Caryl Rivers, Author at Women's eNews

‘Mancession’ Focus Masks Women’s Real Losses

By Rosalind C. Barnett & Caryl Rivers ● Employment ● May 3, 2011

A persistent myth about men suffering worse job-loss woes in this recession cries out for a few additional facts, along with Carrie Lukas’ whopper in the Wall Street Journal about the end of the gender wage gap.

Flawed Study Dismissing Job Bias Thrills Media

By Caryl Rivers & Rosalind C. Barnett ● Health & Science ● February 18, 2011

The media is having a heyday with a study that came out earlier this month finding that scientific women are stalled by their own lifestyle choices, not discrimination. Co-authors Roz Barnett and Caryl Rivers say “show us the data.”

Guys in Snuglis Do the Real ‘Manning Up’

By Caryl Rivers ● Arts & Culture ● December 17, 2010

Sarah Palin has been mocking the masculinity of male rivals and opponents and by extension men across the country. Caryl Rivers says give guys a break. They are “manning up” just fine by spending more time with the kids and second shift.

Single-Sex Ed Based on Baloney Science

By Rosalind C. Barnett & Caryl Rivers ● Arts & Culture ● November 19, 2010

Caryl Rivers and Rosalind C. Barnett applaud a Boston school administrator’s decision to back off single-sex education. Too many of these schools, they argue, are based on spurious ideas about boy-girl brain differences that reinforce stereotypes.

Smart Women Take Heart: Your Love Life Is Fine

By Caryl Rivers ● Commentary ● August 12, 2010

We’ve had the latest salvo about careers and romance not mixing for women. This time it’s from Camille Paglia. Why don’t any of these writers take a look at the data, asks Caryl Rivers? In reality, the “marriage penalty” for high-achieving women is disappearing.

Left Behind? Actually, More Boys Take ‘Gifted’ Test

By Caryl Rivers & Rosalind C. Barnett ● Politics ● June 15, 2010

News stories abound about girls suddenly outperforming boys in the very early grades, obscuring the fact that increasingly more boys than girls are taking “gifted” tests. Either way, Rosalind C. Barnett and Caryl Rivers say kids are getting tested too young.