Rosalind C. Barnett, Author at Women's eNews

Single-Sex Schooling Loses Ground for Good Reasons

By Caryl Rivers & Rosalind C. Barnett ● Commentary ● June 24, 2013

If a public school is trying to sell you–the parent–on curricula based on sex differences between boys and girls, watch out. The main criteria for choosing a school should be its overall quality measured by teaching, resources and class size.

Time’s Rosin Ignores Data, Conjures Monster Women

By Caryl Rivers & Rosalind C. Barnett ● Commentary ● September 12, 2012

Warnings about women wielding their career clout against men at work and home are reactionary nonsense. They ignore research on dual-earner couples doing just fine, female supervisors promoting men, women’s wage stagnation, and more.

‘Masculinity Myth’ Obscures Men’s Juggling Stress

By Caryl Rivers & Rosalind C. Barnett ● Commentary ● July 23, 2012

Work-family imbalance stories focus on women, but men these days are juggling the roles of partner, earner and parent just as much. We need more recognition of this fact to get employers to take this issue more seriously.

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.

‘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.

‘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.

Rosalind C. Barnett, Ph.D.

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