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...through shared traditions. Their relationship passes imperceptibly over time from acquaintanceship to friendship to the deepest affection. Their daily rapport is pleasant as the couples take turns calling on each other, sharing meals and drinks, helping with birthing cows and stacking hay. Their interactions are refreshingly free of gender-war stereotypes; the women do not gather to commiserate, the men do not spend their time talking about sports or politics. With their honesty and warmth, Jamesie and Mary become something of role models for the younger couple, who quietly rejected upward mobility in London for a simpler life in Ireland...
...Ethnic Studies should notify students of courses “in Afro-American, Asian American, Latino and Native American Studies,” not on the role of identity in European fiction. However, he also sees ethnic studies as examining “the social construction of race, class, gender and sexuality”—categories that recommend a general approach, rather than a handful of departments divided along ethnic lines...
Chopping and sauteing are gender-blind activities, and boys are now just as likely as girls to take cooking classes. "It's pretty much even in the classes," says Greenbrier's Senn. Many of these youngsters--particularly the boys--discovered the pleasures of cooking from watching TV. In January the Food Network's share of viewers ages 2 to 11 was up 67% on weekend mornings over the past year. "The popularity of the Food Network and the rising perception of the chef as celebrity have made a huge difference," says Senn. Many of the chefs are male, and they...
Yale University has had a degree-granting program in Women and Gender Studies since...
There are those who talk about valuing sensitivity and brains but whose dating actions speak differently—those who give lip service to nice guys but tongue service to bad boys. I use the gender-specific terms not because women are the only ones to fall for people whom they shouldn’t but because guys in this category aren’t usually mature enough to admire niceness in the first place. Either way, don’t pursue these hypocritical types...