Gender Wars: an age-older question

The other day in seminar, a woman presented her topic, based loosely on the book “Self-Made Man” by Nora Vincent, wherein the author spends a year and a half living the life of a man to better understand the male persona. This woman wanted to look into the legal profession from a man’s point of [...]

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In 3 Years, None of This Will Matter

If a song lyric could be any more accurate, I haven’t found one. The current verse that keeps running through my head is Martina McBride’s: This is for all you girls about twenty-five In a little apartment, just trying to get by Living on, on dreams and spaghetti-o’s Wondering where your life is gonna go [...]

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Façades, or Perception is 90% of Reality

Appearances are important. Everything from our daily dress to how we interact with our colleagues reflects on who we are. I think this is a point we are all willing to concede. And women are particularly adept at carrying on a facade, I’ve found. If the world is falling down around us, we can put [...]

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