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SBC: Gender issues office engenders unease within us
2008-06-10 16:22:00 Within the Southern Baptist Convention, there is a centralized gender issues office whose sole purpose is to ?inform, educate and encourage our people to be proactive and redemptive in reaching out to those who struggle with unwanted same sex attractions.?...
By: Good As You
West Point Songs Go Gender Neutral
2008-06-05 17:29:00 Associated Press, June 5, 2008 - The U.S. Military Academy will now honor its daughters as well as its sons in two of its beloved songs. Gender-neutral lyrics were incorporated into West Point’s “Alma Mater” and “The Corps” - replacing lines like “The men of the Corps” with “The ranks of the Corps.” West Point ...
Tackling Africa's gender gap
2008-06-04 16:17:00 Top female and male leaders from across the continent launched an Africa Gender Parity Group at the 2008 World Economic Forum on Africa in Cape Town.
The Politics of Gender Identity Disorder
2008-06-03 14:00:00 Gender Identity Disorder (GID) is a clinical term referring to a persistent inability to accept one's own gender. Diagnostic criteria include: a persistent and strong cross-gender identification as well as a strong persistent discomfort about ones's assigned sex (gender dysphoria). While primarily diagnosed in children, cases of GID have also been identified in adolescents and adults. Intended as a diagnostic category to address problems experienced by transsexuals and transgendered patients, GID was first included in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) in 1980.There is an active controversy concerning use of the GID diagnosis and many activists argue for its removal from the DSM. They maintain that the existence of the diagnosis stigmatizes transgendered people (and, by association, all sexual minorities) by identifying GID as a mental illness. Other transgender activists acknowledge the value of the GID diagnosis for patients seeking sexual reassign...
By: Providentia
The Politics of Gender Identity Disorder
2008-06-03 14:00:00 Gender Identity Disorder (GID) is a clinical term referring to a persistent inability to accept one's own gender. Diagnostic criteria include: a persistent and strong cross-gender identification as well as a strong persistent discomfort about ones's assigned sex (gender dysphoria). While primarily diagnosed in children, cases of GID have also been identified in adolescents and adults. Intended as a diagnostic category to address problems experienced by transsexuals and transgendered patients, GID was first included in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) in 1980.There is an active controversy concerning use of the GID diagnosis and many activists argue for its removal from the DSM. They maintain that the existence of the diagnosis stigmatizes transgendered people (and, by association, all sexual minorities) by identifying GID as a mental illness. Other transgender activists acknowledge the value of the GID diagnosis for patients seeking sex...
By: Providentia
[Amusing] Seattle University squashes ?douchebag party?, citing gender bias
2008-06-03 04:54:00 (US News)
Suicide Knows No Gender Claim Muslim Women
2008-06-02 09:20:00 Muslim extremist women are challenging al-Qaida’s refusal to include or at least acknowledge women have played in the suicide bombing program. In a response to a female questioner, Ayman Al-Zawahri said in April the only role for women is caring for homes and children of al-Qaida fighters. There is some confusion about his comment ...
Gender Confusion
2008-06-02 06:33:00 I will never ever in a million years see the film version of Sex and the City. (I've never seen the TV series either.) You already know my aversion to vagina movies, and, if anything can be labeled a vagina movie, this is it. Apparently, this weekend's audiences for Sex were 75% women. You know how much stray estrogen must've been pumping through air ducts at cinemas across the nation? You know how many women in heat must've been secreting vaginal juices onto movie seats? If I had been at a screening and so much as accidentally brushed against a few audience members, I may very well have impregnated them all. And then where would I be?While my avoidance of Sex and the City is somewhat understandable, you may not quite grasp my equal disdain for the BBC sci-fi series, Torchwood. Loren has been watching that show as much as possible, and it's pretty much the only thing in our Netflix queue. I was kind of looking forward to the series because of all the Captain-Jack's-a-homo hype...
By: Bamboo Nation
Gender dysfunction
2008-05-29 16:24:00 I've always been confused by people who wanted to change sex, and it just occurred to me that besides sex changes, then why can't people change every other quality they were born with as they 'feel different'? I used to be embarrassed about being Jewish as the English kids (back then that's all there were where I lived, not now) belonged and looked clean and white while I was a dirty tan colour.So if I rejected my race and religion and decided I felt Christian or Buddhist would it make any difference? No, they'd see me exactly as I was before. Change your features on the outside, people will still tell, trust me. And inside it's always you whatever you do to look like a gentile.Now had I been black, then what? Would I become a millionaire like Michael Jackson and have my whole body bleached (had it been possible) as well as drastic surgery, after which I would look just like a black person who had had surgery? Or if you just feel white but wouldn't change your appearance wou...
Gender in Social Media: Who?s Dominating?
2008-05-28 09:00:00 With the growing popularity of social media and web 2.0, if you’re thinking of creating a web site and want to know what kind of audience to target, you should start thinking about women. When it comes to conducting business online and using the Internet, many people naturally assume that it’s a man’s world ...
Gender Conversion
2008-05-27 21:19:00 You can?t drive till you?re 16 or 17, can?t smoke, join the military (without parents? consent), or vote until you?re 18, and can?t buy alcohol till your 21 BUT you can start the procedures to change your gender if you believe yourself to be mature enough at age 7 (or maybe even 3) to realize you are simply in the ?wrong body?. [see for yourself]Yeah, this makes perfect sense ? Give me a break Dr. Spackle ? Are we to really believe you are ?filling the holes? or ?patching the gaps? in humanity?s mental, emotional and physical realm with this idea of Gender Conversion?I believe I find myself agreeing more with Dr. Nimocks in that, ?Just because modern medicine can accomplish certain things does not mean that these procedures should be done.?
Race, Gender and Masculinity/Femininity
2008-05-26 11:19:00 Steve Sailer got pilloried for saying what I will repeat and elaborate on below, but I really do think that he was onto something.Truth is, men want a woman who is somewhat more feminine and women want a man who is somewhat more masculine.White men think a lot of White women are bitches (too masculine), so they go for Asian women, who are relatively more feminine. White men avoid Black women, as they are even more masculine that White women.A lot of White women think White guys are wimps, so they go for Black guys who are more masculine. An Asian guy is even more feminine than a White guy, so forget that.Black women like Black men, since both are masculine. They think White guys are wimpy, and Asians are out of the question.Black men want a woman who is more feminine, so they go for White women. Asians would be nice, but they are probably out of reach.Asian women want a guy who is more masculine, so they go for a White guy. A Black guy is probably so overmasculine that he seems scar...
By: Robert Lindsay
US embassy presents a prominent Gambian gender activist with a courage awar
2008-05-22 21:00:00 Source: APA APA-Banjul (The Gambia) The embassy of the United Sates of America in Banjul on Wednesday presented the 2008 Secretary of State?s Award for International Women of Courage to Dr. Isatou Touray, Executive Director of Gambia Committee on Traditional Practices (GAMCOTRAP). The award, given annually, pays tribute to women of courage around the world and ...
Is gender feminist just a synonym for weak?
2008-05-17 23:38:00 Ever notice a gender feminist. a/k/ cow.  that had mind of her own, or actually took a stand to improve the lot of women? Neither have I.  The cows were out in force in St Louis, Kavita Kumar,, STLtoday, “Hundreds turn back on Schlafly at ceremony” ST. LOUIS — Some felt the silent protest with white armbands and the dramatic turning of backs was disrespectful. But those who took part said it was a fitting way to show their disapproval that Washington University was honoring a woman whose views and life’s work they strongly disagree with. For her part, Phyllis Schlafly, the 83-year-old at the center of the controversy, said she thought it was “juvenile” of students who were “raining on their own parade.” But it didn’t ruin her moment, she said. At today’s commencement ceremony held on a sunny Brookings Quadrangle, Schlafly did not seem to notice the hundreds of backs turned to her while a citation heralding her accomplishments wa...
By: BitsBlog
Gender differences in the top echelon of sports
2008-05-16 22:22:00 Can you imagine the shock waves that would reverberate throughout the world if the following were to go down?On a mundane Tuesday afternoon, Tiger Woods decides to put away the clubs -- forever. And then, while every sports talk show host from Miami to Seattle is discussing Woods' shocking
By: A Wikia Wiki
Sexism and privilege: parsing gender politics in the Clinton campaign
2008-05-16 13:00:00 I was all set to write a post about how some feminist support of Hillary Clinton seems contrary to principles of female equality. I get the sense, in some Clintonistas' breathless defense of the candidate, that she is a delicate flower than needs protecting from male colleagues, the media and other women who simply don't understand her, and that her actions don't deserve the scrutiny that those of male candidates receive.That is not equality.Hillary Clinton's supporters too often cast her as a victim, all the better to champion the "she's a fighter" narrative. After all, a fighter who has nothing to fight against is just surly and combative.Remember when, early in the race, in a "bloody" debate, Clinton stood as the front runner, while the other Democratic candidates tried to knock her off her game? That is what opponents who are behind try to do in politics--take out the front runner. And all of Clinton's opponents "attacked" her respectfully with valid points about policy. (...
By: What Tami Said
Salary for gender bias victim? In the 35k ballpark
2008-05-14 14:39:00 Khadijah Farmer, the New York City woman who made headlines last summer when she was kicked out of a West Village restaurant's bathroom for looking too much like a man, has won a $35,000 settlement in the case: Woman Wins...
By: Good As You
What?s Your Gender?
2008-05-14 03:23:00 A fellow Fine Art Photoblogger pointed out to me that Epic Edits is predominantly a male website -- so I'm curious how true this really is.
Denmark Lags In Gender Equity
2008-05-09 09:49:00 It has always been my assumption that gender equity was a strong dynamic in Scandinavian nations, but latest figures indicate Denmark ranks 39th in the world and even falls behind some third world nations. Denmark ranked a dismal 63rd when issues such as representation in legslators, senior officials, and having manegerial positions. However, in terms ...
AIDS and women in the world
2008-05-07 15:57:00 Women are in nature more vulnerable than men to HIV infection. ?Rainbow Nari O Shishu Kallyan Foundation? have found that male to female transmission appears to be 2 to 4 times more efficient than female to male transmission, in part because semen contains a far higher concentration of HIV than vaginal fluid. Adolescent girls are predominantly vulnerable. Their immature cervixes and low vaginal mucus production presents less of a barrier to HIV infection. The developing world is now bearing the full brunt of the human immune- deficiency virus (HIV) epidemic. More than 90 per cent of new infections are in developing countries and the virus has spread to most areas. In many areas of sub-Saharan Africa, where infection has been prevalent for a decade or more, HIV has already become the leading cause of adult illness and death. Similarly profound changes in patterns of disease and death are likely in those regions of Asia and Latin America where the virus has more recently become epide...
The HIV-AIDS epidemic has been fuelled by gender inequality
2008-05-06 15:55:00 Worldwide, rates of sexually transmitted infections among young people are soaring: one-third of the 340 million new STIs each year occur in people under 25 years of age. Each year, more than one in every 20 adolescents contracts a curable STI. More than half of all new HIV infections occur in people between the ages of 15 to 24 years. The sexual health needs for adolescent girls are generally overlooked, Stigma and vulnerability affects particular groups of men as well as women. Although men generally have more access to information on sexual issues than women, and more decision-making power regarding sexual behavior, Access to information, and treatment for other infections which facilitate the transmission of HIV and onset of AIDS, including sexually transmitted infections, are limited because of weak public health services, health workers? negative attitudes, and the high cost of treatment. If the adolescents are informed and thought about their sexual and reproductive health, ...
Growing well, are we ?
2008-05-06 14:23:00 We can still hold on to the shards of hope that the RBI Gov has given us…he says we will continue to grow at 8% even in the worst case scenario. I believe we are supposed to heave a huge sigh of relief ! Very well. It is not easy being the Governor of the Central ...
Alzheimer's disease risk differs with Gender
2008-05-02 07:27:00 A new study of Alzheimer's disease revealed that the risks are different in men and women. Depression and stroke are the important risk factors of dementia. But this study suggests that gender also has something to do with it!French researchers analyzed data from almost 7,000 people over the age of 65 in three French cities. None of them had dementia, but about 40 percent revealed mild cognitive impairment at the beginning of the study.Mild cognitive impairment (also known as incipient dementia, or isolated memory impairment) is a diagnosis given to individuals who have cognitive impairments beyond that expected for their age and education, but that do not interfere significantly with their daily activities. It is considered to be the boundary or transitional stage between normal aging and dementia.A variation in the ApoE gene, a known risk factor for dementia, was also more common among those whose mild cognitive impairment progressed. The results of this study suggests that the r...
Gender Change Ile Ilgili...
2008-05-01 20:51:00 Benim ?u anda Human Female (Kad?n) Warriorum var.Ben bunu Male (Erke?e) ama Barbar (Büyük) olan Warriora Çevirmek istiyorumGender Changeyi bas?nca seçenek sunuyormu ? Yoksa otomatik kücü?e mi çeviriyor ?Yorumlar lütfen...
By: Knight Online
Queen for a gay: Racine student fights gender restriction
2008-05-01 16:55:00 A male student in Racine, Wisconsin, was nominated by his fellow students to a short list of seniors who could possibly end up on this year's prom court. However, school administrators are fighting the teen democratic process, going so far...
By: Good As You
GUD REVIEWS: The Gender Divide by David Boultbee
2008-04-30 00:10:00 I enjoyed this book--it's something of a romp, although possibly that obscures a serious purpose. But, oh dear, it's often unintentionally hilarious as well.
Gender of French Words
2008-04-28 08:38:00 The easy way to remember the gender of French words 13398 words to be precise!
Fallout from the Diet and Baby Gender Link
2008-04-26 15:54:00 Midwives are concerned at the possible fallout that may result from the recent link found between the quality of a woman's diet and her baby's gender. This article discusses the need for women to be vigilant about quality food intake so that they can provide the best start to their babies.I hadn't thought about this possible downfall to the latest research but their concern seems valid especially when you consider the natural need and desire by both men and women to want full control over their pregnancy and birth. The bottom line is, whether you want a boy or a girl, eating the best that you can can help to ensure a healthy pregnancy, a health baby, and a healthy adult child as well because nutrition during pregnancy can lead the foundation for your baby's entire life.
Help Wanted: Write The Gender Speech
2008-04-25 02:03:00 In today's Huffington Post, Marie Wilson, the founder and president of The White House Project, an organization aimed at advancing women in business, politics, and leadership and the co-creator of Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day, makes an important plea to women: help us write the gender version of Barack Obama's A More Perfect Union speech
By: Daily Cents Blog
Mother?s Diet May Determine Baby?s Gender
2008-04-24 20:36:00 New research, published in the proceedings of the Royal Society B, a British medical journal, suggests that what a woman eats before pregnancy influences the gender of her baby. Eating a diet high in potassium-rich foods, like bananas and avocados, and eating breakfast appears to raise a woman?s chances of having a boy. This research is the ...
I appreciate your article ... I am one gender, and...
2008-04-24 19:47:00 I appreciate your article ... I am one gender, and I have a name that is used by both sexes, but more than half of the time is associated with people of the opposite gender as mine. Yes, a lot of what you wrote about was all too familiar, unfortunately...people shocked and surprised talking to you on the phone, etc. etc.
By: Daisy's Dead Air
?Out?ing the truth?./ Blogathon Day 5 : Gender
2008-04-24 13:43:00 A very heated debate is happening on the Blogathon today on a ’sensitive’ ( I know its cliched ) topic ( something, which I think is happening only for this one topic,…I wonder ? ). Read Sakshi Juneja’s post and a reply to it from Asuph and a response to that from Sakshi again….. Frankly, at the ...
A Mother's Diet Influences the Gender of Her Future Child
2008-04-24 05:18:00 High calories intake increases the chances of having a boyBy Stefan Anitei, Science EditorApril 24, SoftpediaThere are couples give birth to so many babies they could literally form a football team, and all because of their desire of having a daughter. Others end up with a group of cheerleaders but a boy fails to make himself present. The answer is simpler than thought: a new study carried out at the Universities of Exeter and Oxford shows for the first time the connection between a child's gender and the mother's energy intake around the time of conception.The 740 subjects were first-time pregnant British mothers in the UK,unaware of the sex of their fetuses. All subjects were of average weight, health and lifestyle. They completed a questionnaire tracking down their dietary habits before and during the early period of pregnancy. The subjects were assigned into 3 groups, depending on the quantity of daily calories intake around the time when they got pregnant.56% of the women in ...
Maureen Frank: a champion for gender diversity and the advancement of women
2008-04-23 20:03:00 According to leading US research organisation Catalyst, companies with the highest representation of women on their top management teams perform better than companies with the lowest female representation. And yet only a small proportion of business leadership positions are actually held by women. Fortunately, there are women like Telstra Business Women’s Awards winner and BRW ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Maureen Frank: a champion for gender diversity and the advancement of women", url: "http://www.australianwomenonli-ne.com/?p=431" });
Gender Ambiguity
2008-04-23 18:23:00 There's one for webster is my bitch! Clay Aiken and Tyra were spotted cheek to cheek. They both look like trannies to me. I don't know which one has the meat or the box.
The sorrows of race and gender in the 2008 presidential election
2008-04-22 11:55:00 by Robert Jensen This is an expanded version of a talk given to the University Democrats at the University of Texas at Austin, April 16, 2008. It may seem odd to talk of sorrows around race and gender in politics when we are a few months away from being able to vote for a white woman or a black man for president of the United States. When I was born in 1958, any suggestion that such an election was on the horizon would have been laughed off as crazy. In the first presidential campaign I paid attention to as an eighth-grader in 1972, Shirley Chisholm — who four years earlier had become the first black woman to win a seat in Congress — was to most Americans a curiosity not a serious contender. Today, things are different. Today Hillary Clinton’s and Barack Obama’s battle for the Democratic Party nomination suggests progress. Though the pace of progress toward gender and racial justice may seem slow, we should take a moment to honor the people whose struggles for ...
Gender Re-Assignment Operations For Children?!
2008-04-20 18:41:00 Surely we are in the Last Days, when the wickedness of man knows no bounds! I’ve read of girls as young as eight going for Brazilian waxes and other beauty treatments (at the request of their mothers no less) and other stupid things many are doing nowadays, but gender re-assignment for children takes the cake! A doctor ...
By: Joie de Vivre
Gender/Authority Gaps?
2008-04-20 13:54:00 Gender/Authority Gaps? Pope Benedict XVI is doing his best to regain the trust and confidence of American Catholics after the child abuse fiasco, but as some commentators have noted, he may be missing the main points of criticism of the institution that he is trying to shape. Two of these are the ...
Gender Neutral Toys
2008-04-19 00:00:00 Gender Neutral Toys Toolbar for Firefox. Find the toys both girls and boys want to play with, including floam, lite brite, moon sand, Mr. Potato Head, play-doh, Shrinky Dinks, and more with this easy to use, free toolbar right from your browser. Toolbar includes an internet radio and an uninstaller for easy removal.
By: Shareware
CBI claims gender pay gap is not caused by discrimination
2008-04-15 13:10:00 The gender pay gap gets worse with age because of the jobs women are employed in, not because of discrimination, according
Gender, Nature, and Nurture
2008-04-13 18:05:00 Gender, Nature, and Nurture# Author:Richard A. Lippa# Format:PDF 2.3MB# Page Count: 360 pages# Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum; 2 edition (March 2005)# Language: English# ISBN-10: 0805853456# ISBN-13: 978-0805853452This engaging text presents the latest scientific findings on gender differences, similarities, and variations--in sexuality, cognitive abilities, occupational preferences, personality, and social behaviors. The impact of nature and nurture on gender is examined from the perspectives of genetics, molecular biology, evolutionary theory, neuroanatomy, sociology, and psychology. The result is a balanced, fair-minded synthesis of diverse points of view. Dr. Lippa's text sympathetically summarizes each side of the nature-nurture debate, and in a witty imagined conversation between a personified "nature" and "nurture," he identifies weaknesses in the arguments offered by both sides. His review defines gender, summarizes research on gender differences, examines the nature of mascul...
Baby Gender Selection Diet - Does Diet Really Matter?
2008-04-12 15:11:00 One question I hear again & Again is. "Does my diet matter if I'm trying to pick my baby's gender?" I would have to say definitely yes --> It matters! The thing is, Your diet has a huge impact on your entire body. And the most important thing it affects is your Ph level. Let me explain... Your Ph level is how scientists and chemists measure if a certain thing (in this case you!)is acid. Like lemon or orange juice. Or alkaline. Like baking soda. * * *Why does it matter?* * * Because sperm are either male or female. What I mean to say is... There are boy and girl sperm. If the Ovum (egg) gets fertilized by a boy sperm-->Bingo! You have a BOY! If the ovum gets fertilized by a girl sperm-->Hooray for Girls! There are other differences too. ...1) Boy sperm are small, fast and kinda fragile. ...2) Girl sperm are big, slower and much tougher. So... Girl sperm can tolerate a more Acidic environment better than boy sperm can. That means... If you know how to optimize your diet for...
What to do if refused funding for gender reassignment
2008-04-12 09:50:00 1. Ensure you have the full support of your GP and of any other specialists you have been seeing. If your GP is unwilling or unsure about prescribing hormones or referring you for surgery, consider changing your GP. You can do this through your local Family Practitioner Committee (look in the phone book) ...
By: GRS Wales Blog
Gender in the Music Classroom
2008-04-11 12:55:00 I promised myself I wouldn't cover another of these slow-news-day stories about gender differences for a while, but this one is a bit different in that it's not coming from a sociobiologist's perspective and actually appears to be a decent piece of research.
By: Big Ideas
Gwen & Gavin Keeping Baby?s Gender a Surprise
2008-04-10 00:04:00 Rossdale and Stefani won’t find out if they’re having a boy or girl until the baby’s born More: continued here
By: Feed Me Gossip
Phobias - Age and Gender Divide
2008-04-08 14:56:00 Specific phobias, like the fear of animals, commonly begin in childhood. Some children grow out of their fears when they become adults without any treatment. In others, it may linger into adulthood, and then continue for life. Phobias are quite common in the general population. In community samples, lifetime rates ...
By: Mental health
Is Hillary Clinton Going To Lose Because Of Her Gender?
2008-04-06 06:12:00 “A new research undertaken by the University of St. Louis has come to the conclusion that Hillary Clinton invites strong reactions from most Americans because she violates people’s... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
BBC - Radio 4 - Gender Dysphoria
2008-04-05 12:34:00 BBC - Radio 4 - Gender Dysphoria In 1934 Bernadette was diagnosed with Gender Dysphoria a condition which in those days was barely heard of never mind understood. Her parents were advised by medical professionals to “make a man of him” or he would become homosexual. If you like what you see, buy me a coffee!Related PostsMarch 25, ...
By: GRS Wales Blog
Fat-ism More Widespread than Racism
2008-04-03 11:48:00 Did you know that it is NOT illegal to discriminate against someone because they are fat? There are federal and state laws against discrimination based on race, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, medical condition, religion, etc. However, Michigan stands alone in having an anti-fat-ism law. According to a new study from Yale University as reported ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Fat-ism More Widespread than Racism", url: "http://www.CALaborLaw.com/2008-/04/03/fat-ism-more-widespread--than-racism/" });
IRIN film DRC & Liberia: Our Bodies?their battleground: Gender-based Violen
2008-04-01 11:27:00 Source: IRIN Our Bodies…their battleground: Gender-based Violence during Conflict - September 2004 “Our bodies … their battlegrounds” highlights the crisis facing women, girls and infants throughout the world, both during conflict and in its wake. This film gives a voice to victims of rape in The Democratic Republic of the Congo and Liberia, and seeks ... |
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