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Parenting Beyond Pink and Blue
A guide that helps parents focus on their children’s unique strengths and inclinations rather than on gendered stereotypes to more effectively bring out the best in their individual children, for parents of infants to middle schoolers.
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This is an important move toward financial equality. "Pads and tampons are now free in Scotland. Could the U.S. ever do the same thing?"
Pads and tampons are now free in Scotland. Could the U.S. ever do the same thing?
‘It’s an issue of dignity’
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Has anyone ever finished a media interview delighted with their fabulous and brilliant answers? My answers always feel either too specific or too vague #goldilocks #AcademicTwitter
My rosy view of the world tapped out by 10am. Fun fact today: Over the course of a 40-year-work life, Black and Latinx women will earn about $1 million less than the (very) average White man. For White women, it is $500K. https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/women/reports/2020/03/24/482141/quick-facts-gender-wage-gap/
Today was my first day reading the news where it didn’t feel like doomscrolling. #2021needstoarrivenow
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Why the Women in the Weinstein Case are so Believable
By middle school, girls are sexually harassed by boys, yet taught to smile and pretend it doesn't bother them rather than confront or report it. Just as in the Weinstein case. Read More
read moreKids, Politics, and the Gender Divide
Children are interested in elections, and have strong opinions about candidates, but underestimate gender biases in politics and government. Read More on the Psychology Today blog.
read moreRepresentation Matters
Regardless of gender identity, kids and teens want, and need, to be seen and affirmed. Representation and actual knowledge matters. This shouldn't be confined to one day a year. Read More
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