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  • Re: Gender History

    I think the issue at hand here is choice, Mr. Bruce. An infant cannot say whether they choose to be considered as ''male'' or ''female'' if they have ambiguous genitalia. An adult can. Many things are considered wrong if done to children, while not with adults. As for the hijra and the berdache, they are indeed rare, that is true, and gender ...
    Posted to Human Nature by SerenityRising on July 10, 2008

  • Gender History

    I think this article is a very careful examination of the issue, very well written, and I am thrilled by its open-minded viewpoint. I'd like to add, though, that history has not always seen gender as a two-sided coin. The idea of gender dichotomy as ''one man, one woman'' in our culture has its origins in European and Christian culture. Many ...
    Posted to Human Nature by SerenityRising on July 8, 2008

  • My Samoan Mother Does Not Need Affirmative Action

    An AA surgeon, who got into medical school with lower aptitude, grades, test scores and abilities, should operate on my Samoan mother, even though there are better-qualified physicians! Besides your Native grandmother makes you a bigger victim than me with a Mexican (Aztec) mother, so you need AA more. However, I am especially needy, because my ...
    Posted to XX Factor by Ralph7 on June 28, 2008

  • re: genetic homosexuality..It is X-linked.

    I hope someone has mentioned somewhere in the discussion that the x chromosome in males comes from the mother. Therefore all of the shared traits (increased fecundity, homosexuality, etc.) follow the pattern of gene on an inherited x chromosome. The female chromosome carrying traits associated with sexuality does not seem like a big ...
    Posted to Human Nature by drugdoc on June 26, 2008

  • It's a bit more nuanced

    I do not believe that Hillary lost because of sexism, and I'm a Obama supporter anyway. But was their sexism against Hillary? Without a doubt. Hitchens, like usual, makes some good points. Unlike the racial divide, there are some fundamental biological differences between male and female. Some of these make one gender better at some things than ...
    Posted to Fighting Words by Sara Katz on June 18, 2008

  • hitchens is right

    Great article! Here's another one on a related topic: http://www.miller-mccune.com/article/430 Lack of party recruitment, not voter sexism, limits women’s presence in politics, according to a new study.
    Posted to Fighting Words by juan2689 on June 16, 2008

  • On Racism and Sexism

    I know discussing the R. Kelly trial in this threat might seem misplaced, but hear me out. That verdict and the history of the trial was emblematic of how black children and black females are treated in this society. Anyone who thinks that R. Kelly would have been able to evade trial for 6 and a half years had the victim in this case been white ...
    Posted to XX Factor by NewYorkNewYork on June 14, 2008

  • Thank you for writing this!

    ... this story is heartbreaking and infuriating. Of course the elderly are full human beings, have an evolved sexuality, and should have full access to their sexual rights. If our legal and familial institutions are not set up to handle these realities, they need to change. Many cultures have either formal or 'look the other way' valves to ...
    Posted to Family by commentator245 on June 14, 2008

  • Re: I'm One of Many 60s' Feminists for Obama

    ''What good is having a woman (Kay Bailey Hutchinson, for example) if she would govern as George W. Bush?'' I am so very glad to see this post, JMorgan. Hillary Clinton is certainly not the feminist icon. However, I am not saying any woman who runs for office requires to be a 'feminist', I am saying she requires to be competent. It is ...
    Posted to XX Factor Extra by Samita Chatterjee on June 8, 2008

  • Re: I'm with Kim!

    I reccommened this, and I wish I could a hundred times over. The Oppression Olympics that we've been struggling through this primary season has been ugly & unnecessary. I swore on Super Tuesday, when my state had its caucus, that I would work towards the election of whichever candidate the Democratic Party put forward, because I believed ...
    Posted to XX Factor by eacole on June 3, 2008
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