl Rivers and Rosalind Barnett describe how it follows a long line of related titles and discredited ideas that just won’t go away.

Women Are Aggressors in Household Violence Too

By Caryl Rivers & Rosalind C. Barnett ● Arts & Culture ● December 3, 2011

It’s not just boys and men who are aggressive, say Caryl Rivers and Rosalind C. Barnett in “The Truth About Girls and Boys.” But in this excerpt from their new book, they note that women are far more often seriously hurt or killed.

Male Bodies Now Treated as Political Objects Too

By Caryl Rivers ● Arts & Culture ● November 7, 2011

Men’s bodies are making political news these days; Chris Christie’s girth, Scott Brown’s nudity. Caryl Rivers says that’s changing the body politic and giving guys a taste of what women have long endured.

Jackie Tapes End Where a Transformation Began

By Caryl Rivers ● Arts & Culture ● September 26, 2011

The release of Jackie Kennedy’s early tapes gives Caryl Rivers a chance to wonder at how the glamorous first lady’s conventional attitudes about marriage and women’s social roles evolved as her life went on.

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