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Ariel Chesler Articles
Our perceptions of black masculinity are based on myths white men created to dehumanize black men. But we are captive to these myths inasmuch as we desire to make this imagined black masculinity our own.
Read...The failure to grapple with the complexities of anti-semitism perpetuates a hierarchy of oppression.
Read...Let's be clear: There is no such thing as a boy book or a girl book.
Read...Good people of all sexes should be motivated to end gender inequality because patriarchal rules limit everyone's ability to be their whole selves.
Read...When thinking about how we’ve reached a place where anti-woman sentiment is on the rise in our politics, public life, and culture, I suggest we begin with our children.
Read...Despite the swordplay failings in Peter Pan Live , I must applaud NBC for removing a brick in my daughter's gender wall.
Read...For starters, fathers want culture and media to take us seriously as parents. After all, it is 2015. We should be way past the bumbling Mr. Mom stereotype. Fathers are just as capable of diapering, feeding and raising children as women, and are doing this work more than ever before.
Read...The former View host is embroiled in a court case raising challenging questions about parental responsibilities.
Read...Judith Shulevitz recently noted in the New York Times that although “unmarried childless women have overcome every barrier to opportunity you can think of... Mothers, on the other hand, aren’t doing nearly as well.” According to Shulevitz, this is because the feminists of Hillary Clinton’s generation focused on demanding equality for women in the workplace.
Read...It is obvious once you begin to look that the male default can be found everywhere.
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