Word: genderism
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...talk, entitled "Y2Kate--Gender Virus 2000," focused on the speaker's past experiences in the transition from birth as a boy to a self-proclaimed gender change to a female identity, and later to rejection of both "labels" to assert an identity that defies pronouns...
...girls don't go downstairs nearly as much. Apparently the gender stereotypes are true--there's nothing as nice as the couch in the boys' room...
...Gender-Identity Disorder has long been a recognized condition and is routinely treated in specialized clinics set up for that purpose. None of the work should be done in a vacuum. The parents and, working through them, the child should be familiarized with the reactions they can expect as the child explores gender identity. Even so, by maintaining a low profile and respecting the privacy of both the child and his family, those reactions can be minimized. The child should be treated as a patient with an eminently treatable disorder, not as a billboard for social change. TOMYE KELLEY Institute...
Joan Williams, author of Unbending Gender, says stay-at-home mothers can be divided into two groups--those who really want to stay home with their children 24 hours a day and those who end up there because they can't forge a good job-family balance in a 24/7 working world. "Americans now work more than any other people--even the Japanese," notes Williams. That's 1,966 hours a year for the Americans vs. 1,889 for the Japanese, according to a 1999 study by the U.N. International Labor Organization. "The executive schedule today basically requires...
...both parents are victims of what Williams calls "the great American speedup." The resulting stress falls disproportionately on mothers, who continue to shoulder the majority of child care and housework. When pressures reach the bursting point, married mothers, who earn 69% of what married fathers earn and may face gender-based hurdles to reaching their full professional potential, opt to reduce or eliminate their paid work...