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...gender difference in Harvard name-dropping is, according to Lidsky, part of a larger phenomenon. "Girls are very attracted to intelligence, whereas sometimes that's just not what the guy's looking for," he says. "Especially guys who are insecure about their own intelligence, they just don't want to be outshined like that...

Author: By Pam Wasserstein, | Title: On the Town | 4/24/1998 | See Source »

...same and ambiguous sex. While on the program, the fact that you've had a few dalliances with barnyard animals should not mitigate your moral indignation. You should express outrage at your betrayal, probably by throwing a chair. Oh, and by the way, if you're concealing your true gender, this would be a good time to reveal that...

Author: By Noah Oppenheim, | Title: The Genius of Jerry Springer | 4/17/1998 | See Source »

...hang-up; perhaps it is a prank, more likely it is someone who got tired of waiting. As part of KISS 108's ongoing commitment to keep up with its listener's interests. David must record each call, keeping track of the caller's approximate age and gender: "We want to know what songs people want to listen to at what time." he explains...

Author: By Sara D. Reistad long, | Title: an audible kiss boston's top 40 giant | 4/16/1998 | See Source »

Dorothy Allison, author of Bastard out of Carolina and other fiction that could be pirated for an album's worth of country-and-western, knows a thing or two about lonely nights and cheating hearts. She also has a grip on the elementary physics of gender: women are centripetal, the force that binds. Men are centrifugal; for all their good intentions, they feel best when whirling away from the center...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Prodigal Mom | 4/13/1998 | See Source »

...those claims: from the simple, easily understood quid pro quo (if Clinton had said, "Kiss it, or you're fired," for example) to the more convoluted cases like those involving a "hostile work environment." Just last month the Supreme Court, usually hostile to gay rights, even allowed same-gender sexual-harassment cases to proceed. So the attitude seems to be, "You can sue for almost anything; but once in court, the bar will be set very high." Courts have settled on this compromise because they know that sexual-harassment cases involve a mountain of individual context. Cases can evolve remarkably...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Don't Try This At The Office | 4/13/1998 | See Source »

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