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They Say - Women Argue With Men About Housework to Feel More Feminine

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A survey of 15,000 American women discovered that female breadwinners ride their husbands about housework and childcare because they’re worried about losing touch with their “feminine” identity.

User post: Should I let my Dad walk me down the aisle?

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My wedding is 8 months away and I am facing a dilema.... should I stick with my plan of not having anyone walk me down the aisle or for the sake of not hurting feelings, let my Dad and/or my Stepdad walk me down the aile? Let me preface this by saying we are having a non-traditional wedding on the…

Moms in the Military

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It's rare for a woman to enlist in the army at age 40. It's even more rare for her to enlist alongside her teenage daughter.

When Megan Schlotthauer, a senior at American High…

American women have more power than pleasure

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A new poll mounted by Time magazine on the state of American women is as positive as it is perplexing.

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Sarah Palin to cause preeminent feminist's suicide?

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With the release of When Everything Changed, Gail Collins’s new book, Lesley and Gail recount…

Is it Fair to Call a C-Section Rape?

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Rachael Larimore was raped years ago and survived. More recently, she has given birth three times, all of them via c-sections. Considering her history and experiences, she’s unsympathetic toward Arizona mom Joy Szabo and others who equate forced c-sections with rape. She’s got a point, which she makes in the post, “Childbirth is Not Burger King. You Can’t Always Have it Your Way,” at Double X. But in arguing that Szabo’s use of “rape” is hurting rape victims, she errs in the same way she’s accusing Szabo of erring: that is, she makes assumptions about the trauma of other people’s experiences and diminishes that trauma in the process.

I'm No "Lady" - Are You?

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From Marathon Mom blogger Sasha Brown-Worsham on FitPregnancy.com: I had planned to post today about post-race recovery and my…

Real Man/Real Woman- What Mama Never Told You.

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By Dr. Kenny. (www.kensautoregister.com) How to Be a Man A man can speak to dogs. A man listens, and that's how he argues. He crafts opinions. He can pound the table, take the floor. It's not that he must. It's that he can.…

New Oklahoma law will publicy post details of women’s abortions online.

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On Nov. 1, a law in Oklahoma will go into effect that will collect personal details about every single abortion performed in the state and post them on a public website.…

SLUT/STUD double standard.......why SLUT & STUD are not the same thing.

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you hear a complaint from many people... a man who sleeps around is a STUD, a woman who does so is a SLUT. a sexual double standard still exists (although not as much as before) and women are still judged more harshly for sleeping around. let me first be clear that i am against judging…