One of the fundamental promises of patriarchy is that if women will just surrender themselves to men, men will protect them. There are two problems with this promise. The first is that it rarely gets kept because what men are …

A while ago, I wrote that this site would no longer allow gender essentialism and evolutionary biology arguments in comments. People who’d seen these arguments (ab)used again and again to silence people understood why I was doing that. But …

First I read Purtek and followed her links. I pored over the article and comments on Tekanji’s blog. Then Purtek posted again, and led me to this glorious critique. I can’t add much to the criticisms …

In hindsight, I don’t believe it was women who gained sexual freedom from the introduction of the birth control pill.

The pill can wreak havoc on a woman’s body with side effects ranging from sexual dysfunction (ironic, no?) to frequent …

By now you’ve heard that you’re “not allowed” to say “ho ho ho” anymore because Teh Evil Feministz have heartlessly taken that phrase away from your beloved Christmas culture with much pretense of being mortally wounded by it. I’ve been …

I am adding a new rule to the commenting guidelines for all Hathor sites. It bans the use of any gender essentialist arguments in comments.
Gender essentialism is the assumption that women are naturally like this, while men are naturally like …

Ever wonder why women who are physically or mentally terrorized by their husbands or male partners don’t just walk out in a huff and sue?
Read this.
Because no matter what you think you know, women in that position are often …

An Ohio University study watched a Texas middle school for two years and arrived at the conclusion:
Among the findings of the study: black girls who actively sought out the positive attention of their teachers in …

“Your hands are so cute and little! I wish mine were like that. I have big old hands.”
I can’t count how many female friends and acquaintences have told me this over the years. What’s interesting is that having cute little …

We’ve heard in recent months about retailers adding models of sizes other than zero to their advertising lineups. This is a pretty neat idea, but I still have some questions. Will they also include women:

Whose …