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When the TIME/CNN responses are broken down by gender, however, there may be more danger signs for Clinton, who has traditionally found his greatest levels of support among women. Men tend to be as forgiving of other men as they are of women: 43% said that adultery hadn't lowered their opinion of the straying husbands they knew; 41% said it hadn't lowered their opinion of straying wives. Women, on the other hand, go easier on their own sex while training a harsher eye on men: 39% said adultery hadn't affected their opinion of unfaithful wives, compared with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How We Really Feel About Fidelity | 8/31/1998 | See Source »

...children, and she is trying to exploit Flynn's biggest vulnerability in such a liberal district, his opposition to abortion. She touts herself as the pro-choice candidate who can beat Flynn, and in last week's debate, she essentially asked voters to elect her because of her gender. "We've never sent a woman to Washington to stand for us," she said. "I'd like to be that woman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Where the Liberals Roam | 8/24/1998 | See Source »

...whose deepest awareness of their sexuality doesn't correspond to the physical parts they were born with" [LETTERS, Aug. 10]. The term "transgender" is political and does not refer to any specific anatomy or sexual practice. It includes the full range of individuals who challenge society's perceptions of gender, including, but certainly not limited to, transsexuality. As a health center, we offer health care based on medical facts and empathy and not on prejudice or stereotypes. We would deem it dangerously irresponsible to state a single definition of transgender for our clientele or anyone else. The phrase that TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Aug. 24, 1998 | 8/24/1998 | See Source »

...reader. Others, however, manage to pull the reader quickly into their lives and by the end it is impossible to escape the feeling that some of these writers are close friends one has known for years. The universality of themes is fascinating, especially as it is often split among gender lines. Writing about life defining experiences, the women essayists tend, in most cases, to do so by discussing specific relationships with fathers, brothers, boyfriends, marriage or sex; their male counterparts, with few exceptions, barely touch on them at all, drawing self-definition from other sources...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Editor Combines Modern Voices | 8/14/1998 | See Source »

Brandon, a multi-case courtroom drama developed by Shu L. Cheang and Liz Diamond, used real and cyber sexual assault cases to explore themes such as gender fusion and the techno-body...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New Institute Creates Civic Dialogue Through Arts | 8/14/1998 | See Source »

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